PARASITIC JAEGER Snow Goose Black Scoter Bufflehead Common Goldeneye Ruffed Grouse Red-throated Loon Common Loon Pied-billed Grebe Black-crowned Night-Heron Turkey Vulture Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Golden Eagle Merlin Peregrine Falcon Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Ruddy Turnstone Pectoral Sandpiper Dunlin Long-billed Dowitcher Wilson's Phalarope Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Common Raven Tufted Titmouse Hermit Thrush Eastern Bluebird Snow Bunting Nashville Warbler Palm Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Fox Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow Rusty Blackbird Purple Finch Pine Siskin Evening Grosbeak
It's been a quieter week here in the Hamilton Study Area but there are some great lingering migrants about that make getting out and exploring your local patches interesting. Of note this week was a photograph taken of a very late Wilson's Phalarope at Princess Point yesterday. Two Long-billed Dowitchers have now widdled down to one spending time at either Princess Point or at Valley Inn. Other shorebirds still present at various locations in the HSA include a Ruddy Turnstone at Windermere Basin. Twenty Pectoral Sandpipers were present at the back of Mountsberg Conservation Area along with both species of Yellowlegs. At Red Hill stormwater pond Greater Yellowlegs and Dunlin were present. There is an extensive mud flat at the back of Christie Conservation Area that held a couple of Greater Yellowlegs in the week. This is a nice showing of numbers and species for this time of year. Hawk migration has had a couple of good days of northwest winds to glide on. Turkey Vultures continue to move through. Other birds seen at Woodland Cemetery on west to northwest winds last weekend included Northern Harrier, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Red-shouldered Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk in numbers, American Kestrel and Peregrine Falcon. Golden Eagles are starting to move through with an adult being seen from Woodland over the bay last Sunday and one seen over Valley Inn yesterday. More are expected to come when the weather clears out. The west end of the lake has been quiet this week. A lone PARASITIC JAEGER was seen keeping watch over the shoreline. Black Scoters are moving in now, all three scoter species can be seen. Long-tailed Ducks continue to grow in number. Tomorrow's strong north winds could be good for a lake watch. In the odds and sods this week, a Snow Goose has been seen a couple of times in a flock of Canada's at the Satellite Golf Centre at Mud Street and Centennial up on the mountain. There were a few Bufflehead at Bronte Harbour. Black Scoter and Common Goldeneye were species seen at the end of Green Road. A juvenile Pied-billed Grebe was seen at Windermere Basin. Red-throated and Common Loons were seen flying over Woodland Cemetery. Reports from Flamborough feeders include Ruffed Grouse, Purple Finch and Pine Siskins. Another Ruffed Grouse was seen at Valens Conservation. A Black-crowned Night Heron was photographed at LaSalle Marina. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and Nashville Warblers were late migrants seen at Mountain Drive Park in Hamilton. Eastern Bluebirds seem to be a force for migration this year with over a hundred were seen at Woodland Cemetery on Sunday. Other locations reporting Eastern Bluebirds include Courtcliffe Park in Carlisle, west of Valens and the Urquhart Gardens in Dundas. A Common Raven was spotted over the 403 in Brant County. Palm and Yellow-rumped Warbler were seen on the flyover at Woodland Cemetery. A Tufted Titmouse was seen at LaSalle Marina and at Woodland Cemetery this week, even these birds move around in the winter. Hermit Thrush, Fox Sparrows and Purple Finch were in a mixed group at Joe Sam's Park in Waterdown. A Snow Bunting was seen on the rocks at Confederation Park. A Black-throated Green Warbler was seen with a group of Bluebirds at Courtcliffe Park. American Tree Sparrows and Rusty Blackbird were seen behind Olympic Arena last Sunday. Purple Finches and Pine Siskins are moving through in numbers, a neat sighting this week was a group of 40 bathing at LaSalle Park. Evening Grosbeaks were seen over Middletown Road yesterday, just a reminder to keep the feeders stocked as these moved through. THIS SUNDAY IS THE HNC Fall Bird Count. If you are out and about on the weekend, please send your sightings here. We are looking to top the number of species from last year. Even if you aren't on the count, if you are out, please forward your sightings, you may see something noteworthy for the count. The count includes all of the Hamilton Study Circle (a 40 mile radius centred at Dundurn Castle in Hamilton) so there is lots to cover. Happy Halloween! 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
