AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN BLACK VULTURE LONG-TAILED JAEGER Northern Shoveler Horned Grebe Great Egret Sora Common Gallinule Black-bellied Plover American Golden-Plover Semipalmated Plover Spotted Sandpiper Lesser Yellowlegs Whimbrel Sanderling Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher Red-necked Phalarope Bonaparte's Gull Common Tern Common Nighthawk Chimney Swift Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Blue-headed Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Golden-crowned Kinglet Veery Wood Thrush Northern Waterthrush Black-and-white Warbler Nashville Warbler Common Yellowthroat American Redstart Cape May Warbler Magnolia Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Canada Warbler Wilson's Warbler Clay-colored Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Bobolink Baltimore Oriole
This week has been fairly active in the Hamilton Study Area. A couple of rarities are about, more to come I am certain. The long-staying AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was seen yesterday in Cootes Paradise. It is often seen roosting on Hickory Island. The BLACK VULTURE reported last Friday was last seen leaving the roost on Saturday morning, further attempts to locate have come up short. Two LONG-TAILED JAEGERS were seen from Green Road last Sunday. Once the winds turn north or east again there will be more to come. Shorebirds are still in the picture this week. A Whimbrel was a nice surprise for all of 10 minutes unfortunately at Windermere Basin. Other birds reported from here include Black-bellied and Semipalmated Plover, Lesser Yellowlegs, Spotted, Semipalmated, Least, Baird's Sandpiper and Short-billed Dowitcher. The Common Terns have all but left with only a handful seen the other day. A similar mix of birds were seen on North Island off Eastport Drive. The conditions at the Red Hill Stormwater Pond seem to be improving with Lesser Yellowlegs, Semipalmated and Least Sandpiper being seen in small numbers here. Small numbers of Sanderling were seen running around at Van Wagners Beach. Out in the sod farms American Golden Plover were seen last weekend at Haldibrook and Glancaster Road. Today, more American Golden Plover were found at Haldibrook and Mines Road along with a single Buff-breasted Sandpiper. Out on the lake last weekend a small flock of shorebirds flying west landed on the water presumed to be Red-necked Phalaropes. Yesterday more were seen offshore. Passerine migration has started to pick up. Once the winds turn north again, we should see another push go through. At Shoreacres/Paletta in Burlington, Veery, Magnolia, Black-throated Blue and Canada Warbler were seen. A great place earlier in the week was Edgelake Park in Stoney Creek where Northern Waterthrush, Black-and-white, Nashville, Magnolia, Bay-breasted, Blackburnian, Yellow, Chestnut-sided, Blackpoll, Black-throated Blue, Yellow-rumped, Canada and Wilson's Warbler, Common Yellowthroat and American Redstart were seen. Nearby at Confederation Park, a Cape May Warbler was a highlight. At Kerncliffe Park in Burlington, Sora, Wood Thrush, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Least Flycatcher, Warbling and Red-eyed Vireo, Magnolia and Bay-breasted Warbler, and American Redstart were noted. A previously unreported location for this reporter is Shades Mill Conservation Area in Cambridge. Here this week were Blue-headed Vireo, Northern Waterthrush, Black-and-White and Canada Warbler. Eastern Kingbirds were present here in some numbers. In the odds and sods this week, there has been an increase in Northern Shoveler at Windermere Basin this week. An early Horned Grebe was present during the thick fog mid-week down at the Lakeland Centre. Nineteen Great Egrets were seen at Hespeler Mill Pond in Cambridge, five were seen at the stormwater Ponds east of Britannia on the 407. Bonaparte's Gulls were seen on the lake in the week, their numbers should build over the next few weeks. Common Moorhen (one adult and one juvenile) was seen at City View Park. Clay-colored and Vesper Sparrow were also seen here. At Rona Wetlands in Waterdown, Chimney Swift, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher and Philadelphia Vireo were different migrants to the mix. Common Nighthawks have been on the move in a big way this week. Over 20 were seen over Powerline Road close to Paddy Green in Ancaster last night. Birds were seen over south Burlington and Dundas through the week. Golden-crowned Kinglets were noted at a residence in Carlisle. Bobolinks were noted on migration over Dundas and south Burlington this week. Baltimore Orioles were seen in these locations as well, their numbers petering out as they move out early. No guarantees of course but it looks like the weather will change next week bringing more birds in and possibly good conditions for Van Wagner's Beach. Of course the strong south winds today could bring in some souther goodies. Please send your sightings here! 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 including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup
