On Friday, December 28th, 2007 this is the HNC Birding report: NORTHERN HAWK OWL
Tundra Swan King Eider Gray Partridge Ring-necked Pheasant Ruffed Grouse Wild Turkey Red-necked Grebe Bald Eagle Peregrine Falcon Lesser Black-backed Gull Glaucous Gull Great Horned Owl Long-eared Owl Short-eared Owl Belted Kingfisher Northern Shrike Tufted Titmouse Brown Creeper Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Eastern Bluebird Hermit Thrush Bohemian Waxwing Cedar Waxwing Pine Grosbeak Common Redpoll Hoary Redpoll Our annual Boxing Day Christmas Count results are still coming in from observers. In no specific order, several good birds were seen on the count this year. At LaSalle Park a Ruby-crowned Kinglet was seen at the boardwalk which skirts the beach on the waterfront trail. It was hanging around with a number of chickadees, Golden-crowned Kinglet and a couple of Brown Creepers. Also at LaSalle were a surprising number of Tundra Swans resting on the rock islands at the east end of the park. Red-necked Grebes are still being seen on the bay off LaSalle Marina. A Lesser Black-backed Gull was seen early in the morning from Woodland Cemetery and another adult just off the Burlington Golf & Country Club later in the afternoon. At Woodland Cemetery a Long-eared Owl was seen at dawn. Glaucous Gulls seem to be numerous on the bay with at least 10 being seen on the early morning fly. Belted Kingfisher was also present here at Woodland. Many reports of Bald Eagles being seen around the bay with at least 4 being reported on the bay, one near the Desjardins Canal which gave photographic opportunities and one near Burloak Bluffs in Oakville. A Hermit Thrush was seen in the Spring Creek Valley area of Dundas. A Short-eared Owl was seen count day at Olfield and Harvest Road. Winter finch reports were limited to both Redpoll species. A Hoary Redpoll made an appearance this week at a feeder out in Flamborough and they were from the Rock Chapel area on count day. During count week Eastern Bluebirds were seen in the Rock Chapel area too. Up on the Stoney Creek Mountain at first Road West, Wild Turkey were seen in the count week and 2 Ring-necked Pheasants were seen on count day. The NORTHERN HAWK OWL is still being seen up on 10th Road East. Also reported from here was a Northern Shrike. These are not in the count area for the CBC. Down at the lake in Stoney Creek at Sayers Park a first year male King Eider was seen last Sunday. Up at the Guelph Arboretum this week, numerous reports of Pine Grosbeak and if patient enough a flock of Bohemian Waxwings are still being seen surfing around the area. Another good sighting this week which is out of the count area is of a Tufted Titmouse which is frequenting Shoracres/Paletta Park in Burlington. This bird has been reported on and off since the beginning of December. Out at the Brantford Airport a small covey of 4 Gray Partridge have been seen again this week a couple of times. The last place viewed was at the SE intersection of Airport Rd. and York St foraging on the ground at the NW corner of a commercial building with a sign marking the business as "Emerson". In the odds and sods this week, a Peregrine Falcon remains at the lift bridge harassing pigeons and the local Red-tailed Hawk. Out in Brant Co. near Glen Morris a couple of Ruffed Grouse were flushed from behind a residence there. Wild Turkey were seen at the intersection of Olfield and Hwy 5. A Merlin is making a winter territory around Seafare Drive in Oakville. Great Horned Owls are being reported in the Glen Morris area hooting extremely loudly! and also at the Creek Path Woods in Oakville this week. Count week ends on December 29th. Please forward your sightings. Take note of the goodies around the area for your New Years Day lists, they're all new birds in 2008! Happy New Year. Good birding! Cheryl Edgecombe 905-381-0329 HNC Hotline _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdssetup.php ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdsguide.php
