On Saturday, May 22nd, 2010, this is the HNC Birding Report: AMERICAN AVOCET CERULEAN WARBLER
Brant Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Long-tailed Duck Common Loon Horned Grebe Great Egret Osprey Bald Eagle Virginia Rail Sora Semipalmated Plover Spotted Sandpiper Solitary Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Whimbrel Ruddy Turnstone Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Dunlin Short-billed Dowitcher Ruby-throated Hummingbird Whip-poor-will Red-headed Woodpecker Eastern Wood Pewee Willow Flycatcher Great Crested Flycatcher Philadelphia Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Ruby-crowned Kinglet Swainsons Thrush American Pipit Blue-winged Warbler Tennessee Warbler Orange-crowned 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 Mourning Warbler Wilsons Warbler Scarlet Tanager Orchard Oriole Its been another busy week here in Hamilton highlighted by a couple of not so common birds. An AMERICAN AVOCET was last reported on Tuesday at the stormwater pond seen as you get onto the Red Hill Expressway in Hamilton. Last Sunday a CERULEAN WARBLER was seen at Bronte Cemetery in Oakville with a mixed flock of warblers but moved on quickly. The hotspots for passerine migration have once again been the lakeshore properties. Shell Park in Oakville and Shoreacres in Burlington have been the popular sites for birders and photographers to gather during the week. Sherwood Forest Park off Prince William Drive in Oakville also a nice spot for viewing warblers. This week, reports from these locations include Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Eastern Wood Pewee, Willow and Great Crested Flycatcher, Philadelphia and Red-eyed Vireo, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Swainsons Thrush (many at Sherwood Forest), Tennessee, Orange-crowned (Shell Park), 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 Warbler, American Redstart, Ovenbird, Northern Waterthrush, Mourning and Wilsons Warbler, Scarlet Tanager, and Orchard Oriole. Shorebirds are in the news as equals this week with a good variety of shorebirds being reported from several locations. Now is the perfect time for Whimbrel migration along the lake. Yesterday, four were seen flying from the end of Sheldon Creek Trail south of Shell Park in Oakville. Last night several flocks of Whimbrel were seen from Saddington Park one in excess of 150 birds. Of note here, a Brant was seen from Ben Machree Park. Out at the Dundas Marsh, Semipalmated Plover, Spotted, Solitary Sandpiper, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Semipalmated and Least Sandpiper and a number of Dunlin were reported. An Osprey and two Bald Eagles were seen over the marsh as well as Great Egrets in the marsh. In the Red Hill Expressway pond Great Egret, Semipalmated Plover, Ruddy Turnstone, Least and Semipalmated Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs and Dunlin were reported. A Ruddy Turnstone was present on North Island viewed off Eastport Drive. At a flooded field at the corner of Campbellville Road and Millborough Line, Semipalmated Plover, Solitary and Least Sandpiper and a late American Pipit were present. Whippoorwills were heard calling on Kirkwall Road in Flamborough. At the Safari Road Marsh on Safari just east of Kirkwall, Virginia Rail and Sora are present in numbers this year. In the odds and sods, lingering waterfowl includes White-winged and Surf Scoter, Long-tailed Duck, Horned Grebe out on the lake. Several Common Loons have been seen flying over and offshore at Shoreacres in Burlington. Blue-winged Warblers are back in numbers in the Dundas Valley at the Trail Centre off Governors Road. Thats the news for this week, please report your sightings! 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 information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
