On Friday, September 9th, 2011, this is the HNC Birding Report: On Friday, September 9th, 2011 this is the HNC Birding Report:
SABINE'S GULL PARASITIC JAEGER LONG-TAILED JAEGER Green-winged Teal White-winged Scoter Great Egret Green Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron Osprey Bald Eagle Peregrine Falcon Sandhill Crane Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover Killdeer Solitary Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Sanderling Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher American Woodcock Wilson's Phalarope Red-necked Phalarope Little Gull Bonaparte's Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Ruby-throated Hummingbird Eastern Wood-Pewee Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Great Crested Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Blue-headed Vireo Warbling Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Barn Swallow Sedge Wren Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Veery Gray-cheeked Thrush Swainson's Thrush Northern Parula Chestnut-sided Warbler Magnolia Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Pine Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-and-white Warbler American Redstart Northern Waterthrush Mourning Warbler Common Yellowthroat Rose-breasted Grosbeak Orchard Oriole Baltimore Oriole It's been a very busy week here in the Hamilton Study Area. There is lots to report from all different facets of birding. We will start out at the beach where northeast winds all week have been producing some of Hamilton's specialty birds. This week SABINE'S GULL, PARASITIC AND LONG-TAILED JAEGER have been seen from the Lakeland Centre and Hutch's Restaurant. We are long overdue for more SABINE's GULL so the next couple of days of northeast winds may prove productive. Other birds seen at the beach here include Green-winged Teal, White-winged Scoter, Peregrine Falcon, Sanderling, Caspian and Common Tern, Bonaparte's Gull and Lesser Black-backed Gull. The week before last a Little Gull was seen out on the lake. Of interest yesterday were 150 Sanderling near the lift bridge. Shorebirds are still making news in the area, Seen at the Red Hill Stormwater Pond, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Solitary Sandpiper, Stilt Sandpiper, Wilson's Phalarope and Short-billed Dowitcher were seen this week. At the Windermere Basin, Semipalmated Plover, Buff-breasted Sandpiper (last seen Tuesday), Sanderling, Semipalmated, Least, Bairds and Pectoral Sandpiper were seen early in the week. This spot should be checked again after all these northeast winds. Viewing from the marsh boardwalk on the trails at the Northshore trails at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Black-bellied and Semipalmated Plover, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Spotted, Solitary, Least, Semipalmated and Baird's Sandpipers were seen. Also present were Green-winged Teal, Great Egrets (6), Black-crowned Night Herons (18), Green Heron, Bald Eagle and Caspian Terns. Another good shorebird spot is at the back of Mountsberg Conservation Area seen from Leslie Street. Shorebirds here this week include White-rumped, Semipalmated and Pectoral Sandpiper. There has been lots of action in passerine migration this week. Down at Fifty Point, Eastern Kingbird (12 in one flock), Yellow-bellied, Least and Great Crested Flycatcher, Warbling and Red-eyed Vireo, Barn Swallow, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Veery, Magnolia, Black-throated Blue, Blackburnian, Bay-breasted, Blackpoll, Black-and-white Warbler, American Redstart, Northern Waterthrush, Common Yellowthroat, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, a late Orchard and Baltimore Oriole were seen last Monday. West of here at Edgelake park in Stoney Creek, Eastern Wood Pewee, Least Flycatcher, Warbling and Red-eyed Vireo, Veery, Gray-cheeked and Swainson's Thrush, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Northern Parula, Magnolia, Black-throated Blue, Blackburnian, Bay-breasted, Blackpoll, Black-and White and Canada Warbler, American Redstart, Ovenbird, Northern Waterthrush and Baltimore Oriole were the highlights last Sunday. A nice surprise for a birder hiking along the Spencer Creek Trail was a Sedge Wren. Other birds seen here this week were American Woodcock, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Magnolia, Black-throated Green, Chestnut sided and Mourning Warbler. At Woodland Cemetery Osprey, Least Flycatcher, Red-eyed Vireo, Magnolia, Black-throated Green and Black-and-white Warbler were noted Saturday. Lastly, at Shoreacres in Burlington Great Crested Flycatcher, Red-eyed Vireo, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Magnolia Warbler and Rose-breasted Grosbeak were seen. In the odds and sods, a Great Egret was present at the Valley Inn today. Sandhill Cranes were reported from Glen Morris and from along Hwy 24 in a field on the west side of the road, about 1km south of McLean School Road. An early Blue-headed Vireo was reported from behind Tansley Woods Community Centre in Burlington. That's the news this week. It should be a great weekend to be out looking so please report your sightings here. Cheers, Cheryl Edgecombe _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
