On Thursday, May 17th, 2006, this is the HNC birding report:
Red-throated Loon Common Loon Black-crowned Night-Heron Virginia Rail Common Tern Whip-poor-will Red-headed Woodpecker Traill's Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Blue-headed Vireo Warbling Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Tufted Titmouse Red-breasted Nuthatch House Wren Marsh Wren Ruby-crowned Kinglet Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Veery Swainson's Thrush Wood Thrush Blue-winged Warbler Tennessee Warbler Nashville Warbler Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Magnolia Warbler Cape May Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black Throated Green Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Pine Warbler Palm Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-and-white Warbler American Redstart Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Louisiana Waterthrush Mourning Warbler Common Yellowthroat Wilson's Warbler Canada Warbler Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow White-throated Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Rose-breasted Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Baltimore Oriole It has been a busy week here in the Hamilton Study Area for typical May migrants. Despite the weather, sunny breaks have brought migrants through the area. The Lakeshore areas have been the most active this week. Shell Park in Oakville has provided a safe haven for migrating flycatchers, vireos and warblers etc. this week with Swainson's Thrush, Wood Thrush, Traill's Flycatcher, Least Flycatcher, Warbling Vireo, Philadelphia Vireo, Red-eyed Vireo, House Wren, Blue-winged, Nashville Warbler, Northern Parula, Yellow , Chestnut-sided, Magnolia, Cape May, Black-throated Blue, Yellow-rumped, Black-throated Green, Blackburnian, Bay-breasted, Blackpoll, Black-and-White, Mourning, and Canada Warbler, American Redstart, Ovenbird, Northern Waterthrush, Louisiana Waterthrush, Chipping, Savannah, Field, Lincoln's, and White-crowned Sparrow, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting and Baltimore Oriole. The majority of these birds were seen on Wednesday when the sun broke out and provided some relief to this rainy May. Shoreacres/Paletta Park in Burlington has been quieter than Shell Park this past week but a few of the above have been seen including, Eastern Kingbird, Least Flycatcher, Traill's Flycatcher (wouldn't it be nice if these came with a label??? A or W), Red-eyed Vireo, Warbling Vireo, Nashville, Yellow, Chestnut-sided, Magnolia, Yellow-rumped, Black-and-White Warbler, American Redstart, Mourning Warbler and Field Sparrow giving a little variety to the mix. Also on a very windy east wind day, Common Loon and Red-throated Loon were seen flying offshore. A number of Black-crowned Night Herons have been roosting in the trees along the creek. At the Appleby Creek bed on Wednesday, Black-crowned Night Herons, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Blue-headed Vireo, Red-eyed Vireo, Black-throated Green and Blackburnian Warbler and White-throated Sparrow were reported. At the east end of the Hamilton Study area at Rattray Marsh, Northern Perula, Black-and-white, Bay-breasted, Black-throated Blue, and Yellow-rumped Warbler were seen along with Red-eyed, Warbling and Blue-headed Vireo. Fifty Point Conservation Area was active last Friday with the same sort of mix as the above locations in addition to Veery, Cape May, Palm, Wilson's and Tennessee Warbler, in addition to Eastern Towhee. The nearby Grimsby Lagoons were high however a Sora gave a call while I was there. Lots of entries tonight for the odds & sods. At LaSalle Park the colony of Common Terns is doing well on the rock islands, Virginia Rail were present at the marsh on Safari Road near Kirkwall (as well as thriving colonies of Black Flies & Mosquitoes and deafening frogs), Whip-poor-will was heard on Kirkwall Road between Concession 6 and Safari Road, a pair of Red-headed Woodpeckers were seen at Jack Darling Park in Mississauga, Tufted Titmice were found in the Dundas Valley C.A. near the Hermitage along with Blue-winged Warbler and Bobolink were seen on the RBG property just off of Olympic Drive. That's the scoop for the week, a long weekend means extra birding hours. Report your sightings!!! Good birding, Cheryl Edgecombe 905-381-0329 HNC Hotline
