RED PHALAROPE BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE SABINE'S GULL POMARINE JAEGER PARASITIC JAEGER WHIP-POOR-WILL
Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal White-winged Scoter Common Loon Great Egret Bald Eagle Sharp-shinned Hawk Broad-winged Hawk American Kestrel Merlin Black-bellied Plover American Golden-Plover Semipalmated Plover Spotted Sandpiper Solitary Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Ruddy Turnstone Sanderling Semipalmated Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper Lesser Black-backed Gull Caspian Tern Common Nighthawk Ruby-throated Hummingbird Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Least FLycatcher Philadelphia Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Tree Swallow Barn Swallow House Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Swainson's Thrush Ovenbird Black-and-White Warbler Tennessee Warbler Nashville Warbler Common Yellowthroat American Redstart Cape May Warbler 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 Green Warbler Wilson's Warbler Rose-breasted Grosbeak Well it's been another banner week here in the Hamilton Study Area. The west end of the lake has not disappointed this week with east and northeast winds bringing in the Hamilton specialties. Over the past week, BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, SABINE'S GULL, POMARINE and PARASITIC JAEGER were all present with some showing well. Up to 5 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES were seen yesterday in the early morning. Over the course of the last couple days adult and juvenile PARASITIC JAEGERS seem to have the limelight with more SABINE'S GULLS moving through. A POMARINE JAEGER was first reported last Saturday, yesterday and today at the beach. A highlight for this birder this afternoon was four PARASITIC JAEGERS, two adults and two juveniles working the gulls along the shore with the juveniles passing close to the viewing platform at Lakeland Tower just before 5:30 p.m.. Other birds seen here include Northern Pintail, Green-winged Teal, White-winged Scoter, Common Loon, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Caspian Tern (in decreasing numbers), Ruddy Turnstone, Sanderling and Semipalmated Sandpiper. A small flock of Tree and Barn Swallows moved through on a miserable rainy day last Saturday. Rounding out the rarities, a RED PHALAROPE was photographed off Bronte Bluffs in Oakville yesterday. A WHIP-POOR-WILL was reported sitting in a tree on the Northshore trails at the RBG today. Shorebirds are still filtering through the area with a couple of hotspots. Tollgate Pond off Eastport Drive seems to be a place for a variety of species. This week Black-bellied and American Golden-Plover, Semipalmated Plover, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Ruddy Turnstone, Sanderling and an elusive Buff-breasted Sandpiper were all seen here. Out in fields in Flamborough and at Flamborough Downs, Black-bellied and American Golden Plover, Spotted and Solitary Sandpiper and Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs were noted. Along the Burlington Beach Strip from the lift bridge to Spencer Smith Park, Semipalmated Plover, Baird's Sandpiper and Sanderling were birds of note. Hawks have been migrating through in numbers this week. Depending on the winds, places such as Woodland Cemetery, City View Park and Guelph have been good to view birds moving. Woodland Cemetery last weekend saw Bald Eagle, Sharp-shinned, Coopers and Broad-winged Hawks moving through in numbers. American Kestrels and a couple Merlins also joined the migrants. A Common Nighthawk moved through as well. There have been few reports from the woodlots this week but a good location has been Confederation Park. Here this week Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Philadelphia and Red-eyed Vireo, House Wren, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Swainson's Thrush, Ovenbird, Black-and-White, Tennessee, Nashville Warbler, Common Yellowthroat (in numbers), American Redstart, Cape May Warbler (in numbers), Northern Parula, Magnolia, Bay-breasted, Blackburnian, Chestnut-sided, Blackpoll, Black-throated Blue, Yellow-rumped, Black-throated Green and Wilson's Warbler and Rose-breasted Grosbeak. At McMaster Forest (located on Lower Lion's Club Road), Magnolia, Bay-breasted, Blackburnian, Black-throated Green and Palm Warblers were present. In the odds and sods, Great Egrets are roosting at Carroll's Point off Woodland Cemetery in significant numbers. Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are still coming into a feeder on Plains Road in Aldershot. NOTE: This is the time to put the feeders out, rare hummingbirds are not uncommon this time of year!!! Yellow-bellied Flycatchers were also active at the RBG Pinteum trail. A Least Flycatcher was a migrant at VanWagners Ponds last Sunday. Early Golden-crowned Kinglets were present at Princess Point. Finally, a scary sign of things to come Dark-eyed Juncos were seen along the beach trail between Van Wagner's and the lift bridge today. WInds are changing constantly. Migrants from the north and vagrants from the south are all in the cards. Please report your sightings here! Good birding, Cheryl Edgecombe HNC. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. 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