CATTLE EGRET FRANKLIN'S GULL WHITE-EYED VIREO
Cackling Goose Surf Scoter Black Scoter White-winged Scoter Great Egret Turkey Vulture Bald Eagle Sharp-shinned Hawk Northern Goshawk Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Golden Eagle Virginia Rail Sora Semipalmated Plover Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Pectoral Sandpiper Dunlin Wilson's Snipe Yellow-billed Cuckoo Common Nighthawk Ruby-throated Hummingbird Eastern Phoebe House Wren Winter Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Swainson's Thrush Hermit Thrush Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler American Redstart Magnolia Warbler Yellow Warbler Palm Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Fox Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Rusty Blackbird Common Grackle It's been a surprising week here in the Hamilton Study Area. Migrants continue to filter through some good late migrants but mixed in were a couple of unexpected surprises. Yesterday a CATTLE EGRET was found at Valley Inn and afforded good looks for the entire day. Earlier in the week a FRANKLINS GULL visited the same area for a couple of days. The water level is down here with a large mud flat. Pectoral Sandpiper and Dunlin have also been seen in growing numbers here this week. To round out the rarities, an unfortunate window hit of a WHITE-EYED VIREO in Brantford. Raptor migration is in progress this week with a couple of days of Northwest winds providing good numbers over south Burlington. Last weekend, three Northern Goshawks were counted in a short period of time on Sunday morning, two at Woodland Cemetery and one seen from the Carpool lot at Highway 6. An immature Golden Eagle was seen over Valley Inn last Monday. Raptors seen on these watches include Sharp-shinned, Cooper's Hawk, Red-shouldered and Red-tailed Hawk along with many Turkey Vultures. Some late migrants around include Virginia Rail and Sora at Kerncliffe Park, a Yellow-billed Cuckoo near Governor's Road and Creighton in Dundas, two Common Nighthawks over Wilkes Dam in Brantford and a late Ruby-throated Hummingbird in Jerseyville and a late Yellow Warbler at Confederation Park. Migrant traps reported from this week include Sedgewick, Shell Park and Shoreacres. Birds reported from here include Eastern Phoebe, House and Winter Wren, Golden-crowned and Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Swainson's and Hermit Thrush, Orange-crowned, Nashville Warbler, American Redstart, Magnolia, Palm, Yellow-rumped, Black throated Green Warbler, Swamp, White-throated, White-crowned Sparrow, Dar-eyed Junco, Rusty Blackbird and Common Grackle. Shorebirds are still in the news. Five Semipalmated Plover were present at Red Hill Stormwater Pond. A new location reported from Green Lane Wetlands in Paris produced Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs and two Wilson's Snipe. In the odds and sods this week, there were two sightings of Cackling Goose, one at the Desjardins Canal and one flying over the Highway 6 carpool lot in a pack of Geese. All three Scoter species were seen off Sayer's Park in Stoney Creek. Great Egret numbers were up to 11 at one point at Valley Inn. An adult Bald Eagle was seen over Shell Park. A Fox Sparrow was photographed in the Hendrie Valley last weekend and a lateish Wilson's Warbler was seen down at the Valley Inn late yesterday afternoon. That's the news for this week. Please report your sightings here. Late October and November are prime for rarities. 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 birdalert@ontbirds.ca 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
