SABINE'S GULL PARASITIC JAEGER Great Blue Heron Great Egret Green Heron Black-crowned Night Heron Sora American Golden Plover Spotted Sandpiper Solitary Sandpiper Lesser Yellowlegs Marbled Godwit Red Knot Sanderling Baird's Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper Bonaparte's Gull Black Tern Common Nighthawk Olive-sided Flycatcher Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Great Crested FLycatcher Yellow-throated Vireo Warbling Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Winter Wren Veery Gray-cheeked Thrush Swainson's Thrush Gray Catbird Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Black-and-white Warbler Tennessee Warbler Nashville Warbler Common Yellowthroat American Redstart Cape May Warbler Northern Paula Magnolia Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Palm Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Wilson's Warbler Lincoln's Sparrow Rose-breasted Grosbeak
It was another week of migration in the Hamilton Study area although later in the week with south winds, migration slowed a bit, seems like we are getting our summer now. The focus again for rarities this week was VanWagners Beach. Early in the week up to four PARASITIC JAEGERS were seen at scope distance. A real treat mid week and totally unexpected was a group of 21 SABINE'S GULLS seen at a distance from Lakeland. These gulls may still be around waiting for the winds to change. Other birds noted down here were Bonaparte's Gull and Black Tern. Shorebirds are still in the news. The Marbled Godwit continues to be seen at Windermere Basin along with the Red Knot, probably the record for the longest staying MAGO. At Tollgate Pond American Golden Plover, Lesser Yellowlegs, Sanderling and Baird's Sandpiper were noted. A Buff-breasted Sandpiper was noted flying out of here one day this week toward Windermere Basin. Cootes Paradise is still high but a small patch of mud yielded Spotted and Solitary Sandpiper to a paddler. Cootes seems to be a haven for Herons and Egrets with up to 25 Great Egrets seen going to roost at Caroll's point and on Hickory Island last Sunday. A healthy supply of 25 Black-crowned Night Herons (25) were seen on a paddle last night along with Great Blue Heron and Green Heron. The Valley Inn is also a good place to look for herons and egrets. We just need to find a Little Blue tucked in with them. One of the best sightings celebrated this week was of flocks of Nighthawks over Cootes Paradise and Princess Point. Common Nighthawks were also noted travelling over Ruthven down in the south of the HSA. The woodlots have been busy again this week with reports coming from Edgelake and Confederation Park, Rock Chapel/Borer's Falls, and Sedgewick in Oakville. Birds noted here include Olive-sided Flycatcher (Sedgewick), Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Sedgewick and Confederation), Least Flycatcher, Eastern Phoebe, Great Crested Flycatcher, Yellow-throated Vireo (Edgelake), Warbling, Philadelphia and Red-eyed Vireo, Winter Wren (Confederation), Veery, Gray-cheeked and Swainson's Thrush (Confederation), Ovenbird, Northern Waterthrush (Edgelake), Black-and-white (Rock Chapel), Tennessee (Confederation), Nashville Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, American Redstart, Cape May Warbler, Northern Parula, Magnolia, Bay-breasted, Blackburnian, Chestnut-sided, Blackpoll, Black-throated Blue, Palm, Black-throated Green and Wilson's Warbler and Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Lincoln's Sparrows are the first of the Sparrow group to start the move and were seen at Confederation Park last Sunday. There was an e-bird report of a BOREAL CHICKADEE on Thursday at Christie Conservation Area. Any details of this sighting or photos would be greatly appreciated. Happy Summer..... 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
