Today (Oct 6), I refound the grey-cheeked thrush in the woodlots south-east of the Champlain Bridge (I assume it's the same bird as yesterday). There were several hermit thrushes as well, and a blue-headed vireo. Some species from yesterday appeared to have vacated: for example, I didn't see a single ruby-crowned kinglet; they were numerous yesterday.
This area can be accessed from the parking lot on the north side of the Ottawa River Parkway, just east of the Champlain Bridge. The river can also be conveniently checked from this lot. Paul Matthews, Ottawa From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Oct 6 18:13:10 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from fep7.cogeco.net (smtp.cogeco.net [216.221.81.25]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 675C263D0E for <[email protected]>; Thu, 6 Oct 2005 18:13:10 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mainoffice (d141-150-198.home.cgocable.net [24.141.150.198]) by fep7.cogeco.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 9F19ADD2; Thu, 6 Oct 2005 18:15:49 -0400 (EDT) From: "Cheryl Edgecombe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 18:15:51 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 cc: Betty Blashill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Ontbirds] Hamilton Naturalists Club Birding Report - Thursday, October 6th, 2005 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 22:13:10 -0000 On Thursday, October 6th, 2005, this is the HNC Birding Report: WILLET LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW Great Egret Green-winged Teal Northern Shoveler American Wigeon Redhead Ring-necked Duck Osprey Bald Eagle Semipalmated Plover Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Dunlin Lesser Yellowlegs Chimney Swift Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Red-eyed Vireo Blue-headed Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Red-breasted Nuthatch Winter Wren Marsh Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Hermit Thrush Brown Thrasher American Pipit Northern Parula Yellow-rumped Warbler Common Yellowthroat Rose-breasted Grosbeak Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Rusty Blackbird Purple Finch Summer is back here in the Hamilton Area. The birds seem to be stagnant this week as south winds and warm temperatures are not qualifications for heavy migration. A couple of new goodies have popped up in the area this week. Out at the Dundas Marsh, NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW continues to be seen with some regularity with 5 being seen relatively well yesterday. At the end of the willows, a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER has been present for the past couple days last being seen yesterday as well. Other birds reported from the willows are Osprey, Bald Eagle, Semipalmated Plover, Black-bellied Plover, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Dunlin, Lesser Yellowlegs, Marsh Wren, Swamp Sparrow and Rusty Blackbirds. Note the South Shore/Willows trail off of Cootes Drive is treacherous in spots, rubber boots are highly recommended and there is a great deal of poison ivy around. Another great shorebird seen this week was a WILLET on the rock islands at LaSalle Marina, an excellent find for this time of year. At nearby Woodland Cemetery, a Northern Parula and Blue-headed Vireo were seen in the week. At Van Wagner's Beach last Sunday a BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE popped into an observer's scope at a distance and an American Pipit was seen on the rocks. >From the north of the area at Mountsberg C.A. and other spots in north Halton, large numbers of White-throated Sparrows and Icterids were seen in the week along with Red-eyed and Blue-headed Vireo, Common Yellowthroat and Purple Finch. At the back of Mountsberg, many Great Egrets were seen along with Green-winged Teal, Northern Shoveler, American Wigeon, Ring-necked Duck and Redhead. The lakefront properties have been quiet this week. Shell Park was a ghost town today and earlier in the week only Golden-crowned Kinglet, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Hermit Thrush and Winter Wren were the only birds of note. Quite a few yard reports in the week, a Philadelphia Vireo was seen in the Guelph Line & New Street Area, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Yellow-rumped Warbler and more Whitethroats in the Walker's Line & New Street area, Brown Thrasher in Greensville, and White-crowned Sparrow in Beamsville. In the odds & sods department Chimney Swifts were seen over Ivor Wynne Stadium at the Ticats game last Friday, six Pine Warblers were mixed in with a group of Yellow-rumped Warblers near the High Level Bridge and Rusty Blackbirds are still being reported from the Bronte Marsh. That's the news for this week. A change in the weather should bring a change in the birds this weekend. Keep the reports coming!! Good birding, Cheryl Edgecombe 905-381-0329
