BRANT MARBLED GODWIT SABINE'S GULL BLACK TERN PARASITIC JAEGER LONG-TAILED JAEGER YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe Turkey Vulture Broad-winged Hawk Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Broad-winged Hawk American Kestrel Merlin Peregrine Falcon Black-bellied Plover American Golden-Plover Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Whimbrel Red Knot Sanderling White-rumped Sandpiper Dunlin Stilt Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher Red-necked Phalarope Common Tern Chimney Swift Ruby-throated Hummingbird Olive-sided Flycatcher Eastern Wood Pewee Philadelphia Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Barn Swallow Swainson's Thrush Tennessee Warbler Nashville Warbler Hooded Warbler American Redstart Cape May Warbler Northern Paula Magnolia Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Palm Warbler Wilson's Warbler Chipping Sparrow This has been an exciting week in the Hamilton Study Area as the action at the end of the lake has picked up signficantly with east winds particularly over the past two days. SABINE'S GULL, BLACK TERN, PARASITIC AND LONG-TAILED JAEGER were highlights this week with distant views for the most part but some good looks at LONG-TAILED JAEGER when and adult flew high over the viewing platform accompanied by a sub-adult PARASITIC JAEGER on Thursday. Other observers yesterday were treated to a SABINE'S GULL which ended up coming into the beach to run around briefly and then took off flying west giving killer looks to people standing on the viewing platform. Other distant SABINE'S GULLS were seen later in the day. Last Saturday, although winds were somewhat changing to south 85 Common Terns were seen and mixed in with one group were 5 SABINE'S GULLS. in other rarity news the MARBLED GODWIT remains even today at Windermere Basin. Earlier in the week, a YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was seen briefly at Sedgewick Park in Oakville but not able to be refound a short time later or the next day. While on the lake watch other birds seen include Northern Pintail, Green-winged Teal, Red-necked and Horned Grebe, Merlin Peregrine Falcon, Black-bellied Plover, Sanderling, and Red-necked Phalarope. An excellent record is of an early BRANT seen on Thursday. Shorebirding is still productive. Along with the Godwit, birds reported at Windermere Basin include American Golden Plover, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, White-rumped Sandpiper, Dunlin and Short-billed Dowitcher. Nearby at Tollgate Pond a Whimbrel has been hanging steady for the last couple days. Sanderling seem to enjoy it there as well. Two Buff-breasted Sandpipers were a highlight on Haldibrook Road south of Mount Hope on Wednesday and two Stilt Sandpipers were reported from Valley Inn. Passerine migration has been steady over the week although I think that numbers are down from the week before. Places reported from this week include Sedgewick Park in Oakville, Shoreacres in Burlington, Woodland Cemetery and Edgelake Park in Stoney Creek. Birds reported include Chimney Swift (many at Woodland last Saturday), Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Olive-sided Flycatcher (Shoreacres), Eastern Wood Pewee, Philadelphia and Red-eyed Vireo, Barn Swallow, Swainson's Thrush, Tennessee, Nashville, Hooded Warbler (Edgelake), American Redstart, Cape May Warbler (Sedgewick), Northern Parula, Magnolia, Chestnut-sided, Blackpoll, Palm and Wilson's Warbler and Chipping Sparrow. Raptor migration has been undetectable for the most part in the Hamilton Study Area. Last Sunday at Gates of Heaven Cemetery a light raptor migration started up in the morning with Osprey, Turkey Vulture, Red-tailed, Sharp-shinned and Broad-winged Hawks moving through. I am sure many more went undetected on other days with different winds. That's the news for this week. These southern winds could bring in something interesting but when they turn back around, there will be another migration push. Have a great week, 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
