EARED GREBE SABINE'S GULL
PARASITIC JAEGER LONG-TAILED JAEGER SNOWY OWL White-winged Scoter Long-tailed Duck Common Merganser Common Loon Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe American Golden-Plover Semipalmated Plover Spotted Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Ruddy Turnstone Red Knot Sanderling Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher Wilson's Phalarope Red-necked Phalarope Bonaparte's Gull Black Tern Common Tern Ruby-throated Hummingbird Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Yellow-throated Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Marsh Wren Ruby-crowned Kinglet Ovenbird Golden-winged Warbler Blue-winged Warbler Black-and-White Warbler Tennessee Warbler Nashville Warbler Common Yellowthroat American Redstart Magnolia Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Pine Warbler Canada Warbler Wilson's Warbler Eastern Towhee Scarlet Tanager Rose-breasted Grosbeak Beach season has started up at the west end of Lake Ontario. East winds in the week brought in a trickle of goodies to whet the appetite of those willing to put in the time and patience. Over the past week, east winds have been tricky, some forecast, some not, those that were forecast only produced results to those who came late in the day. Things will get better over the next weeks. This week, an adult SABINE'S GULL started the show, being seen with a few Bonaparte's Gulls off Green Road last Sunday. Late on Sunday up to three Parasitic Jaegers were seen harassing gulls. Also a treat, up to 17 Red-necked Phalaropes came in for a late day spin near the wave tower. Mid-week, three juvenile SABINE'S GULLS were seen exiting a feeding frenzy out on the lake. Today on unforecast east winds, an adult LONG-TAILED JAEGER was spotted flying east to west passing just behind the wave tower and going after a gull with little purpose. There is more to come for sure. Rounding out the rarities column, an EARED GREBE did a flypast of Lakeland not far from shore early on Sunday. Today a bizarre sighting was a SNOWY OWL at Highway 20 and Chapel Hill Road near Chapel Hill Cemetery. While lake watching at Van Wagners beach and along the west end of the lake up to Bronte, other birds seen this week include White-winged Scoter, Long-tailed Duck, Common Merganser, Common Loon, Horned and Red-necked Grebe and Common Tern. Shorebirds are in the news again this week. An American Golden-Plover was seen on the sod farms at Haldibrook and Glancaster Road. Shorebirds at the Windermere Basin this week include Semipalmated Plover, Spotted Sandpiper, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, two Red Knot, Semipalmated, Least, Baird's, Pectoral, and Stilt Sandpiper, Short-billed Dowitcher and Wilson's Phalarope. Ruddy Turnstone and Sanderling were seen along the west end of the lake. Another small clutch of Red-necked Phalaropes were briefly seen at the Suncor Pier in Oakville. The woodlots are getting active this week, a neat sighting today was of an Olive-sided Flycatcher found at Shoreacres/Paletta Park in Burlington. Yesterday a great bird at the same location was a male Golden-winged Warbler. A number of Canada Warblers were also in the area. Joe Sams's Park in Waterdown was also scouted this week with Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Philadelphia and Red-eyed Vireo, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Nashville and Tennessee Warbler, American Redstart, Magnolia and Wilsons Warbler and Rose-breasted Grosbeak. The property owned by the HNC up off Patterson Road near Dundas has been good for migrants this week. Red-eyed, Philadelphia and Yellow-throated Vireo, Ovenbird, Blue-winged Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Black-and White and Magnolia Warbler along with Eastern Towhee were birds reported here. Nearby at Borer's Falls, Blackpoll, Bay-breasted and Pine Warbler were different migrants seen along with a Scarlet Tanager. At Rona Ponds in Waterdown Marsh Wren, Pine and Blackburnian Warbler were highlights. A Yellow-bellied Flycatcher was seen at Edgelake Park in Stoney Creek. There will be more movement in the next week as September is the height of migration for passerines as well as the raptor migration. That the news for this week, keep your eye on the forecast. Let me know what you see! Good birding, Cheryl Edgecombe --- 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
