On Friday, June 26th, 2015 this is the HNC Birding Report AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN SNOWY EGRET BLACK TERN
American Wigeon Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Common Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Pied-billed Grebe Great Egret Peregrine Falcon Semipalmated Sandpiper Dunlin Bonaparte's Gull Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Cuckoo Black and White Warbler Hooded Warbler American Redstart Canada Warbler Purple Finch Pine Siskin Summer birding seems slow sometimes but there is always something to talk about in the Hamilton Study Area. This week a few good birds mixed in with some interesting breeders make for good birding here. This week the AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN seems to have set up a summer home here. It has been seen most often near Hickory Island out in Cootes Paradise but yesterday decided to change it up and join a frenzy of gulls and Cormorants out in Hamilton Harbour near Canada Centre for Inland Waters. Today it was seen flying around over Woodland Cemetery. The SNOWY EGRET was last seen last weekend along the creek at the Windermere Basin. This week's pleasant surprise was 2 adult and one first summer BLACK TERN. Although not a provincial rarity they have become scarce in the Hamilton Study area. They were present yesterday morning but have not been seen since. Windermere Basin continues to be a point of interest for birders. Summering Ducks found this week were American Wigeon, Northern Pintail, Northern Shoveler, Blue-winged and Green-winged Teal, Pied-billed Grebe, An American Coot was looking suspicious as if it were nesting as it was sitting tight to the same clump of weeks. Jury is out on this one. Lingering shorebirds this week include a Dunlin seen up until today and over the week up to four Semipalmated Sandpipers. During the time that the Snowy Egret was present, a Great Egret made its presence for a couple of days. A Bonaparte's Gull has been an on and off visitor here as well. The lift bridge Peregrine Falcons have fledged the nest. The two males were seen early in the week with the female staying a day or two extra then dispersed. A highlight this week was a trip to Valens Conservation Area where Virginia Rail, Eastern Bluebird, Black-and-White Warbler and Purple Finch were all heard on territory. In the odds and sods this week, a Redhead was seen at Bayfront Park in Hamilton. A Common Merganser was photographed at LaSalle marina. Two Red-breasted Mergansers were seen flying past Fifty Road this morning. Five fledgling Green Herons were seen in the Hendrie Valley. both Yellow-billed and Black-billed Cuckoo were yard birds in Dundas near the Dundas Valley Conservation Area. Hooded Warblers have successfully nested in the traditional spot near Martin 's Lane in Ancaster. Canada Warbler continue to be heard and seen up on Lennon Road in North Flamborough, a traditional spot for these to nest. Pine Siskins seem to be nesting in the Hamilton Area this year with birds continuing at feeders in a few spots in the area including East Hamilton, West Hamilton and Glen Morris. This weather system will prove interesting with high winds and rain. It could bring something interesting to the area. If you are hardy enough to go out, report your sightings here! Good birding, Cheryl Edgecombe HNC --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _______________________________________________ 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
