On Friday, October 15th, 2010 this is the HNC Birding Report: PARASITIC JAEGER POMARINE JAEGER
Brant American Wigeon Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Ring-necked Pheasant Red-throated Loon Common Loon American Bittern Turkey Vulture Sharp-sinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Northern Goshawk Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Golden Eagle Peregrine Falcon Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover Killdeer Spotted Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Hudsonian Godwit Least Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Dunlin Stilt Sandpiper Red Phalarope Bonaparte's Gull Short-eared Owl Eastern Wood Pewee Least Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Blue-headed Vireo Common Raven Northern Rough-winged Swallow Barn Swallow Tufted Titmouse Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Veery Swainson's Thrush Hermit Thrush Gray Catbird Brown Thrasher Tennessee Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler Yellow Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Palm Warbler Common Yellowthroat Eastern Towhee American Tree Sparrow Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Fox Sparrow Song Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Indigo Bunting Baltimore Oriole Purple Finch It's been another busy week in the Hamilton Study Area, lots of birders out for the long weekend. Northeast winds were a factor last weekend and it brought more goodies to VanWagner's beach although the jaegers could have put on a better and closer show. Both PARASITIC AND POMARINE JAEGERS were seen along with Brant, American Wigeon, Blue-winged Teal, Northern Shoveler, Northern Pintail, Green-winged Teal, Surf and White-winged Scoter, Red-throated and Common Loon, Red Phalarope and Short-eared Owl. Hawk migration is still ongoing with strong northwest winds today bringing Turkey Vultures, Sharp-shinned, Coopers, Red-shouldered, Red-tailed Hawks down to the lakeshore today. A Peregrine Falcon was migrating along the lakeshore on Saturday and a Golden Eagle went over south Burlington last Sunday. Northwest winds over the next few days should be good for a flight. Shorebirds are still moving through. The Hudsonian Godwit at the Red Hill Stormwater Pond was still present mid week. Up to seven Hudsonian Godwits were seen on the mud flats at the Dundas Marsh along with Semipalmated Plover, Killdeer, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Spotted, Pectoral, Semipalmated and Least Sandpiper and Dunlin. At the Windemere Basin last weekend, Black-bellied Plover, Semipalmated and White-rumped Sandpiper and Dunlin were seen on Sunday. Passerine migration is ongoing with a few later records being included this week. These include a Yellow Warbler and Indigo Bunting seen on the RBG Property on Old Guelph Road, an American Bittern at Valens Conservation Area, a late Veery out near Brantford, a Baltimore Oriole at Cootes today on the Northshore trails just past the boathouse, a late Barn Swallow at Windemere Basin, a late Rough-winged Swallow at Confederation Park and a Red-eyed Vireo and Tennessee Warbler at Bronte last Monday. On the early side an American Tree Sparrow was also seen here. Other birds seen at Bronte include Swainson's Thrush, Gray Catbird, Tennessee Warbler, Orange-crowned, Palm Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Eastern Towhee, Lincoln's and Chipping Sparrow and Purple Finch. At Van Wagner's Ponds Eastern Phoebe, Least Flycatcher, Hermit Thrush, Orange Crowned, Black-throated Blue and Nashville Warbler, Fox, Song, Swamp, Field, White-throated and White-crowned Sparrows. At Confederation Park on Thursday, American Woodcock, Swainson's Thrush, Brown Thrasher, Swainson's and Hermit Thrush, Blue-headed Vireo, Nashville, Orange-crowned, Yellow-rumped and Palm Warbler, Ovenbird, White-crowned, White-throated, Song, Swamp and Lincoln's Sparrow. In the odds and sods, Common Ravens have been reported from Woodland Cemetery, Concession 6 and Hwy 6 and North Flamborough this week. A Ring-necked Pheasant was seen on Hwy 20 between Green Mountain and Mud Road last Sunday and Tufted Titmice have returned to a feeder in South Burlington, time to stock up. This is the time of year for late records and rarities, please send along 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/
