At 3:30pm, Thursday, August 14th, 2003, this is the Hamilton Naturalists' Club Birding Hotline Report. The Hotline is normally revised on Thursday, unless an unusual bird turns up in the Hamilton area.
Shorebirds, shorebirds, shorebirds! More of the same this week. A trip to the Grimsby Sewage Lagoons produced WILSON'S PHALAROPE, SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER, SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, and KILLDEER. Down the road at Tollgate ponds a RUDDY TURNSTONE was reported. Further afield, sightings at the Townsend Sewage Lagoons included STILT SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER, SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER and KILLDEER. Elsewhere, a walk at Courtcliff Park yielded COMMON NIGHTHAWK, OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, INDIGO BUNTING, WARBLING VIREO, GREAT BLUE HERON, EASTERN PHOEBE, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, YELLOW WARBLER, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, CEDAR WAXWING, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, BALTIMORE ORIOLE, plus SONG SPARROW, FIELD SPARROW, SAVANNAH SPARROW, CHIPPING SPARROW, VESPER SPARROW and BROWN THRASHER. Among the thousands of deerflies at the Curry Tract, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, RED-EYED VIREO, PINE WARBLER, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, OVENBIRD, AMERICAN REDSTART, SCARLET TANAGER, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, OSPREY, INDIGO BUNTING, and VEERY were spotted. Other reports received this week include GREAT EGRET at the Willows, and ACADIAN FLYCATCHER at Rock Point Provincial Park. Keep you eyes peeled for BLACK VULTURES. Two separate reports about BLACK VULTURES were posted to Ontbirds this week, including sightings at Point Pelee and near North Bay. Be sure to let us know about your sightings. Leave your name, telephone number, as well as the time and date of your call. Sightings can also be reported by e-mail. GOOD BIRDING! Keith Dieroff C/O Hamilton Naturalists' Club Birding Hotline Report Hamilton, Ontario [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hamilton Naturalists' Club Tel: (905) 381-0329 www.hamiltonnature.org ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca Keith Dieroff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm for information on leaving and joining the list. As well as general information and content guidelines.
