PARASITIC JAEGER CERULEAN WARBLER YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER American Wigeon Green-winged Teal Common Loon Black-bellied Plover American Golden-Plover Semipalmated Plover Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Sanderling Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Long-billed Dowitcher Lesser Black-backed Gull Yellow-billed Cuckoo Common Nighthawk Olive-sided Flycatcher Yellow-bellied FLycatcher Least FLycatcher Philadelphia Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Sedge Wren Gray-cheeked Thrush Swainson's Thrush Wood Thrush Golden-winged Warbler Black-and-White Warbler Tennessee Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler Common Yellowthroat American Redstart Cape May Warbler Northern Parula Magnolia Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Palm Warbler Pine Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Wilson's Warbler Nelson's Sparrow
This week was all about the big push of passerine migrants. Although south winds prevailed most of the week, the brief periods of north winds produced big numbers of warblers in huge pockets with a couple of hidden gems hidden in them. Last Sunday a YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was a highlight at South Shell Park mixed in with a flock of over 50 warblers moving high through the trees. Next was a first female CERULEAN WARBLER seen briefly at the bridge at Shoreacres/Paletta Park in Burlington later that day. Another first female CERULEAN was seen at Princess Point in a huge flock of over 100 warblers passing through. Not forgetting about the west end of the lake for rarities, a few adult PARASITIC JAEGERS were seen last Saturday, hopes were high for more goodies but the winds were actually too strong. Other birds seen at South Shell Park and Princess Point include Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Yellow-bellied and Least Flycatcher, Philadelphia and Red-eyed Vireo, Black-and-White Warbler, Tennessee, Orange-crowned, Nashville Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, American Redstart, Cape May Warbler, Northern Parula, Magnolia, Bay-breasted, Blackburnian, Chestnut-sided, Blackpoll, Black-throated Blue, Palm, Pine, Yellow-rumped, Black-throated Green and Wilson's Warbler. Good birds at Woodland Cemetery included a couple of Wood Thrush and a Golden-winged Warbler. A late Olive-sided Flycatcher was seen in the Dundas Valley. A Gray-cheeked Thrush was seen at Edgelake Park. Shorebirds are still in the news with two Buff-breasted Sandpipers being seen this week, one at Tollgate Ponds and one at Windermere Basin. Other shorebirds seen at these locations are Black-bellied and American Golden Plover, Semipalmated Plover, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Sanderling, Semipalmated, Least, Pectoral and Stilt Sandpiper (up to 9 at Windermere Basin), Short-billed and Long-billed Dowitcher. In the odds and sods, other birds seen at the west end of the lake include American Wigeon, Green-winged Teal, Common Loon and Lesser Black-backed Gull. A late Common Nighthawk was seen over south Oakville yesterday. A good find was a Sedge Wren in Bronte Park North, they likely nested here again this year. A report of a record early Nelsons' Sparrow came in today, these will be more reliable in the coming weeks in the traditional areas. That's the news for this week. Keep the sightings rolling. High south winds followed by high Northwest winds could prove interesting for vagrants. Cheryl Edgecombe HNC --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Hamilton Birders email group. To post to this group, send email to hamiltonbi...@googlegroups.com To reply to the group, click Reply-all. To reply to the individual who wrote the email, click Reply. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to hamiltonbirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hamiltonbirds?hl=en?hl=en _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - 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
