RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET BROWN THRASHER BOHEMIAN WAXWING ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER NASHVILLE WARBLER BAY-BREASTED WARBLER HOARY REDPOLL
Wood Duck Canvasback Ring-necked Duck Ruffed Grouse Horned Grebe Black-crowned Night Heron Turkey Vulture Red-shouldered Hawk Glaucous Gull Snowy Owl Barred Owl Short-eared Owl Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Horned Lark Snow Bunting Yellow-rumped Warbler American Tree Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Fox Sparrow Common Redpoll The huge cold snap has sent the list diving and even the birds at the top of the list are questionable at the end of this week. As of last Saturday at Sedgewick Park in Oakville, birds being reported included at least two RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, Golden-crowned Kinglet, ORANGE-CROWNED, NASHVILLE, BAY-BREASTED and Yellow-rumped Warblers. This is the last reported sightings of these birds. A search yesterday did turn up a Warbler sp. but heavy snow was falling and the bird flew high into the pines so identification was not possible. If anyone has any further reports of these birds over the weekend, it would be appreciated. Unfortunately the BARN SWALLOWS have not been reported this week but it would be a tough week to survive here and get food. A few other good winter birds have been seen in the area this week. The BROWN THRASHER has been reported from the Guelph Arboretum, a Barred Owl was seen close to the Arboretum Centre near College Ave last Saturday. BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were seen at Safari Road near Highway 6 near Bogles Seed. In a group of mixed Redpolls and Sparrows a HOARY REDPOLL was seen and well studied at Globe Park in Hamilton. Up in the north of the area a Red-shouldered Hawk has been fairly reliable at County Road 32 and the 401, sometimes being seen north of here near Ellis Road as well. Yesterday it was hunting the fields at 6637 Ellis Road. Here also is a Savannah Sparrow mixed in with a group of American Tree Sparrows. A Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was a guest at a feeder in east Oakville this week. Two Fox Sparrows have been wintering at a feeder near Central Park in Burlington. In the odds and sods this week, a Wood Duck, Ring-necked Ducks and Canvasbacks were waterfowl noted at LaSalle Marina yesterday. Ruffed Grouse continue to come into a feeder near Concession 8 and Westover Road at dusk. Three Horned Grebes were seen at Bayfront Park yesterday. A Black-crowned Night Heron carefully conceals itself in the pines there. Turkey Vultures were seen over the 403 and Garden Ave earlier in the week. Glaucous Gulls seem to be on the increase with three being seen this week from Canada Centre for Inland Waters and one being present at LaSalle Marina. A Snowy Owl was seen at Jack Darling Park yesterday but flew down the shoreline and was relocated west of Rattray Marsh. A Short-eared Owl was seen at the large field at Rebecca and Great Lakes Blvd in Oakville earlier in the week. Up in Flamborough on Concession 1 in Puslinch a mixed flock of 100 Snow Buntings and Horned Larks were seen in a corn field yesterday. These species should be on the move now. That's the news for this week albeit a little grim. Maybe the lack of reports of these birds is due to lack of birders. Any updates on the Sedgewick birds or the Barn Swallows would be appreciated. Have a great week, Cheryl Edgecombe HNC _______________________________________________ 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/
