SABINE'S GULL PARASITIC JAEGER
Northern Pintail Great Egret Sora Black-bellied Plover American Golden Plover Semipalmated Plover Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Whimbrel Hudsonian Godwit Marbled Godwit Ruddy Turnstone Red Knot Sanderling Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher Red-necked Phalarope Bonaparte's Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Great Black-backed Gull Black Tern Common Tern Common Nighthawk Ruby-throated Hummingbird Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Northern Flicker Eastern Wood-Pewee Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Willow Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Great Crested Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Blue-headed Vireo Warbling Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Common Raven Barn Swallow Golden-crowned Kinglet Swainson's Thrush Ovenbird Black-and-white Warbler Tennessee Warbler Nashville Warbler American Redstart Cape May Warbler Northern Parula Magnolia Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Palm Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Wilson's Warbler Chipping Sparrow Rose-breasted Grosbeak Baltimore Oriole It's been another busy week here in Hamilton. The east winds quieted down until yesterday and gave a quieter week on the west end however yesterday a SABINE'S GULL was giving good looks in good light at the beach coming in almost to the wave tower and then circling around and doing a circuit. Two more were seen at a distance. One PARASITIC JAEGER came in close enough for identification and gave a few gulls including the SABINE'S GULL a chase. Two more distant jaegers were noted yesterday as well. Earlier in the week a SABINE'S GULL was seen off of Saddington Park in Mississauga. Other birds noted at the lake this week were Northern Pintail, Sanderling and yesterday a group of Red-necked Phalaropes which dropped in for a spin near the wave tower. Earlier in the week a Lesser Black-backed Gull was photographed. Great-blacked Gull numbers are increasing and yesterday a lone Common Tern came straight down the beach. Shorebirds are still in the news but numbers have dropped as birds cleared out of Windermere Basin with the cold front. At the Windermere Basin over this week highlights include Black-bellied, American Golden and Semipalmated Plover, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Hudsonian and Marbled Godwit, Red Knot, Sanderling, Semipalmated, Least, White-rumped, Pectoral and Stilt Sandpiper and Short-billed Dowitcher. An adult Black Tern took respite there over the past week. A very lucky observer had two Whimbrel in the week one at Taquanyah C.A. in the south of the circle and one over Mt. Albion C.A. on the mountain. Ruddy Turnstones (3) can be found at Tollgate Pond. The woodlots are busy with migrants these days. Places reported from this week include Rattray Marsh, Shoreacres/Paletta, the Eileen & John Holland Nature Sanctuary near Hidden Valley in Burlington, Woodland Cemetery, Confederation and Edgelake Park in Stoney Creek. At these locations this week, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Woodland), Northern Flicker, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Woodland and at Lakeland Centre), Willow and Least Flycatcher, Eastern Phoebe (Woodland), Great Crested Flycatcher, Blue-headed (Woodland), Warbling, Philadelphia and Red-eyed Vireo, Barn Swallow, Golden-crowned Kinglet (Confederation Park), Swainson's Thrush (Rattray and Edgelake), Ovenbird, Black-and-white, Tennessee, Nashville Warbler, American Redstart, Cape May Warbler, Northern Parula, Magnolia, Bay-breasted, Blackburnian, Yellow, Chestnut-sided, Blackpoll, Black-throated Blue, Palm, Yellow-rumped, Black-throated Green, Wilson's Warbler, Chipping Sparrow, Rose-breasted Grosbeak and Baltimore Oriole (Woodland). In the odds and sods, A Sora is still present at Cityview Park in Burlington, Common Nighthawks were seen at the high level bridge in Hamilton last night and over Caledonia this week. Great Egret and Common Raven were noted at Rattray Marsh. A late Eastern Kingbird was seen on York Road. That's the news for the week. Keep combing the local patches, its peak migration. Send your sightings here! Cheers, 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
