PARASITIC JAEGER LONG-TAILED JAEGER SEDGE WREN WESTERN TANAGER
Ruffed Grouse Solitary Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Pectoral Sandpiper Long-billed Dowitcher Common Nighthawk Ruby-throated Hummingbird Eastern Phoebe Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Barn Swallow House Wren Winter Wren Marsh Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Swainson's Thrush Wood Thrush Nashville Warbler Common Yellowthroat Hooded Warbler Magnolia Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Palm Warbler Pine Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Chipping Sparrow Nelson's Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Rose-breasted Grosbeak Purple Finch It's a little less active this week here in the Hamilton Study Area. The east winds predicted ended up to be only a one day event which was last Tuesday when two PARASITIC and one adult LONG-TAILED JAEGER came in for close views. Some of the later passerine migrants have started to come through but in and amongst these were a couple rarities and some late records. A SEDGE WREN was present for a couple of days at VanWagners Ponds and yesterday a female WESTERN TANAGER was seen at Edgelake Park. Another highlight at VanWagners Ponds was a Nelson's Sparrow. Some late records include a late Wood Thrush and Hooded Warbler seen on the Bruce Trail near Lowville and a late Common Nighthawk flying over a yard in Grimsby. A late Ruby-throated Hummingbird was seen at the end of Grays Road. Other migrants reported from Windermere Basin, VanWagners Ponds, Bayfront Park and Edgelake include Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Eastern Phoebe, Barn Swallow, House Wren, Marsh and Winter Wren, Golden-crowned and Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Swainson's Thrush, Nashville Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Magnolia, Blackpoll, Black-throated Blue, Palm, Pine, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Chipping, Lincoln's, Swamp, White-throated, White-crowned Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco and Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Shorebirds are still in the news, Solitary, Pectoral Sandpiper and Long-billed Dowitcher were seen at Scotch Block Reservoir, on 3rd line, north of 10th Sideroad in North Halton. The juvenile Whimbrel at Tollgate Pond was present up until early in the week, a late record for this species. Other birds present there were Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs. In the odds and sods this week, a Ruffed Grouse was seen at 8th Concession West and Westover. A first of season Purple Finch arrived at a feeder in Grimsby a couple of days ago. The first of more to come. This weekend north winds are expected to push migrants again. Get out in your local patch and report your sightings here! Cheryl Edgecombe HNC. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - 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 Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
