LESSER YELLOWLEGS RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER PINE WARBLER BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER COMMON YELLOWTHROAT
Snow Goose King Eider Red-throated Loon Common Loon Turkey Vulture Merlin Killdeer Purple Sandpiper Thayer's Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Snowy Owl Tufted Titmouse Eastern Bluebird Yellow-rumped Warbler American Tree Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Fox Sparrow Snow Bunting Its not been too bad a week here in the HSA. Many birders have been out scanning woodlots and the lake and some significant goodies have turned up. We are fortunate here not only to have a wide variety of waterfowl over the winter season but we are also the self-proclaimed winter warbler capital of Ontario. As you can see by the top of the list a few goodies are around for winter listing, with temperatures staying steady and even rising, these birds should stick around. Of course the ultimate hope is that they will find their way to warmer climes. The BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER was last reported last weekend when it was found low in a group of chickadees and goldfinches west of the parking lot in South Shell Park at the end of Great Lakes Blvd in Oakville. RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET and PINE WARBLER were seen at Lakeside Park in Mississauga. An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER and RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET were seen at Sedgewick Park in Oakville. A great find for this time of year is a BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER along with an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER and RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET along the Bayfront Waterfront Trail at marker 1100 yesterday. Please note there are signs that this trail will be closed Nov 28-Dec 2. I will try to get some more information on this. Another great bird for the winter list would be the lingering LESSER YELLOWLEGS at Red Hill Stormwater Pond. Quite often its been seen in the company of a Killdeer. A Purple Sandpiper was a big highlight yesterday at Fifty Point being extremely co-operative gleaning food off the end of the last rock jetty on the east end of the park. The status of these birds will be posted as I get information later in the week. The lake has been productive with multiple King Eiders seen, one at Fifty Point yesterday, two at Winona Road this morning. Red-throated Loons seem to be on the move with 4 seen off Van Wagners beach yesterday along with Common Loon. Of interest is a beautifully marked Thayer's Gull first found last Wednesday on the beach in front of Hutches. Yesterday it was located at Beachway Park in Burlington. An adult Lesser Black-backed Gull was found at Hutches yesterday. Later in the day it was seen from the Burlington Pier. In the odds and sods, a Snow Goose has been reported several times from the Guelph Line and Harvester area. The same but likely different one was seen at Burloak Park in Oakville in the week. A late Turkey Vulture cruised down the shoreline last weekend in strong northwest winds. Our first Snowy Owl of the season was seen at Tollgate Ponds yesterday, a large flock of Snow Buntings also settled into the gravel there. A Merlin was seen in Dundas on its territory. Tufted Titmice seem to be everywhere this fall. Lakeside Park, Sedgewick Park and LaSalle Park all had titmice present. Four Eastern Bluebirds flew over York Road near the Hopkins Tract yesterday. A Yellow-rumped Warbler was present at Lakeside Park with the Pine Warbler, more of these to show up I am sure. A very late Savannah Sparrow is on the cusp of the top of the list. This bird was in the middle of a flock of American Tree Sparrow up on the Dofasco Trail between 8th and 10th Road East. Fox Sparrows continue to come into feed in the Hendrie Valley at Cherry Hill Gate. Winter listing starts Dec 1st for those interested. Report your sightings here and please pass them along to Bill Lamond for our Noteworthy Bird Records. [email protected] Have a great week. Cheryl --- 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
