On Friday, May 14th, 2010, this is the HNC Birding Report: WESTERN GREBE AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
Wood Duck American Wigeon Blue-winged Teal Green-winged Teal Common Loon Great Egret Green Heron Osprey Bald Eagle Sora Semipalmated Plover Spotted Sandpiper Solitary Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Whimbrel Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Dunlin Short-billed Dowitcher Bonaparte's Gull Caspian Tern Black Tern Common Tern Great Horned Owl Yellow-billed Cuckoo Ruby-throated Hummingbird Eastern Wood Pewee Willow Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Great Crested Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Yellow-throated Vireo Blue-headed Vireo Warbling Vireo Red-eyed Vireo House Wren Marsh Wren Ruby-crowned Kinglet Veery Swainson's Thrush Hermit Thrush Wood Thrush American Pipit Blue-winged Warbler Golden-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 Palm Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-and-white Warbler American Redstart Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Louisiana Waterthrush Connecticut Warbler Mourning Warbler Common Yellowthroat Hooded Warbler Canada Warbler Scarlet Tanager Lincoln's Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Rose-breasted Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Orchard Oriole Baltimore Oriole Well, I had the list all typed last night ready to go, what a difference a day makes and procrastinating makes more work for me but more birds for you to go look for. It's been a busy day here in the Hamilton Study Area. We will start with the goodies for the week. Last Sunday a WESTERN GREBE was seen off Van Wagner's Beach east of Hutches for a short time. Last night and then again early this morning an AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was seen near Hickory Island seen from the high level bridge on York Blvd early this morning but not present later (when I went to look for it). The lakeshore properties were exploding today. Shell Park, Sherwood Forest Park and Shoreacres were all good places to stalk today as many species of warblers were active and singing early this morning. Highlights include Golden-winged and Mourning Warbler at Shell Park, Blackpoll and Hooded Warbler and Orchard Oriole at Shoreacres and Eastern Wood Pewee, Yellow-billed Cuckoo at Sherwood Forest Park. Other species recorded at the above locations include Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Least and Great Crested Flycatcher, Eastern Kingbird, Blue-headed, Red-eyed and many Warbling Vireos, House Wren, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Veery, Swainson's, Hermit and Wood Thrush, Tennessee, Nashville, Northern Parula, Yellow, Chestnut-sided, Magnolia, Cape May, Black-throated Blue, Yellow-rumped, Black-throated Green, Blackburnian, Palm, Bay-breasted, Blackpoll, Black-and-white, American Redstart, Ovenbird, Northern Waterthrush, Common Yellowthroat and Canada Warbler, Scarlet Tanager, Lincoln's and White-crowned Sparrow, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting and many Baltimore Orioles. Many of the warblers were seen in the significant numbers today. Shorebirds are also in the news. Out in the mudflat of the Dundas Marsh, Semipalmated Plover, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Dunlin, Solitary, Spotted, Semipalmated and Least Sandpiper. A Black Tern was seen last Monday. Bonaparte's Gull, Common and Caspian Terns can be seen resting here and an Osprey seen flying over the high level bridge was heading in this direction. A fourth year Bald Eagle was seen over the marsh. It appears that the large eagles nest on the north shore has been taken over by a family of Great Horned Owls. Wood Duck, American Wigeon, Green-winged and Blue-winged Teal are among the waterfowl seen here. Great Egret, Green Heron and Marsh Wren were found earlier in the week. Out at Fifty Point yesterday, warbler movement was slow but birds seen here were Willow and Least Flycatcher, Blue-headed Vireo and 40+ White-crowned Sparrows. Two Dunlin were seen on the beach. Nearby at the Grimsby Sewage Lagoons, things were also quiet. A Sora was seen walking along the shore. Common Loons flew overhead and a smattering of waterfowl were still present. The only shorebird of note was a Solitary Sandpiper. Up in Saltfleet a search of flooded fields mid week provided a fair number of Lesser Yellowlegs with a few Greaters mixed in. Solitary Sandpiper was seen on 5th Road East and Powerline Road. A Short-billed Dowitcher was seen among about 20 Lesser Yellowlegs in a wet meadow on Powerline Road between 4th and 5th Road East. An exciting shorebird sighting this week was of two Whimbrel seen and photographed from Shoreacres on Wednesday, record early date for the Hamilton Study Area. In the odds and sods today at Beamer Memorial Conservation Area a Connecticut Warbler was heard while dismantling the equipment as the Hawkwatch wraps up its season. Yellow-throated Vireo and Mourning Warbler were highlights in Curry Tract up in the Halton Forest a couple of days ago. Ruby-throated Hummingbird was reported at feeders in Lynden and up north of Highway 5 between Guelph and Centre Road. Blue-winged Warbler was reported from Mountsberg and Martins Road. Hooded Warbler is back on territory at Martins Road. Louisiana Waterthrush could be heard singing loudly in the Spencer Gorge last Monday. A small flock of American Pipits were present at a flooded field near Mountsberg. This weekend's warm temperatures sounds promising for the movement of migrants. Please forward your sightings! 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 information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
