LITTLE GULL POMARINE JAEGER PARASITIC JAEGER Snow Goose American Wigeon Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Canvasback Greater Scaup Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Black Scoter Long-tiled Duck Hooded Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Ruddy Duck Wild Turkey Red-throated Loon Common Loon Great Egret Turkey Vulture Osprey Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Northern Goshawk Broad-winged Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Merlin American Coot Sandhill Crane Black-bellied Plover Spotted Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Bonaparte's Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Great Black-backed Gull Common Tern Chimney Swift Eastern Phoebe Brown Creeper Winter Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Eastern Bluebird Hermit Thrush American Pipit Orange-crowned Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-and-white Warbler American Redstart Eastern Towhee American Tree Sparrow Chipping Sparrow Fox Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Red-winged Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark Rusty Blackbird Purple Finch Pine Siskin Evening Grosbeak
It's been another great week of fall migration here in the Hamilton Study Area. Late fall migrants are showing up and the west end of the lake continues to be productive on east and north east winds. This week at the Lakeland Tower at Van Wagner's Beach and east of here from Green Road, LITTLE GULL, POMARINE AND PARASITIC JAEGER were highlights of rarities passing through. Also of note were two very late Common Terns. Along with them, the number of Long-tailed Ducks and White-winged Scoters which have arrived is staggering. Other birds seen were Northern Pintail, Green-winged Teal, Greater Scaup, Surf and Black Scoter, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-throated and Common Loon, Horned Grebe, Bonaparte's and Great Black-backed Gulls increasing in number. Passerines seen while viewing here include Lapland Longspur, Eastern Towhee and Fox Sparrow. Woodland Cemetery is a great place to view migration on northwest winds for raptors and passerines. Last Sunday did not disappoint with raptors moving through. Among the list were Turkey Vulture (in numbers), Bald Eagle, Northern Harrier, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Cooper's Hawk, Northern Goshawk (juv), Red-shouldered Hawk, Broad-winged Hawk (late date), Red-tailed Hawk and Merlin. The flight line then moved north and a good viewing locale was Highway 6 Carpool lot on York Road where a small flock of Sandhill Cranes and a Common Raven were viewed. Birds flying over Woodland included a very late Chimney Swift, Eastern Phoebe, Red-winged and Rusty Blackbirds, Eastern Meadowlark, Purple Finch, Pine Siskin and a flock of Evening Grosbeaks. Today another Evening Grosbeak was seen flying over Shorebirds are still lurking about. If you get a chance to go down to the Valley Inn off Spring Garden Road in Aldershot, two Long-billed Dowitchers have made a presence all week with nice photographic opportunities. At Princess Point, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs are present. At Windermere Basin, Black-bellied Plover, Greater Yellowlegs and Dunlin were shorebirds noted. A late Spotted Sandpiper was seen at LaSalle Marina. Reports from the woodlots have been a little scarce but migrants moving through LaSalle Park this week include Brown Creeper, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Hermit Thrush, American Redstart and Fox Sparrow. At Olympic Woods behind Olympic Arena in Dundas, Eastern Phoebe, Hermit Thrush, Fox, White-crowned, White-throated, Song, American Tree, Chipping Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco and Purple Finch have been seen in the week. In the odds and sods, a single Snow Goose was seen in a flock of Canada's at the Satellite Golf Centre at Mud Street and Centennial Parkway last weekend. American Wigeon, Northern Shoveler, Canvasback and Hooded Merganser and a growing number of American Coot were waterfowl seen at Windermere Basin. Ruddy Ducks are building in numbers at Tollgate Pond. Wild Turkeys seem to have made their way into urban areas with a small flock seen at a yard in Brantford. A couple of weeks ago, I had a call that one was in the middle of the road near downtown Burlington. A dozen Great Egrets were present at Valley Inn last weekend. A nicely marked juvenile Lesser Black-backed Gull was sitting on the mud spit at Windermere Basin. Another late juvenile Broad-winged Hawk was seen over Ancaster. Winter Wren, Orange-crowned and Yellow-rumped Warbler, White-crowned, White-throated and Chipping Sparrow were seen at Mercers Glen in Burlington. American Pipits could be heard over Princess Point. Two late Black-and-white Warblers were seen at 14 mile Creek in Oakville. More American Tree Sparrows were seen at Mountsberg Conservation Area. Lastly, a lovely male Evening Grosbeak made a stop at a feeder near Shell Park so stock them up! It will be a nice mix of winds this weekend so get out and search your local woodlots for migrants. Our Hamilton Fall Bird Count is next Sunday so we need some scouting to find some good birds. Have a great weekend. 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. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
