At 4:00pm, Thursday, May 13th, 2004, this is the Hamilton Naturalists' Club Birding Hotline Report. The Hotline is normally updated on Thursday nights unless an unusual bird turns up in the Hamilton area.
The bird of the week in the Hamilton area was the PIPING PLOVER seen near the Burlington Beach Canal over the weekend. If this bird is still in the area, please phone or e-mail the Hotline. Just outside the Hamilton area, a LITTLE BLUE HERON turned up north of Brantford. The bird was first seen on Monday or Tuesday and was last seen this morning. Directions are as follows: take the 403 to Brantford and exit on Highway 24 north. Turn left off Highway 24 onto Scenic Drive, proceed for 2.1km until you reach a pond on the right hand side of the road. Look for the bird in and around the pond. Way outside the Hamilton area, a PAINTED BUNTING was found at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo. Back closer to home, lots of migrants were hanging around. A walk in the Hendrie Valley produced 66 species highlights of which were CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, CAPE MAY WARBLER, and NORTHERN PARULA WARBLER. Another 60 species were seen around Spencer Creek, including 13 species of warbler, SCARLET TANAGER, BOBOLINK and ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK. More warblers turned up at one of my favourite places to look for birds in spring, Woodland Cemetery. In addition to a female CERULEAN WARBLER, NASHVILLE, CHESTNUT-SIDED, MAGNOLIA, YELLOW-RUMPED, BLACK & WHITE, BLACK-THROATED BLUE, BLACKBURNIAN, BLACK-THROATED GREEN, BAY-BREASTED, PINE, PALM, YELLOW WARBLER and AMERICAN REDSTART were seen. Burloak Woods gave up another 12 species of warbler, plus BLUE-HEADED VIREO, GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER, LEAST FLYCATCHER, SWAINSONS THRUSH, WOOD THRUSH, and a small flock of RUSTY BLACKBIRDS. Other local reports include SCARLET TANAGER in Mount Hope, BANK SWALLOW at Burloak Park, PIED-BILLED GREBE at the Dundas Hydro Ponds, AMERICAN REDSTART at the RBG Nature Centre, NORTHERN HARRIER in Caledonia, WHITE-EYED VIREO on the Dundas Valley Rail Trail, LINCOLN SPARROW, SWAINSONS THRUSH, VEERY, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, and AMERICAN REDSTART at Confederation Park, plus BLACK-THROATED GREEN, CANADA, PALM, YELLOW-RUMPED, and YELLOW WARBLER on the South Shore Trails behind McMaster University. Highlights from Pelee this past week were KIRTLANDS WARBLER, SWAINSONS WARBLER, HENSLOWS SPARROW, HARRIS SPARROW, LECONTES SPARROW, DICKCISSEL, ACADIAN FLYCATCHER and WHITE-FACED IBIS. On the Island, YELLOW-THROATED and KENTUCKY WARBLERS were reported. Last but not least, three PEREGRINE FALCON chicks have hatched at the Sheraton Hotel in Hamilton! And a fourth is possible! Congratulations to the proud parents and the Hamilton Community Peregrine Project. Now the real work begins Thanks to everyone who submitted reports this week and thanks to Cheryl for letting me fill in while she is away. GOOD BIRDING! Keith Dieroff Hamilton Naturalists' Club Birding Hotline Report C/O 75 Houghton Avenue South Hamilton, Ontario (905) 381-0329 ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu May 13 16:32:27 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from web60607.mail.yahoo.com (web60607.mail.yahoo.com [216.109.118.245]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D689A48577 for <ontbirds@hwcn.org>; Thu, 13 May 2004 16:32:26 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from [205.210.222.130] by web60607.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 13 May 2004 16:06:08 EDT Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 16:06:08 -0400 (EDT) From: Keith Dieroff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ontbirds@hwcn.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: [Ontbirds] Hamilton Naturalists' Club Birding Hotline Report - Thursday, May 13th, 2004 X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 20:32:27 -0000 At 4:00pm, Thursday, May 13th, 2004, this is the Hamilton Naturalists' Club Birding Hotline Report. The Hotline is normally updated on Thursday nights unless an unusual bird turns up in the Hamilton area. The bird of the week in the Hamilton area was the PIPING PLOVER seen near the Burlington Beach Canal over the weekend. If this bird is still in the area, please phone or e-mail the Hotline. Just outside the Hamilton area, a LITTLE BLUE HERON turned up north of Brantford. The bird was first seen on Monday or Tuesday and was last seen this morning. Directions are as follows: take the 403 to Brantford and exit on Highway 24 north. Turn left off Highway 24 onto Scenic Drive, proceed for 2.1km until you reach a pond on the right hand side of the road. Look for the bird in and around the pond. Way outside the Hamilton area, a PAINTED BUNTING was found at Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo. Back closer to home, lots of migrants were hanging around. A walk in the Hendrie Valley produced 66 species highlights of which were CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, CAPE MAY WARBLER, and NORTHERN PARULA WARBLER. Another 60 species were seen around Spencer Creek, including 13 species of warbler, SCARLET TANAGER, BOBOLINK and ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK. More warblers turned up at one of my favourite places to look for birds in spring, Woodland Cemetery. In addition to a female CERULEAN WARBLER, NASHVILLE, CHESTNUT-SIDED, MAGNOLIA, YELLOW-RUMPED, BLACK & WHITE, BLACK-THROATED BLUE, BLACKBURNIAN, BLACK-THROATED GREEN, BAY-BREASTED, PINE, PALM, YELLOW WARBLER and AMERICAN REDSTART were seen. Burloak Woods gave up another 12 species of warbler, plus BLUE-HEADED VIREO, GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER, LEAST FLYCATCHER, SWAINSONS THRUSH, WOOD THRUSH, and a small flock of RUSTY BLACKBIRDS. Other local reports include SCARLET TANAGER in Mount Hope, BANK SWALLOW at Burloak Park, PIED-BILLED GREBE at the Dundas Hydro Ponds, AMERICAN REDSTART at the RBG Nature Centre, NORTHERN HARRIER in Caledonia, WHITE-EYED VIREO on the Dundas Valley Rail Trail, LINCOLN SPARROW, SWAINSONS THRUSH, VEERY, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, and AMERICAN REDSTART at Confederation Park, plus BLACK-THROATED GREEN, CANADA, PALM, YELLOW-RUMPED, and YELLOW WARBLER on the South Shore Trails behind McMaster University. Highlights from Pelee this past week were KIRTLANDS WARBLER, SWAINSONS WARBLER, HENSLOWS SPARROW, HARRIS SPARROW, LECONTES SPARROW, DICKCISSEL, ACADIAN FLYCATCHER and WHITE-FACED IBIS. On the Island, YELLOW-THROATED and KENTUCKY WARBLERS were reported. Last but not least, three PEREGRINE FALCON chicks have hatched at the Sheraton Hotel in Hamilton! And a fourth is possible! Congratulations to the proud parents and the Hamilton Community Peregrine Project. Now the real work begins Thanks to everyone who submitted reports this week and thanks to Cheryl for letting me fill in while she is away. GOOD BIRDING! Keith Dieroff Hamilton Naturalists' Club Birding Hotline C/O 75 Houghton Avenue South Hamilton, Ontario (905) 381-0329 ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu May 13 16:42:22 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from mail.wzrd.com (mail.wzrd.com [206.99.165.3]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0431F48F08 for <ontbirds@hwcn.org>; Thu, 13 May 2004 16:42:22 -0400 (EDT) Received: from STUDY (pm7-ppp028.dialup.wzrd.com [24.75.6.30]) by mail.wzrd.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with SMTP id i4DKffFw003236; Thu, 13 May 2004 16:41:50 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Willie D'Anna & Betsy Potter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Geneseebirds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "NYSBirds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "OntBirds" <ontbirds@hwcn.org> Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 16:37:12 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 X-RAVMilter-Version: 8.4.3(snapshot 20030219) (mail.wzrd.com) Subject: [Ontbirds] Painted Bunting at Tifft N.P., Buffalo - Not Seen Today (yet) X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 20:42:22 -0000 Although the adult male Painted Bunting was relocated Wednesday evening after 8:00 (100 to 200 yards northeast of the bridge that you cross just before you enter into the wooded section of the preserve - with White-throated and White-crowned Sparrows), it was not seen this morning. >From reports I have received, it sounds like most of the birds that were there yesterday have left. DIRECTIONS: Tifft Nature Preserve is in south Buffalo off of Route 5. From I-190 in downtown, follow signs to Rt 5 Westbound. Exit at Tifft St. After getting off the ramp, proceed about 3/8 mile to a traffic signal which is Tifft St. Turn left onto Tifft and go under Rt 5, then turn left onto the access road. Tifft N.P. is about 3/8 mile on the right. Park in the lot, walk down the preserve road past the Visitor Center (get directions if they are open) and into the woods. Good birding! Willie -------------- Willie D'Anna Betsy Potter Niagara Falls, N.Y. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
