SABINE'S GULL BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE PARASITIC JAEGER LONG-TAILED JAEGER CONNECTICUT WARBLER
White-winged Scoter Long-tailed Duck Common Loon Pied-billed Grebe Great Blue Heron Great Egret Green Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron American Coot Black-bellied Plover American Golden-Plover Spotted Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Ruddy Turnstone Red Knot Sanderling Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher Long-billed Dowitcher Red-necked Phalarope Red Phalarope Little Gull Bonaparte's Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Common Tern Common Nighthawk Tennessee Warbler Nashville Warbler Magnolia Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Pine Warbler Palm Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-and-white Warbler American Redstart Louisiana Waterthrush Wilson's Warbler Canada Warbler Chipping Sparrow Sorry for the delay the compiler was engaged in the Ticats/Argos match up last night......the right team won. It's another busy week on all fronts here in the Hamilton Study Area. The top of the list as usual this time of year highlights the specialties of the season down at the west end of the lake. On East winds two days ago, LONG-TAILED AND PARASITIC JAEGERS as well as our first juvenile SABINE'S GULLS were seen. Last weekend, after east winds last Friday a BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE made a pass at Hutch's in a group of gulls travelling east. Other birds seen at this end of the lake include White-winged Scoter, Long-tailed Duck, Common Loon, Bonaparte's Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull and a good movement of Common Terns. A neat sighting last Sunday was of a pod of 27 - 34 Red-necked Phalaropes with a couple of Little Gulls feeding at the end of Green Road. A Red-necked Phalarope was seen on Thursday by a keen observer. The other highlight of the week was a co-operative female CONNECTICUT WARBLER seen at Edgelake Park at the extreme northeast corner of the park by a house with a utility shed in the back. The bird was seen up until last night, can't see it travelling far in the these conditions. Another good sighting yesterday was of a late Louisiana Waterthrush at Edgelake as well. Windermere Basin is still a hotspot this week. Birds reported from here include Pied-billed Grebe, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Green Heron, Black-crowned Night-Heron, American Coot, Black-bellied and American Golden-Plover, Spotted Sandpiper, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Red Knot (last seen earlier in the week), Sanderling, Semipalmated, Least, Baird's, Pectoral, and Stilt Sandpiper and Short-billed and Long-billed Dowitchers. Nearby at Tollgate Pond Black-bellied Plover, Spotted Sandpiper, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Ruddy Turnstone, Sanderling, Baird's Sandpiper and a highlight of a Buff-breasted Sandpiper. Out on the sod farms this week a small gathering of American Golden Plover and a Black-bellied Plover came from the south east Corner of Ferris Rd and White Church road. The woodlots have also been busy this week. Migrants reported from various locations include Tennessee, Nashville, Magnolia, Black-throated Green, Pine, Palm (good photos of a Yellow Palm at LaSalle Park), Blackpoll, Black-and-white Warbler, American Redstart, Wilson's and Canada Warbler. Lastly, Common Nighthawks continue to push through with a dozen of them seen over Gage Park. Today looks like a good day for the beach for the hardy, strong northeast winds will be good to blow in some goodies. Keep your sightings coming. It's going to be an exciting week here in the HSA, I can feel it. Oskee wee wee, 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
