AMERICAN AVOCET RED KNOT American Wigeon Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Redhead Long-tailed Duck Bufflehead Common Loon Great Blue Heron Great Egret Black-crowned Night Heron American Coot Semipalmated Plover Spotted Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Ruddy Turnstone Sanderling Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher Bonaparte's Gull Black Tern Common Nighthawk Eastern Kingbird Philadelphia Vireo Winter Wren Black-and-White Warbler Yellow Warbler Canada Warbler Eastern Towhee Orchard Oriole
It's been an interesting week here in the HSA. The Windermere Basin continues to be the focus of activity as changeover happens every day. This is where our rarities lie this week. On Monday, an AMERICAN AVOCET made an appearance for a day. On Thursday, a juvenile RED KNOT was found and continued today to give a good show. Of interest a Cormorant was photographed last night with a white throat patch and seemed in the photo to be larger. Further study or photographs are needed but it's something to be on the lookout for. Please post if seen. Other shorebirds at the basin this week include Semipalmated Plover (including first juvenile today), Spotted Sandpiper (in decreasing numbers), Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Ruddy Turnstone, Sanderling, Semipalmated, Least, White-rumped, Baird's Sandpiper (one seen today), Pectoral and Stilt Sandpiper and today a first juvenile Short-billed Dowitcher. A Red-necked Phalarope made a brief appearance on Wednesday around 8:30 to 8:40 a.m. but could not be refound after that. Waterfowl there includes, American Wigeon, Blue-winged and Green-winged Teal, Northern Shoveler, Northern Pintail, Redhead and today a female type Bufflehead. An unusual sighting was a Common Loon in the basin early in the week. Herons include, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret (3 today), and Black-crowned night Heron. Bonaparte's Gull and a juvenile Black Tern completes the list. Passerine Migration has not fully started yet but there have been a few migrants trickling through the area. A Yellow-bellied Flycatcher and Canada Warbler were seen at Shoreacres/Paletta Park in Burlington. At the wetland behind Rona in Waterdown, Eastern Phoebe, Philadelphia Vireo and Orchard Oriole were birds reported this week. At Joe Sams Park in Waterdown, Ovenbird, Northern Waterthrush, Black-and-white Warbler, American Redstart, Yellow Warbler, Common Yellowthroat and Eastern Towhee were birds noted. In the odds and sods a small group of Long-tailed Ducks continue to be seen offshore at VanWagners Beach, surely summering birds. A Common Loon was also seen on hopeful east winds. A juvenile Ruddy Turnstone was seen at Tollgate Pond on Thursday. Our first of fall migrant Common Nighthawk was seen from McMaster Forest's prairie in Hamilton last night. An Eastern Kingbird was seen at Windermere Basin, these should be congregating soon to move out. A Winter Wren was an interesting yard bird in a Carlisle back yard this week. Things are changing every day. Visit the Windermere basin tomorrow and by Sunday things will have changed up so it's good to go often. We should get some movement of passerines this week so check out the local patch. Report your sightings here! Good birding Cheryl Edgecombe HNC. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. 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
