EURASIAN WIGEON HARRIS'S SPARROW
Snow Goose Wood Duck Northern Pintail American Wigeon Ring-necked Duck Common Loon American Bittern Green Heron Turkey Vulture Osprey Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Red-shouldered hawk Broad-winged Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Golden Eagle Sandhill Crane Greater Yellowlegs Spotted Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Dunlin Wilson's Snipe American Woodcock Bonaparte's Gull Thayer's Gull Iceland Gull Glaucous Gull Caspian Tern Common Tern Snowy Owl Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Pileated Woodpecker Blue-gray gnatcatcher Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Brown Thrasher Yellow-rumped Warbler Pine Warbler Black and White Warbler Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Fox Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco (Cassiar) It's been another week of arrivals this week in the HSA. Although not in droves, migrants are coming in slowly with a few early dates being prevalent. In the rarities category, although just slightly out of the Hamilton Study area a EURASIAN WIGEON was seen at Bannister Lake west of Glen Morris. The HARRIS'S SPARROW found in January was refound last Sunday in the same area along Sheldon Creek Trail in Oakville. An interesting sighting of a Cassiar Dark-eyed Junco came from a yard in East Hamilton this week. Arrivals this week include Sandhill Cranes and American Bittern at Grass Lake in Glen Morris. An early Green Heron was seen at Edgelake Park in Stoney Creek. Our first Broad-winged Hawks at Beamer Memorial Conservation Area, Niagara Peninsula Hawkwatch., more numbers to come this week for sure. Bonaparte's Gulls and Common Terns are increasing in numbers with a good place to watch these at Bronte Harbour. Common and Caspian Terns continue to build in numbers around the Hamilton Harbour as well. Three Greater Yellowlegs were seen at the pond on 10th Road East . An early Spotted Sandpiper was seen in one of the ponds at City View Park in Burlington. On 5th Road East, up to 6 Pectoral Sandpipers were seen on Sunday. An early Dunlin was seen at the Red Hill Stormwater Pond midweek. Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers are showing up in migrant traps and yards throughout the area. A good place for them was Sherwood Forest Park in Oakville where up to 7 were seen last Sunday. , Two Brown Thrashers were also present at Sherwood Forest Park. Blue-gray Gnatcatchers arrived at Shoreacres Park in Burlington. Numbers of Ruby-crowned and Golden-crowned Kinglets increased at the migrant traps. Migrant Yellow-rumped warblers arrived and Pine Warblers in a few locations throughout the area including the traditional location at LaSalle Park in Waterdown. Two Black-and-White Warblers were seen at Ruthven Conservation Area. The Niagara Peninsula Hawkwatch at Beamer Memorial Conservation Area continues to produce raptors with a changeover in the mix to Sharp-shinned, Coopers and Broad-winged Hawks. Turkey Vultures, Osprey, Red-shouldered, Rough-legged and Red-tailed Hawks are still moving through although in smaller numbers than earlier. A few Golden Eagles also snuck through in the week at the Hawkwatch. One was seen at Bayfront Park in Hamilton. The Ospreys are back on nest back at Cityview Motel on York Road. Another Osprey has set up shop back on Curtis Avenue in Paris. A good place to visit this time of year to build the list for sparrows is City View Park in Burlington. It can be accessed off Kerns Road from Hwy 5/Dundas. Here this week Chipping, Field, Vesper and Savannah Sparrows were seen in the grassy fields and meadows. In the odds and sods this week, a Snow Goose was seen on 8th line north of Britannia. An odd sighting of Bufflehead in these fields suggests this is again a good area for arriving shorebirds as the season progresses. In the flooded fields of Saltfleet, Wood Duck, American Wigeon, Ring-necked Duck and Northern Pintail were waterfowl of note. Common Loons are growing in numbers on the lake. American Woodcock are displaying in the campground in east Bronte Park. an adult Thayer's Gull, Iceland Gull and Glaucous Gull were seen at Bronte Harbour in the week. Another Glaucous Gull was seen at Canada Centre for Inland Waters a couple of days ago. In the bizarre sightings category for this birder this week, last Sunday, a group of crows were mobbing a Snowy Owl outside my window in South Burlington. The bird perched on the roof of the neighbours for a few minutes and then continued on being harassed continuously by the neighbourhood crows. Two Pileated Woodpeckers were excellent yard guests at Rock Chapel in Flamborough. Migrants will continue to filter in through the weekend. Upland Sandpiper ,Louisiana Waterthrush and other early warblers , the list is growing. Get out there and report your sightings here. Happy Spring! 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
