FISH CROW
Least Bittern Golden Eagle Virginia Rail Sora Common Gallinule Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover Spotted Sandpiper Lesser Yellowlegs Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Dunlin Short-billed Dowitcher Ruby-throated Hummingbird Least Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Great Crested Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Blue-headed Vireo Warbling Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Ruby-crowned Kinglet Veery Swainson's Thrush Hermit Thrush Wood Thrush Gray Catbird Brown Thrasher American Pipit Ovenbird Golden-winged Warlber Blue-winged Warbler Black-and-white Warbler Tennessee Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler Mourning Warbler Common Yellowthroat Hooded Warbler American Redstart Cape May Warbler Northern Parula Magnolia Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Palm Warbler Pine Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Warbler Canada Warbler Eastern Towhee American Tree Sparrow Chipping Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Scarlet Tanager Rose-breasted Grosbeak Bobolink Orchard Oriole Baltimore Oriole Well it’s here, full blown migration, didn’t think it would ever happen but yesterday especially migrants have poured into the area and its hopping. There have been no super rarities this week save a FISH CROW which flew east down the Lakeshore being seen at the end of Mississauga Street. There has been however, great diversity at a number of different sites. More birders that keep looking will turn something up. We will start with the woodlots. Places reported from this week include Lakeside Park and Rattray Marsh in Mississauga, Sedgewick and Shell Park in Oakville, Tuck Creek, Sherwood Forest and Shoreacres (Paletta) in Burlington, Confederation Park, Edgelake Park and Fifty Point around the west end of the lake and the Westdale Ravine. Over this week the following have been seen: Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Least Flycatcher, Eastern Phoebe, Great Crested Flycatcher, Eastern Kingbird, Blue-headed, Warbling Vireo, Philadelphia (Sedgewick), Red-eyed Vireo, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Veery, Swainson's Hermit and Wood Thrush, Gray Catbird, Brown Thrasher, Ovenbird, Golden-winged Warbler (Westdale Ravine, Shell Park), Blue-winged Warbler (Tuck Creek), Black-and-white, Tennessee Orange-crowned, Nashville, Mourning Warbler (Lakeside Park and Westdale Ravine), Common Yellowthroat, American Redstart, Cape May Warbler, Northern Parula, Magnolia, Bay-breasted, Blackburnian, Yellow, Chestnut-sided, Black-throated Blue, Palm Pine, Yellow-rumped, Black-throated, Canada Warbler (Fifty Point), Eastern Towhee, Chipping, Swamp, White-throated and White-crowned Sparrow, Scarlet Tanager (10 in the Westdale Ravine), Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Baltimore and Orchard Oriole (Princess Point). Bobolinks are back being heard on traditional nesting sites on 5th Road East and in the field east of Quarry Road north of Ridge Road Marsh birds are also in with Virginia Rails calling away at Kerncliffe Park. At the Safari Road Wetland on Safari Road just west of Kirkwall this week, Least Bittern Sora, Virginia Rail and Common Moorhen were highlights. Shorebirds are in the news. On 5th Road East in Saltfleet, Semipalmated Plover, Lesser Yellowlegs, Spotted and Least Sandpipers were present. In a flooded field just east of 10th Road East on the Dofasco trail, Black-bellied and Semipalmated Plover, Dunlin, Lesser Yellowlegs and Least Sandpiper were highlights. At the Windermere Basin the long staying Short-billed Dowitcher was joined by another. Lesser Yellowlegs and Least Sandpiper were also present. Another good spot was the stormwater ponds viewed from the 407 near Britannia. The same mix as above but with two early Semipalmated Sandpipers. The Niagara Peninsula Hawkwatch is wrapping up with a highlight of a Golden Eagle passing over a couple of days ago. Should be an interesting weekend for birds and birders. Lack of movement could turn up a good rarity. Send your sightings here! Good birding, Cheryl Edgecombe HNC _______________________________________________ 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
