BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE SABINE'S GULL POMARINE JAEGER PARASITIC JAEGER LONG-TAILED JAEGER YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT WESTERN TANAGER
Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Greater Scaup White-winged Scoter Long-tailed Duck Ring-necked Pheasant Great Egret Green Heron Black-crowned Night Heron Black-bellied Plover American Golden Plover Semipalmated Plover Lesser Yellowlegs Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Lesser Black-backed Gull Common Nighthawk Chimney Swift Ruby-throated Hummingbird Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Olive-sided Flycatcher Eastern Wood Pewee Eastern Kingbird Blue-headed Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Barn Swallow Brown Creeper Ruby-crowned Kinglet Gray-cheeked Thrush Swainson's Thrush Gray Catbird Brown Thrasher American Pipit Black-and-white Warbler Nashville Warbler Common Yellowthroat American Redstart Northern Parula Magnolia Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Palm Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Warbler Wilson's Warbler White-throated Sparrow Rose-breasted Grosbeak It's been another great week here in Hamilton and the list at the top is full again. As always this time of year the beach action brings the most goodies to the area, often on one day. A couple good days of east or northeast winds did not disappoint viewers down at Lakeland. Although patience is necessary as is a scope, the late day is the best time to be down there as the lighting conditions are good and it seems like the birds come in closer at this time of day. At the beach this week, all three PARASITIC, POMARINE and LONG-TAILED JAEGERS were seen, including adults and juveniles. A few SABINE'S GULLS were seen and at a close distance for some which always makes it exciting. Last Saturday a juvenile BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE was seen. Other birds seen here this week include Northern Pintail, Green-winged Teal, Greater Scaup, White-winged Scoter, Long-tailed Duck and Lesser Black-backed Gull. Jaegers were also being seen from Rattray Marsh on Tuesday. Tuesday was a big fallout day along the western edge of Lake Ontario. Places like Confederation Park and Edgelake park were chock full of birds. A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was seen briefly amongst the tangles and heard a short time later. Other birds to be found at these locations included Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Olive-sided Flycatcher (Edgelake), Eastern Wood Pewee, Blue-headed, Philadelphia and Red-eyed Vireo, Brown Creeper, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Gray-cheeked and Swainson's Thrush, Gray Catbird, Brown Thrasher, Black-and-white Nashville Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, American Redstart, Northern Parula, Magnolia Bay-breasted, Blackburnian, Chestnut-sided, Blackpoll, Black-throated Blue, Palm, Yellow-rumped , Black-throated Green and Wilson's Warbler, White-throated Sparrow and Rose-breasted Grosbeak. A similar mix of warblers were seen at Woodland Cemetery last Saturday. To round off the rarities a Tanager photographed at Princess Point last Monday was studied and determined to be a first year WESTERN TANAGER. An OBRC report has been submitted. This was the only day the bird was seen. Shorebirds are dwindling in the area, Windermere Basin seems to be the place for plover these days. Three species, Black-bellied, American Golden and Semipalmated Plover were present this week. Nearby at the Red Hill Stormwater Pond were Black-bellied and Semipalmated Plover, Semipalmated, Least Sandpiper and Lesser Yellowlegs. An unidentified Dowitcher species flew over Eastport Drive last Sunday. A little bit of shorebird habitat is also present at Confederation Park. Here Lesser Yellowlegs and Least Sandpipers were present. Great Egrets are found in the Red Hill Pond and Confederation Park. In the odds and sods this week, a Ring-necked Pheasant and a late Eastern Kingbird were seen at Eramosa Karst in Hamilton. Common Nighthawks were seen over Dundas last evening, and two more this evening over the east Hamilton area. It's getting late for this species. Down at Valley Inn a Marsh Wren was nicely photographed. Other birds there include Great Egret, Green Heron and Black-crowned Night Heron. Chimney Swifts were over South Burlington last Sunday. A Yellow-billed Cuckoo and Great Crested Flycatcher were different migrants seen at Shoreacres/Paletta Park in Burlington. Winds are changing again this weekend and more migrants will be through. With Least Tern in the province, you never know what will show up elsewhere. Good birding, 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
