BLACK VULTURE BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE SABINE'S GULL PARASITIC JAEGER EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE
Snow Goose Brant Northern Shoveler Green-winged Teal Redhead Surf Scoter Ruddy Duck Peregrine Falcon Virginia Rail Sandhill Crane Killdeer Spotted Sandpiper Lesser Yellowlegs Ruddy Turnstone Sanderling Least Sandpiper Yellow-billed Cuckoo Common Nighthawk Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Least Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Warbling Vireo Blue-headed Vireo Red-breasted Nuthatch House Wren Winter Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Swainson's Thrush Hermit Thrush Gray Catbird Tennessee Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler Common Yellowthroat American Redstart Cape May Warbler Northern Parula Magnolia Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Pine Warbler Palm Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Connecticut Warbler Song Sparrow - Lincoln's Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow - Dark-eyed Junco Purple Finch Pine Siskin It's a long list of birds for this week, there are plenty of migrants around with some goodies mixed in to keep it fresh. Let's get started with the goodies at the top A BLACK VULTURE was a welcome yard guest for a resident in Hamilton on Saturday. The bird was seen over Hamilton Cemetery and headed toward Dundas where it was seen next morning. As is this time of year, Van Wagner's Beach has not disappointed on east winds. Today a SABINE'S GULL and PARASITIC JAEGERS were seen and last week, BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES were seen as well with two being seen at the beach and one seen at Bronte Harbour a week ago today. Northeast and East winds are forecast for tomorrow morning and for the Thanksgiving weekend. First of season Surf Scoters were seen at the west end of the lake as well. Lastly a EURASIAN COLLARED DOVE has been lurking about Brantford near the legion and in a local back yard. There is some discussion on this bird as to its origins but might be a pure bred wild bird. Ultimately it's up to you to decide. Shorebirds are still around but in limited numbers. Tollgate Ponds had Spotted Sandpiper (getting late), Lesser Yellowlegs, Ruddy Turnstone, Sanderling and Least Sandpiper. Waterfowl species seen here include Northern Shoveler, Green-winged Teal and Redhead. Two adult Stilt Sandpipers were seen at Grimsby Wetlands yesterday. The woodlots have been active this week. Over the past days, reports from the Paletta/Shoreacres Park in Burlington, Sedgewick Park in Oakville, Hamilton Cemetery and Confederation Park include: Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Least Flycatcher, Eastern Phoebe, Warbling and Blue-headed Vireo, Red-breasted Nuthatch, House and Winter Wren, Golden-crowned and Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Swainson's and Hermit Thrush, Gray Catbird, Tennessee, Orange-crowned, Nashville Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, American Redstart, Cape May Warbler, Northern Parula, Magnolia, Bay-breasted, Blackpoll, Pine, Palm, Yellow-rumped, Black-throated Green , Connecticut (Shoreacres , east end of Confederation Park), Song, Lincolns, Swamp, White-throated Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Purple Finch, and Pine Siskin. There are lots more migrants to come, birding should be good when this rain clears. In the odds and sods this week, a Snow Goose was seen at the large pond along Kirkwall Rd about 350m N of 5th Concession a week ago today. A Peregrine Falcon made a surprise visit over a yard in Brantford this week. Two Sandhill Cranes were seen north of St. George last Friday. A Yellow-billed Cuckoo was a highlight on the OFO walk behind Van Wagner's Ponds last weekend. A late Common Nighthawk was seen passing through on Millborough Line north of Carlisle on Saturday. That's the news this week. With a long weekend coming up, extra time for birding. Send along your sightings here! 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
