BOHEMIAN WAXWING SUMMER TANAGER EVENING GROSBEAK Snow Goose King Eider Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Black Scoter Long-tailed Duck Common x Barrow's Goldeneye Red-throated Loon Red-tailed Hawk Killdeer Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Bonaparte's Gull Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed gull Glaucous Gull Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Tufted Titmouse Eastern Towhee Pine Siskin
It's been a relatively quiet week for numbers of birds in the area however what lacks in quantity is made up with quantity particularly with winter listing on the horizon. Our rarities this week include a flock of BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS seen in a yard in Winona which proves that this species is on the move early this year. The find of the week was a SUMMER TANAGER seen in Falkirk West in Hamilton. The trail entrance is near 110 Edgehill Dr, Hamilton. The bird was well photographed but it is an extensive area so it may take some patience. A good bet is that it will be eating the wild grape and buckthorn. Any further sightings, let us know. EVENING GROSBEAK is always a good bird for the Hamilton Study Area, they don't occur every year. This week there have been three separate sightings, one in Waterdown near Mountain Brow Road, one in Brantford and one yesterday in Gage Park in Hamilton. Late dates for species is always interesting this time of year for winter listers. The change in weather today may have some say in whether these birds stay in the area. Killdeer, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs were all seen at Red Hill Stormwater pond as of yesterday. Three Bonaparte's Gulls were seen flying from Bronte Harbour and a late Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was seen at Shoreacres mid-week. In the odds and sods, a Snow Goose has been seen multiple days with a flock of Canada Geese at the corner of Harvester and Guelph Line. Another one or same was seen at Bayfront Park and LaSalle Marina earlier in the week. King Eiders are arriving with a female seen under the pier at Spencer Smith Park multiple days this week and another seen at Fifty Point. All three Scoter species are off the end of Grays' Road along with a growing number of Long-tailed Ducks. Yesterday the returning Common x Barrow's Goldeneye that has wintered here the last few years has returned. On Thursday eight Red-throated Loons were counted from here at Grays' Road. Two interesting Red-tailed Hawks were seen in the week. An almost Albino Red-tail was seen on the South Service Road between Third and Fourth Line in Oakville early in the week and a dark phase Red Tail was photographed on Hwy 6 south between Caledonia and Hagersville. It was on roadside power lines at the edge of the field on the SE corner of Hwy 6 and 4th line. White-winged Gulls are starting to move with both Iceland (Bronte) and Glaucous (Bayfront) reported last week. A Lesser Black-backed Gull was seen at Bronte as well. Tufted Titmice are still around coming into feeders on the West Hamilton Mountain and Dundas. An Eastern Towhee was seen working along some houses at west 5th and Marlowe Dr in Hamilton. A Pine Siskin was a yard flyover earlier in the week in Stoney Creek. That's the news for this week, these strong south winds followed by a sharp change to North could bring some very interesting birds to the area. Report them here! Please copy all your sightings along to Bill Lamond for our Noteworthy Bird Records at [email protected]. Have a great week Cheryl 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
