Today we looked for the Yellow-throated Warbler at the foot of Burloak just
e of the Shell pier with no success reported by anyone to 11 AM, and the
Harlequin Duck at Gray's Road again with no success although there were many
scoters of all 3 species. We went on to Niagara where we found a juvenile
Greater White-fronted Goose above the falls opposite the engineering building.
Construction is making this area a mess. There were three Tufted Titmice at the
feeders on Peter St. in Chippawa plus a Red-bellied Woodpecker. Parking was
free at the "Floral Showpiece". In the gorge below the falls there was a
juvenile Black-legged Kittiwake and a Little Gull but no Franklin's Gull. At
Adam Beck the most notable bird was an early Thayer's Gull.
Hugh Currie, Andrew Don and Richard Pope
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Hamilton Naturalists Club Birding Report - Thursday, November 2nd,
2006
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On Thursday, November 2nd, 2006, this is the HNC Birding Report:
HARLEQUIN DUCK
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE
PARASITIC JAEGER
POMARINE JAEGER
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Late migrants this week!
American Golden Plover
Spotted Sandpiper
American Woodcock
Caspian Tern
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
American Redstart
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
American Wigeon
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Great Egret
Merlin
Greater Yellowlegs
Bonaparte's Gull
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Hermit Thrush
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Snow Bunting
Another strange week of late migrants in the Hamilton Study Area this week.
Of interest this week were several late
migrants and a rarity, all located in a small parkette at the base of the
Petro Canada Pier just east of Great Lakes Blvd on
Lakeshore. In this parkette, starting last Saturday, a YELLOW-THROATED
WARBLER which was still being seen as of late this
morning. Also found here in the week were an Eastern Kingbird, Bay-breasted
and Blackpoll Warbler all extremely late
migrants. Quite the Bermuda Triangle here in west Oakville. The Eastern
Kingbird and Bay-breasted were still there today. Also during the week
sightings of POMARINE JAEGER offshore by people looking for the
Yellow-throated Warbler.
Moving west down the lakeshore at Paletta/Shoreacres another couple of late
migrants were seen yesterday Blue-gray Gnatcatcher and American Redstart.
The lake once again was productive in the week starting with last Friday
when a PARASITIC and POMARINE JAEGER were both
seen along with a BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE at Van Wagners Beach. Also seen
here last weekend was a gorgeous male HARLEQUIN DUCK at the end of Grays
Road. Seen there with it and at various points along the lake American
Wigeon, Green-winged Teal, Canvasback, Redhead, Greater Scaup, Lesser Scaup,
Surf Scoter, White-winged Scoter, Black Scoter (many), Long-tailed Duck,
Common Merganser, ,Red-breasted Merganser, Ruddy Duck, Red-throated Loon,
,Common Loon, Horned Grebe, and Red-necked Grebe. At 50 Point on Sunday the
first GLAUCOUS GULL was seen in addition to Bonapartes and Great
Black-backed Gull. At Millen Road a juvenile Lesser Black-backed Gull and
finally at Windermere Basin a couple of late American Golden Plover were
present.
Down at LaSalle Park, both Trumpeter and Tundra Swans came in this week.
Trumpeters will over winter here. A
Pied-billed Grebe was seen last Sunday.
At Bronte Creek Provincial Park, a report of a late Great Crested Flycatcher
is interesting in this season of wandering
flycatchers. More info and investigation is being done on this. Also see
there were both Kinglets, Chipping Sparrow, Fox Sparrow, and Merlin.
Behind Olympic Arena a Great Egret was still lurking about and two American
Woodcocks were seen flying around last weekend.
In the odds and sods department, our Caspian Tern adult and juvenile were
still being reported on Neare island, an
unprecedented record for this area. Many reports of Fox Sparrow and Hermit
Thrush in the week in back yards and at feeders. Two Spotted Sandpipers
were seen at Rattray Marsh in Mississauga last Saturday and another was
present down at the Bronte area yesterday.
Sunday November 5th, is our HNC Fall Bird Count. If you are out birding in
the area in the next few days, please send
along your sightings to us so that we can forward them to people covering
these areas and/or if it is on the 5th so we
can count them. There are many late great migrants in the area that would
make welcome additions to our list. Email to
me or call the hotline!
Good birding,
Cheryl Edgecombe
HNC Hotline
905-381-0329
