MARBLED GODWIT RED KNOT RED PHALAROPE ACADIAN FLYCATCHER CERULEAN WARBLER White-winged Scoter Common Merganser Common Loon Great Egret Green Heron Sharp-shinned Hawk Broad-winged Hawk American Kestrel Merlin Black-bellied Plover American Golden Plover Semipalmated Plover Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Upland Sandpiper Whimbrel Ruddy Turnstone Sanderling Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher Red-necked Phalarope Red Phalarope Bonaparte's Gull Chimney Swift Ruby-throated Hummingbird Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Traill's Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Golden-winged Warbler Black-and-white Warbler Nashville Warbler Mourning Warbler Common Yellowthroat American Redstart Magnolia Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Canada Warbler Wilson's Warbler
This week has definitely seen an increase in birds and species diversion here in the Hamilton Study Area. There were no super-rarities but there were birds of note. The MARBLED GODWIT was reported until about mid-week when the cold front moved through and then disappeared. A RED KNOT was seen at North Island and at Tollgate Pond up until mid-week, could have been same bird but could have been two. Yesterday, a group of Sanderling were flying past Lakeland with a different looking darker bird in the group. Photos were taken and a neat surprise juvenile RED PHALAROPE was at the lead of the pack. An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER was reported at Shoreacres in Burlington last weekend and yesterday an unusual fall migrant here. Lastly a female CERULEAN WARBLER was seen at Edgelake Park where the bulk of the warblers have been seen migrating this week. Shorebirds continue to be in the forefront. At Windermere Basin, Black-bellied and Semipalmated Plover, Lesser Yellowlegs, a one day wonder Whimbrel on Thursday, Semipalmated, Least Baird's, Pectoral Sandpiper and Short-billed Dowitcher. At nearby Tollgate Pond this week, Lesser Yellowlegs, Ruddy Turnstone, Sanderling, Buff-breasted Sandpiper and up to 7 Red-necked Phalaropes have been seen. A scope is definitely needed and viewing is challenged here with distance. At the Red Hill Stormwater Pond 20+ Stilt Sandpipers have been seen in the week, strangely enough this being the only locale where they were recorded. A couple Greater Yellowlegs also here making the mix a little different than other places. As is traditional this time of year Buff Breasted Sandpipers have started to move into the sod farms in the south of the HSA, south of Mount Hope. Last Sunday, a group of 7 were photographed at 393 Greens Road along with a late departing Upland Sandpiper. To round out shorebirds three lovely adult American Golden Plover were seen in a wet field on Michigan Ave which is east of Burloak and north of Rebecca Street in Burlington. Passerines have started to move with warbler migration well under way. Birds reported from Fifty Point in Grimsby, Edgelake in Stoney Creek, Churchill Park in Hamilton and Shoreacres in Burlington include, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Yellow-bellied, Traill's and Least Flycatcher, Eastern Kingbird, Swainson's Thrush, Golden-winged (Edgelake), Black-and white, Nashville, Mourning Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, American Redstart, Magnolia, Chestnut-sided, Blackpoll, Black-throated Blue, Canada and Wilson's Warbler, Scarlet Tanager and Baltimore Oriole. I am sure there are species to add to this mix. In the odds and sods, White-winged Scoter, Common Merganser and Common Loon were noted at a lake watch at Lakeland yesterday morning. Fourteen Great Egrets were reported at Cootes Paradise with another 3 or so at Red Hill Pond. A Green Heron has been a favourite photographic subject as it sits close to the lookout most days at Windermere Basin. A small hawk migration over south Burlington included Broad-winged and Sharp-shinned Hawk, Merlin and American Kestrel. Expect these numbers and species to increase in the next two weeks. Four Bonaparte's Gulls were sitting on the mud at Windermere Basin yesterday morning. A Chimney Swift whizzed past this birders house early in the week, I have not seen them for some time. Common Nighthawks continue to fly through being seen over Hamilton this week. Start stocking feeders and hummingbird feeders, now is the time to get some good yard birds moving through. Please send your sightings here! Have a great long weekend. Cheryl Edgecombe HNC --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - 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 Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
