CHUCK-WILLS-WIDOW WHITE-EYED VIREO SWAINSON'S WARBLER (a stone's throw from the HSA) CERULEAN WARBLER LARK SPARROW
Golden Eagle Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover Solitary Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Willet Lesser Yellowlegs Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Dunlin Stilt Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher Long-billed Dowitcher Wilson's Phalarope Forster's Tern Black-billed Cuckoo Yellow-throated Vireo Blue-headed Vireo Warbling Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Veery Gray-cheeked Thrush Swainson's Thrush American Pipit Blue-winged Warbler Black-and-white Warbler Tennessee Warbler Orange-corned Warbler Nashville Warbler Common Yellowthroat Mourning Warbler Hooded Warbler American Redstart Northern Parula Magnolia Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Palm Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Canada Warbler Wilson's Warbler Eastern Towhee Grasshopper Sparrow Scarlet Tanager Bobolink Orchard Oriole Migration has slowed a bit this week but look at the top of the list!!!! Our rarities start out with a reported CHUCK-WILL'S WIDOW from the Rattray Marsh area last night. The bird was heard calling from Meadowwood Drive at the north entrance to the park. Hopefully the CHUCK-WILLS-WIDOW calls again tonight. WHITE-EYED VIREOS were plenty this week with sightings at 40 mile Creek, Sedgewick Park and Shell Park. The biggest rarity was just a wee bit out of the Hamilton Study Area with the discovery of a SWAINSON'S WARBLER along the Linear Trail in Cambridge. The bird was a one day wonder and was only seen twice last Saturday along that trail. A CERULEAN WARBLER was a nice find at Riverwood Conservation Area in Mississauga. The bird was found past the board walk near Chappell Creek. Today a LARK SPARROW was found at City View Park on Kerns Road in Burlington. It was a one hour wonder though only being seen near the children's playground early this morning. Shorebirds are in the news this week with an increase in activity throughout the area. At the Windermere Basin a Stilt Sandpiper was a good spring bird along with a White-rumped Sandpiper. The long staying Short-billed Dowitcher continued here in the week being joined by 2 to 3 other Short-billed Dowitchers. On 5th Road East, 10th Road East and Park Road South, Semipalmated Plover, Black-bellied Plover (10thRoad East), Lesser Yellowlegs, Semipalmated Sandpiper (10th Road East) and Least Sandpiper in numbers were seen. At 8th Line and Britannia in north Oakville, a lovely female Wilson's Phalarope was a highlight seen yesterday and today. Other birds there included a Lesser Yellowlegs, Dunlin, Least Sandpiper and a late Wilson's Snipe. A Willet was here briefly on Thursday but flushed out. Last Saturday a sizable group of Short-billed Dowitchers along with one Long-billed Dowitcher was present here. Lastly, at the stormwater pond off the 407 at Britannia, Semipalmated Plover, Solitary Sandpiper, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Semipalmated and Least Sandpiper were present here. The woodlots reported from this week include Edgelake Park, Confederation Park, Shoreacres/Paletta, Shell and Sedgewick Park in Oakville and Riverwood Park in Mississauga. Birds seen here include Blue-headed, Warbling, Philadelphia and Red-eyed Vireo, Veery, Gray-cheeked Thrush (Riverwood and Edgelake), Swainson's Thrush, Blue-winged (Shell Park), Black-and-White, Tennessee, Orange-crowned (Sedgewick), Nashville Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Hooded Warbler (Shoreacres), American Redstart, Northern Parula, Magnolia, Bay-breasted, Blackburnian, Chestnut-sided, Blackpoll, Black-throated Blue, Palm, Pine, Yellow-rumped, Black-throated Green, Canada (Riverwood) and Wilson's Warbler, Eastern Towhee, Scarlet Tanager and Orchard Oriole (Shoreacres). In the odds and sods this week a Golden Eagle made an excellent closer to the Niagara Peninsula Hawkwatch. Two Forster's Terns sat on the pier during the cold and wind last Saturday at Bronte. A Black-billed Cuckoo was heard back on Territory in the Berry Tract and up in Westover. American Pipits were present in a wet field on Park Road South in Grimsby. Grasshopper Sparrows are on territory on 6th Concession West under the hydro lines just west of Westover Road. Bobolinks can be heard at several locations up in Saltfleet but most notably this week on 10th Road East. That the news this week, please continue to report your sightings, there are lots of good birds turning up. Happy May Long Weekend! 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
