PIPING PLOVER MARBLED GODWIT HUDSONIAN GODWIT SABINE'S GULL PARASITIC JAEGER LONG-TAILED JAEGER
American Bittern Great Egret Semipalmated Plover Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Ruddy Turnstone Red Knot Sanderling Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher Bonaparte's Gull Black Tern Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Cuckoo Common Nighthawk Chimney Swift Ruby-throated Hummingbird Olive-sided Flycatcher Eastern Wood-Pewee Yellow-bellied FLycatcher Willow Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Great Crested Flycatcher Blue-headed Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Veery Swanson's Thrush Ovenbird Golden-winged Warbler Black-and-white Warbler Tennessee Warbler Nashville Warbler Common Yellowthroat American Redstart Cape May Warbler Magnolia Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Palm Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Canada Warbler Wilson's Warbler Rose-breasted Grosbeak Baltimore Oriole It's been a very busy week here in the HSA. As you can see by the top of the list, beach season has started with a bang with more to come I am sure on east winds predicted for today. Let's start at the top. A PIPING PLOVER, a juvenile from Darlington, was a complete surprise for birders posted at the Lakeland Centre for a beach watch on Wednesday. The bird remained on Thursday but there were no reports yesterday. The lake watch at Lakeland Centre down at VanWagners Beach ramped up last Sunday with SABINE'S GULL, PARASITIC and LONG-TAILED JAEGERS being seen. Other birds noted here include Common Loon, Sanderling, Black-tern and of course the above Piping Plover. JUST IN: A Sabine's Gull is sitting on the beach at Hutches. Down at Windermere Basin, the birding has been the best I have seen it. A MARBLED GODWIT has remained here for over a week and was present yesterday. Two HUDSONIAN GODWITS stopped in for a brief time on the 24th but it was just a brief stop by and were not seen by many. Other shorebirds reported from there up to yesterday include Semipalmated Plover, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Ruddy Turnstone, Red Knot, Sanderling, Semipalmated, Least, Baird's, Pectoral, Stilt and Buff-breasted Sandpiper and Short-billed Dowitcher. Almost as rare as the top of the list in these parts, an American Bittern was seen walking around last Saturday. Other birds of note here include Great Egret and Bonaparte's Gull. Down to the east a Red-necked Phalarope dropped in for a quick spin around at Jones Road on Thursday. The woodlots have been busy this week with a strong movements of flycatchers and warblers. Locations being reported from include Edgelake Park in Stoney Creek, Shoreacres/Paletta Park in Burlington, Sedgewick Park in Oakville, Rattray Marsh in Mississauga and Joe Sam's Park in Waterdown. Reported from these locations this week, Yellow-billed (Sedgewick) and Black-billed Cuckoo, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Yellow-bellied, Willow, Least, Great Crested Flycatcher, Blue-headed and Red-eyed Vireo, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Veery, Swanson's Thrush, Ovenbird, Golden-winged, Black-and-white, Nashville Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, American Redstart, Cape May, Magnolia, Bay-breasted, Blackburnian, Chestnut-sided, Palm (Sedgewick and Rock Chapel), Black-throated Green, Canada and Wilson's Warbler and Rose-breasted Grosbeak. A Golden-winged Warbler was just reported from Woodland Cemetery this morning. In the odds and sods, lots of reports of Chimney Swifts and Common Nighthawks are coming from Dundas and Hamilton area. A lateish Baltimore Oriole was seen at a feeder in Caledonia yesterday. Apologies if I have not covered everything on the report, moving day for two kids here and its busy!!! Get out and bird! Report your sightings here. 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
