CATTLE EGRET BLACK VULTURE PARASITIC JAEGER WHITE-EYED VIREO Cackling Goose Canada Goose Wood Duck Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Black Scoter Red-throated Loon Common Loon Great Egret Turkey Vulture Red-shouldered Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Killdeer Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Pectoral Sandpiper Hudsonian Godwit Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Eastern Phoebe Common Raven Tufted Titmouse Winter Wren Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Hermit Thrush Yellow-rumped Warbler Eastern Towhee American Tree Sparrow Field Sparrow Fox Sparrow White-throated Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Scarlet Tanager Rose-breasted Grosbeak Rusty Blackbird Common Redpoll Pine Siskin
It's been quieter these past two weeks but this week has seen movement of birds, hence the report. Today on E-bird a flock of 6 CATTLE EGRETS was reported near Clappisons Corners out at a horse farm. We are looking for more details on this sighting but it appears that this species is being seen at a few places in the province which would be no surprise with the southwest winds we have had the past while. Anyone seeing these birds is asked to report to the list serve to get the word out. Yesterday there was a second hand report of a BLACK VULTURE seen over Valley Inn with a group of Turkey Vultures. Thursday saw a big movement of vultures once again along the lakeshore. More details would be great on this sighting. Last Sunday, WHITE-EYED VIREO popped up for a good 30 - 40 seconds along the Spencer Creek Trail in Dundas at approximately the eleventh telephone pole. In typical fashion it buried itself again in the brambles and subsequently not seen again. The west end of the lake was good in the latter half of the week. On Friday a PARASITIC JAEGER was seen out on the lake. Other birds noted here at Lakeland, at Sayer's Park and at Fruitland Road include all three Scoter Species, Common and Red-throated Loon and a pair of Wood Ducks. Shorebirds are still in the news, a Hudsonian Godwit has returned to the Red Hill Stormwater Pond after a week's absence along with Killdeer, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs. In Brantford a flock of 25 Yellowlegs sp was seen flying over the S.C. Johnson trail, a good number for this time of year. Lastly, Greater Yellowlegs and Pectoral Sandpiper were seen at the stormwater pond at the Eramosa Karst. Passerine migration has been steady with late migrants. Multiple locations are reporting Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Eastern Phoebe, Winter Wren, Golden-crowned and Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Hermit Thrush, Yellow-rumped Warbler, White-throated Sparrow, Dark-eyed Juncos in numbers. Some late birds this week include a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher at Lakeside Park in Mississauga, a late Rose-breasted Grosbeak feeders at the Trail Centre in Dundas Valley CA and a late Scarlet Tanager at Joe Sams park in Waterdown. In the odds and sods, a group of 15 Cackling Geese were seen on highway 8 by Christies Corner with a large group of Canada Geese. Great Egrets seem to be roosting at the Desjardins Canal near the West Pond. A Red-shouldered Hawk was perched by the side of the road on Cootes Drive posing for pictures of the rarely seen perched Buteo. A Rough-legged Hawk was seen at Concession 6 and Valens Road yesterday. Common Raven sightings are growing this week with sightings at the Rona Ponds in Waterdown, near Christie Conservation Area and up the LaFarge Trail just south of Gore Road. A Tufted Titmouse, Fox Sparrow and Pine Siskins have been visiting the feeders at the Hamilton Conservation Authority office on Mineral Springs Road. Eastern Towhees (4) were seen along the Spencer Creek Trail along with the first American Tree Sparrow. Field Sparrows were seen at Fifty Point Conservation area and made a nice yard bird in Brantford. Rusty Blackbirds were seen near the Millgrove Loam Pits. Lastly, it looks like winter finches are on the move with multiple sightings of Pine Siskins and a group of three Common Redpolls in a yard in Stoney Creek. That's the news for this week. Please keep an eye out for interesting birds as it is coming up to the Alan Wormington Fall Bird Count, November 5th. Good birding, 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
