NEOTROPIC CORMORANT AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN SWAINSON'S HAWK WHITE-EYED VIREO FISH CROW WORM-EATING WARBLER DICKSISSEL
King Eider Wild Turkey Red-throated Loon Common Loon Red-necked Grebe Northern Goshawk Virginia Rail Sora Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover Spotted Sandpiper Solitary Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Ruddy Turnstone Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Dunlin Long-billed Dowitcher Wilson's Phalarope Bonaparte's Gull Iceland Gull Common Tern Forster's Tern Chimney Swift Ruby-throated Hummingbird Pileated Woodpecker Least Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Yellow-throated Vireo Tufted Titmouse Marsh Wren Veery Swainson's Thrush Wood Thrush Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Golden-winged Warbler Black-and-white Warbler Tennessee Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville 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 Prairie Warble Black-throated Green Warbler Lincoln's Sparrow White-throated Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Scarlet Tanager Rose-breasted Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Bobolink Orchard Oriole It's been a busy week here in the Hamilton Study area as you can see by the long list of birds above here. The list at the top is quite impressive. Mid week on northeast winds (which we have had too many of!!) a second year NEOTROPIC CORMORANT was seen on a lake watch. An AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was seen circling over the 403 at Princess Point and potentially cruising towards Cootes Paradise on Wednesday but was not refound. A SWAINSON'S HAWK was an unexpected surprise at the Niagara Peninsula Hawkwatch this week. Last Monday, a WHITE-EYED VIREO was an unexpected yard bird along the Bronte ravine at Bronte and Rebecca. Today at Brueckner Rhododendron Gardens in Mississauga, a double whammy of a FISH CROW and a flyover DICKSISSEL was a score for a keen observer here. Lastly, last weekend, a WORM-EATING WARBLER was seen at Edgelake Park in Stoney Creek but was a one half hour wonder and disappeared. New arrivals this week include Black-bellied Plover seen up in Saltfleet at 5th road east and on the west pier at Bronte Harbour. Today a record number of 31 Semipalmated Plovers were counted at 8th Road East. At Windermere Basin, a Ruddy Turnstone was seen and photographed last Wednesday. Semipalmated Sandpiper was an early record last Sunday at 5th Road East. Three Wilson's Phalaropes were seen briefly at Tapleytown and 4th Road East. A few Forster's Terns were seen at Bronte Harbour. Ruby-throated Hummingbirds have been reported at feeders in the area finally. Our first Swainson's Thrush was seen at 40 mile creek where a number of new migrants including Hooded, Magnolia and Bay-breasted Warbler were seen yesterday. Bobolinks have moved into the area in numbers with reports from 10th and 11th Road East in Saltfleet and at the Gates of Heaven Cemetery. The woodlots have been busy off and on all week with heavy activity the last two days. Places reported from this week include Shoreacres/Paletta, Edgelake, Eramosa Karst, Westdale Ravine and the Northshore trails of the RBG. Birds reported include, Least Flycatcher, Eastern Kingbird, Yellow-throated Vireo (Rhododendron Gardens and Northshore Trail RBG), Veery, Wood Thrush, Ovenbird, Northern Waterthrush, Black-and-white Warbler, Tennessee, Orange-crowned (Shoreacres and 40 mile creek), Nashville Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, American Redstart, Cape May, Northern Parula, Blackburnian, Yellow, Chestnut-sided, Black-throated Blue, Palm, Pine, Yellow-rumped (still in good numbers), Prairie (Shoreacres/Paletta) and Black-throated Green Warbler, Lincoln's Sparrow (Bronte and Rebecca), White-throated, White-Crowned Sparrow, Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting (Eramosa Karst) and Orchard Oriole (Confederation Park, 50 Point). A Golden-winged Warbler was a good find near Franklin Pond in Galt. Shorebirds are still in the news. The best habitat now seems to be on 8th road East between Ridge and Green Mountain. In addition to the Semi-Plovers, Lesser Yellowlegs and Pectoral Sandpiper were noted. Today on 5th Road East Spotted Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs and Solitary Sandpiper were seen. On Green Mountain Road around 6th Road East, a small flooded field yielded Lesser Yellowlegs and Least Sandpiper. The Long-billed Dowitchers present on 5th Road East departed last weekend. In the odds and sods a first summer and female King Eider were seen off Fruitland Road yesterday in addition to Common and Red-throated Loons. Wild Turkeys are turning up everywhere with one taking up residence at Sedgewick Park in Oakville and at the Eramosa Karst. Red-necked Grebe pairs have started to set up shop down at Burloak Bluffs and at Bronte Harbour but rising lake levels make it difficult to have a viable nest. A juvenile Northern Goshawk was seen Pinetum trail near Hopkins Trail at the RBG, one was seen at the Niagara Peninsula Hawkwatch the day before. Bonaparte's Gulls are still moving through in good numbers. Two Little Gulls were seen in the week, one off Bronte Harbour and one off Shoreacres earlier in the week. An Iceland Gull is a good late record seen at the Suncor Pier. Pileated Woodpecker was reported from the Dundas Valley and at Rock Chapel this week. Tufted Titmouse is still being very vocal at Bronte Bluffs. A nice little marsh to visit is on 11th Road East just south of the tracks south of Green Mountain Road where Sora, Virginia Rail and Marsh Wren were all heard this week. It's a busy time, sorry for the late report, my computer decided to reboot itself mid-report this morning. Get out there and find some birds, report your sightings here!. Good birding, 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. 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