On Friday, May 23rd, 2008, this is the HNC Birding report. WHITE-EYED VIREO YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER WORM-EATING WARBLER
American Bittern Least Bittern Great Egret Northern Harrier Bald Eagle Red-shouldered Hawk Virginia Rail Sora Semipalmated Plover Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Spotted Sandpiper Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher Black-billed Cuckoo Common Nighthawk Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Pileated Woodpecker Traills Flycatcher Great Crested Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Blue-headed Vireo Warbling Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Ruby-crowned Kinglet Veery Swainson's 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 Prairie Warbler Palm Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-and-white Warbler American Redstart Prothonotary Warbler Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Connecticut Warbler Mourning Warbler Common Yellowthroat Hooded Warbler Wilson's Warbler Canada Warbler Scarlet Tanager Eastern Towhee Rose-breasted Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Bobolink Orchard Oriole Baltimore Oriole This weeks migration has not slowed down despite the cold and rainy weather conditions on the long weekend. Tuesday through to today saw a large push of migrants moving through the area, both early and late migrants in the group. Many of the lakeshore migrant traps were resting places for migrating warblers this week including some goodies in the mix. Starting in the east Rattray Marsh at the end of Bexhill Drive in Mississauga reported a WHITE-EYED VIREO along with Great Egret, Northern Harrier, Sora, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Least Flycatcher, Red-eyed and Philadelphia Vireo, Wood and Swainson's Thrush, Tennessee, Nashville, Chestnut-sided, Cape May, Magnolia, Yellow-rumped, Yellow, Black-and-white, Black-throated Blue, Black-throated Green, Blackburnian, Bay-breasted, Blackpoll, Palm, and Wilson's Warbler, Ovenbird, Redstart, Common Yellowthroat, Scarlet Tanager and Lincoln's Sparrow. At nearby Jack Darling Park, a YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was seen last Sunday along with Bay-breasted, Wilson's, Northern Parula, Yellow, Nashville, Yellow-rumped, Black-and-white, Magnolia, Chestnut-sided, Pine, Tennessee, Black-throated Blue, Black-throated Green, Common Yellowthroat , American Redstart, Northern Waterthrush, Mourning and Connecticut Warbler, Ovenbird and Orchard Oriole. At Shell Park this week, Eastern Kingbird, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Cedar Waxwing, Swainson's Thrush, Eastern Kingbird, Red-eyed Vireo, Tennessee, Nashville, Northern Parula, Yellow, Chestnut-sided, Magnolia, Black throated Blue-Yellow-rumped, Black-throated Green, Blackburnian, Palm and Bay-breasted Warbler, Northern Waterthrush and White-crowned Sparrow were reported. Nearby Shell Park at Creek Path Woods a pair of Pileated Woodpeckers and a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker were excellent birds to add to the mix. An adult Bald Eagle was seen flying along the lakeshore. At Shoreacres this week, things were a little quieter but an influx of migrants on Tuesday/Wednesday in addition to the same mix at Shell Park included Philadelphia Vireo, Great Crested and Traill's Flycatcher, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Common Yellowthroat, Wilson's, Canada and Blackpoll Warbler. Another big news story of the week was the Currie Tract in North Halton. This large tract of forest located opposite the Mohawk Race Track is an excellent place to find a variety of migrants as there are many habitats found here. This week, WORM-EATING WARBLER, Prairie and Prothonotary Warbler were all reported mid-week. A search today did not turn these species up but a number of migrants/residents were found including Veery, Black-billed Cuckoo, Blue-winged and Mourning Warbler, Eastern Towhee, Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak and Indigo Bunting. Close by in North Halton another WHITE-EYED VIREO was seen and heard today! For those looking for shorebirds, two locations have reported this week. The first on the west side of the Dundas Marsh, just after the bridge which is now decommissioned on the Willows Trail. Here Killdeer, Semipalmated, Least and Solitary Sandpiper, Short-billed Dowitcher and Lesser Yellowlegs were found. In the Dundas Marsh, Virginia Rail, Sora and a Least Bittern have been calling regularly out in the marsh and a Black-billed Cuckoo is also present there. Another good spot for shorebirds is the storm water pond on Upper Middle Road west of Burloak and east of Appleby Line in Burlington. Here, Killdeer, Semi-palmated Plover, Least, Solitary and Spotted Sandpiper and Greater Yellowlegs have been seen this week. In the odds and sods this week another Least Bittern was flushed from the south cell of the Grimsby Sewage Lagoons. An American Bittern was present at Fifty Point Conservation Area. Common Nighthawks were seen over Hamilton. Bronte Creek Provincial Park is an excellent place for Bobolinks and a Red-shouldered Hawk was seen along Campbellville Road. That's the news for the week! Good Birding! Cheryl Edgecombe HNC Hotline 905-381-0329 _______________________________________________ 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
