On Friday, September 18th, 2009, this is the HNC Birding Report:
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE
PARASITIC JAEGER
Green-winged Teal
Common Loon
Red-necked Grebe
American White Pelican
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Sharp-Shinned Hawk
Red-tailed hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
American Kestrel
Semipalmated Plover
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Sempalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Wilson's Snipe
Great Black-backed Gull
Common Tern
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyd Vireo
Swainson's Thrush
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Mangolia Warbler
Cape May 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
Common Yellowthroat
Wilsons Warbler
White-throated Sparrow
It's been a little quieter in some ways here in the HSA this week but busier
in others. The action at VanWagner's Beach has tapered off with east winds
being present only a couple of days this week. A BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE
was seen up until Tuesday. On Wednesday during strong east to northeast
winds, hopes were high but birds were few. Several PARASITIC JAEGERS were
seen during the course of the day. We will have to wait for the next wave
to come in. Also seen at the beach were Common Loon, Great Black-backed
Gull,Common Terns and a few
Sanderling.
Shorebirding is tough at the best of times here in Hamilton. Several spots
look promising though. The muddy patch on North Island off Eastport Drive
was a stopping ground for Semipalmated Plover, Ruddy Turnstone, Lesser
Yellowlegs, Least and Semipalmated Sandpiper this week.
A small spot on the North Service Road just east of Lake Street in Stoney
Creek reported Semipalmated Plover, Semipalmated and Least Sandpiper and
Lesser Yellowlegs. In Confederation Park, a continuation of this former
spot, Lesser Yellowlegs and a Spotted Sandpiper were seen in the week.
The large stormwater pond on the 407 at Britannia was host to Semipalmated
Plover, Semipalmated, Least and Pectoral Sandpiper, and Wilson's Snipe this
week.
At Rattray Marsh in Mississauga, Green-winged Teal, Great Egret,
Semipalmated Plover, Semipalmated, Least, Solitary, Pectoral and Spotted
Sandpiper and Lesser Yellowlegs were seen Thursday. Many Red-necked Grebes
were seen off
shore.
A hawk flight was moving migrants along the lakeshore today.
Turkey Vulture, Bald Eagle, Osprey, Sharp-shinned, Coopers, Red-tailed and
Broad-winged Hawk were all raptors being counted today.
At Woodland Cemetery last weekend, warblers and other passerines were many
and a good variety were seen. These include Swainson's Thrush, Philadelphia
and Red-eyed Vireo, Tennessee, Nashville, Northern Parula, Yellow,
Chestnut-sided, Magnolia, Cape May, Yellow-rumped, Black-throated Green,
Blackburnian, Pine, Palm, Bay-breasted, Blackpoll, Black-and-White and
Wilsons Warbler, and American Redstart. A Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was seen
the week before.
Behind Van Wagners Ponds migrants seen include Green Heron, Black-crowned
Night Heron, Swainson's Thrush, Common Yellowthroat, Northern Parula,
Magnolia, Palm, Black-throated Green and Magnolia Warbler and White-throated
Sparrow.
In the odds and sods this week a Bald Eagle was spotted over the lake at
Shoreacres. Another one was spotted at West 4th St and McElroy Rd W. on the
Hamilton Mountain. There appears to be an American White Pelican hanging
out in the Dundas Marsh. It has been reported two weeks in a row but likely
this bird has been seen previously.
A notation this week for birders along the Lake Ontario Shoreline, even along
Lake
Erie. I was sent pictures today of a Long-billed Curlew photographed at
Hamlin Beach on the south shore of Lake Ontario between Niagara-On-the-Lake
and Rochester, NY.. This bird was seen in flight going west but then turned
and went north back toward the Ontario shoreline. This report was from
September 12th. This appears to be the bird we saw at VanWagners beach and
although it may be doubtful that this bird is still about, this sighting
comes three weeks after the original over the west end of Lake Ontario so you
never know.
Just a heads up, it would be nice for others to see this magnificent
shorebird.
Good Birding,
Cheryl Edgecombe
HNC Hotline
905-381-0329
Sent from my BirdBerry
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