EURASION WIGEON COMMON TEAL FISH CROW
Blue-winged Teal Green-winged Teal Ruffed Grouse Common Loon Green Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron Broad-winged Hawk Virginia Rail Sandhill Crane Spotted Sandpiper Solitary Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Upland Sandpiper Dunlin Short-billed Dowitcher (RECORD EARLY) Wilson's Snipe Bonaparte's Gull Caspian Tern Pileated Woodpecker Blue-headed Vireo Purple Martin Northern Rough-winged Swallow Bank Swallow Cliff Swallow Barn Swallow Brown Creeper House Wren Winter Wren Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Ruby-crowned Kinglet Hermit Thrush Brown Thrasher Northern Waterthrush Palm Warbler (Yellow) Pine Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Fox Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Eastern Meadowlark Purple Finch It's been a great week in the Hamilton Study Area as migrants continue to arrive on sporadic days of favourable winds. This week's rarities include a EURASIAN WIGEON which has been present since last week at the Mountsberg Reservoir. The bird has moved around a bit and was last seen at the south end of the reservoir. A great find mid-week was a COMMON TEAL. Although not a separate species from the Green-winged Teal, the COMMON TEAL is a rarity in these parts. The bird was seen off Gray's Road in the evening on Tuesday and stayed out in scope view distance for a few minutes to get two confirmed sightings and then flew east. There were also reports of FISH CROW, one from a yard in South Oakville and one at Rattray Marsh. Not to be outdone a significant date record this week came from Windermere Basin where a Short-billed Dowitcher arrived two weeks early for these parts and likely record early for the province. Also, two Palm Warblers (Eastern, yellow) were seen this week, one at Sedgewick Park in Oakville and another well photographed at Rona Wetland on Wednesday. Birds arriving this week include a Green Heron seen today flying over Nash Road toward VanWagners Ponds, Broad-winged Hawks have started over Beamer and two were seen on territory over Hyde Tract last Sunday, surely there will be more to come at Beamer. Over twenty Black-crowned Night Herons were seen in a tree just off Canada Centre for Inland Waters, two were present along the creek at Shell Park and others were reported at Bronte Marsh. Sandhill Cranes were on the move being seen at a distance from Valens Road between Safari and 8th Concession. Virginia Rails are back at the Millgrove Loam Pits and at the Waterdown Wetlands aka Rona Ponds in Waterdown. A Spotted Sandpiper was noted at Windermere Basin along with some freshly arrived Dunlin. Up on 5th Road East, two Solitary Sandpipers were seen in a wet field on the west side of 5th between Powerline and Green Mountain Road. Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs and Wilson's Snipe continue to grow in numbers in the wet fields in Saltfleet and Flamborough. Upland Sandpipers are in with the FOS being seen at a field at 8th Line and Britannia. Two and possibly three were seen at a field in Grassie at South Grimsby Road 15 and Mud Street. Bonaparte's Gulls were on the move earlier in the week with significant numbers at Port Credit. Caspian Terns have now arrived in numbers at Windermere Basin. A Blue-headed Vireo was a nice find at Cherry Hill Gate at the RBG. All species of swallows have arrived including Purple Martin, Bank, Northern Rough-winged, Cliff and Barn Swallow. A House Wren was a welcome migrant in a back yard in Dundas this morning. Blue-gray Gnatcatchers have arrived on territory at Confederation Park, Shell Park and Shoreacres Park in Burlington. A Northern Waterthrush was a first arrival at Confederation Park today. There has been an influx of Pine Warblers with three being seen at gripping views at Fifty Point last weekend, a couple at Confederation Park and another at Shell Park. Several were heard on territory in Hyde Tract on Safari Road just east of Kirkwall Road. Yellow-rumped Warblers are infiltrating the area with over a dozen present at Shell Park this evening. Chipping and Field Sparrows can be heard in many places throughout the area. A Field Sparrow was seen at Fifty Point last weekend, at Confederation today and heard on territory in Flamborough last weekend. White-throated Sparrows are arriving in some numbers now finally. Migrants which have been here for a while which still can be found in a few places include Brown Creeper, Winter Wren, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Hermit Thrush, Brown Thrasher and Fox Sparrow. In the odds and sods, Ruffed Grouse were heard drumming in Hyde Tract. Several were seen north of Lowville toward Crawford Lake Conservation Area. A Pileated Woodpecker flew by for at the Safari Road Marsh last Sunday. A female Purple Finch was seen at a feeder on Sawmill Road just west of Ancaster and flocks and singles of Pine Siskins are still being reported at feeders in the area. That the news this week. Should be another good weekend. Please report your sightings here! Cheryl Edgecombe HNC. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
