RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET EASTERN PHOEBE OVENBIRD ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER NASHVILLE WARBLER HOODED WARBLER AMERICAN REDSTART NORTHERN PARULA PALM WARBLER
Snow Goose Cackling Goose King Eider Red-throated Loon Horned Grebe Merlin Sandhill Crane Lesser Black-backed Gull Snowy Owl Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Tufted Titmouse Brown Creeper Winter Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Northern Shrike Hermit Thrush Yellow-rumped Warbler Field Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Red-winged Blackbird Purple Finch Common Redpoll Pine Siskins Evening Grosbeak It's been another good week and a half here in the HSA, the list might not be long but it's packed with some decent birds, particularly for winter listers. Let's stop at the top of the list. The number of species of warbler that have occurred in November has been unprecedented. Eighteen species of warbler have been recorded here in the Hamilton Study Area. A few of these stragglers might make it to the winter listing period and more may turn up as people get out and scour around their local patch. Two OVENBIRDS have been reported at feeders this week one in Oakville and one in Port Credit, I doubt that these would be the same bird moving around. Sedgewick Park is the host to the long staying HOODED WARBLER and a NASHVILLE WARBLER. The HOODED WARBLER was seen early today, the NASHVILLE was seen yesterday. Three RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS were seen today to add to the winter list as well. A COUPLE OF NOTES: Rhere was a large coyote present today in the area where the warbler was lurking about. It did not flinch when it saw me so I left the area. WINTER LISTERS: Please keep in mind that there is a service tomorrow at the Jehovah Witness so please keep out of that parking lot to give worshippers room to park. Please access the park off of Hixon or park at Coronation Park and walk over through the parking lot of the Jehovah Witness. They have been putting the chain across so that parking is not allowed during non worship times. It's easy to get in off the end of Hixon. Other birds seen at Sedgewick include Brown Creeper, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Winter Wren, Hermit Thrush, Yellow-rumped Warbler and White-throated Sparrow. At South Shell Park in Oakville, ORANGE-CROWNED, PALM and Yellow-rumped Warbler were seen through the fence that leads out to the Suncor Pier last weekend. Likely these birds are still around. A couple of Ruby-crowned Kinglets were also present. An AMERICAN REDSTART was a good bird found at Wilkes Dam this week. Another good find was a NORTHERN PARULA at Edgelake Park in Stoney Creek. A BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER was reported last weekend from Riverside Park in Cambridge, this bird could still be around. It was hanging with a group of kinglets and chickadees. An EASTERN PHOEBE was found on the Spencer Creek trail near the Canadian Tire in Dundas. The Dundas IBA occurred last weekend. Some highlights included a group approx 15 Snow Geese were seen over the Dundas Valley, a lone Cackling Goose was seen in Caroll's Bay, a Lesser Black-backed Gull was observed in Coote's Paradise, a Tufted Titmouse was seen in the Dundas Valley. Field Sparrow and Red-winged Blackbird are other notables. A separate report from the Dundas Valley this week included Evening Grosbeaks at a private feeder and two Northern Shrikes at Merrick Orchard and Powerline entrance. There are still a few Pine Siskins around and a single Purple Finch. In the odds and sods this week, a first year male King Eider was seen at LaSalle Marina today. A Red-throated Loon was seen near Green Road today. A Horned Grebe was seen off Millen Road this week and 6 off LaSalle Marina today. Merlins have been seen over Bronte and Stoney Creek likely on winter territory. A flock of 25 Sandhill Cranes were seen over 8th Concession West and Westover in Flamborough. Snowy Owls were reported from Bronte Harbour and from the breakwall at Canada Centre for Inland Waters. A Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was seen at Bronte Bluffs. A flock of 25 Common Redpolls have been seen on Fallsview Road today and earlier in the week. Evening Grosbeaks have been reported in Flamborough, south of Ancaster and in the Dundas Valley over the past week. Winter listing is upon us. Please report any unusual sightings you have and get out to your local woodlots to scour around. 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
