AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN BLACK VULTURE WHIP-POOR-WILL WHITE-EYED VIREO SUMMER TANAGER CERULEAN WARBLER
Blue-winged Teal Ruffed Grouse Common Loon American Bittern Least Bittern Green Heron Virginia Rail Sora American Golden-Plover Semipalmated Plover Spotted Sandpiper Solitary Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Least Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Dunlin Wilson's Phalarope Bonaparte's Gull Snowy Owl Chimney Swift Ruby-throated Hummingbird Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Willow FLycatcher Least Flycatcher Great Crested Flycatcher Yellow-throated Vireo Warbling Vireo House Wren Marsh Wren Ruby-crowned Kinglet Veery Swainson's Thrush Wood Thrush Golden-winged Warbler Tennessee Warbler Nashville Warbler Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Magnolia Warbler Cape May Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Palm Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Black-and-white Warbler American Redstart Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Common Yellowthroat Hooded Warbler Wilson's Warbler Canada Warbler Scarlet Tanager Clay-colored Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow White=crowned Sparrow Rose-breasted Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Orchard Oriole Baltimore Oriole Although the numbers still arent there for migrants, a nice variety of migrants have passed through the area this week. Starting out with birds at the top, an AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN made a flyover at Cootes Paradise on May 8th but not relocated, should be more to come. Two BLACK VULTURES passed over a yard in Stoney Creek on Friday adding a decent addition to a birders yard list. Hard to say if they were just passing through but they were travelling in a southwest direction and could surface again. Yesterday, a WHIP-POOR-WILL was seen at Edgelake Park and stayed on a log for at least the morning allowing photographs. Another WHIP-POOR-WILL was heard singing behind Mohawk College last Monday. A WHITE-EYED VIREO was found along the trail running through Riverview Park along Bronte Creek on Friday. Unfortunately, the bird was flushed by a mower and could not be relocated. A SUMMER TANGER was seen at Ruthven Park on the 7th and then banded on the 9th. Finally, three CERULEAN Warblers have been reported this week, one on private property in Lowville, a female at Sedgewick Park in Oakville and today one singing on 6th Concession just west of Valens Road today. The woodlots have been a little slow this week probably due to changing weather and cold temperatures. Reported from this week were Edgelake Park in Stoney Creek, Sherwood Forest Park in Oakville, the South Shore of Cootes Paradise the Cartwright Sanctuary, Martin's Road in Ancaster and Trenholme Park in Hamilton. Birds seen in these locations include, Chimney Swift, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Willow, least and Great Crested Flycatcher, Warbling Vireo, House Wren, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Veery, Swainson's and Wood Thrush, Golden-winged (Sedgewick), Tennessee, Nashville Warbler, Northern Parula, Yellow, Chestnut-sided, Magnolia, Cape May, Black-throated Blue, Yellow-rumped, Black-throated Green, Blackburnian, Palm, Bay-breasted (Cartwright), Black-and-white Warbler, American Redstart, Ovenbird, Northern Waterthrush, Common Yellowthroat, Hooded (Trenholme Park/Martin's Road), Wilson's (Edgelake), Canada Warbler (Trenholme Park), Scarlet Tanager, Lincoln's and White-crowned Sparrow, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting, Orchard (Cootes Paradise) and Baltimore Oriole. Shorebirds are in the news now as numbers have signficantly increased and every day there seems to be a new variety. A nice find this week was a Wilson's Phalarope at 5th Road East. The bird was seen Thursday and Friday but not yesterday. Other shorebirds found there include Semipalmated Plover, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Solitary Sandpiper (10) and Dunlin. Other spots to check include 8th Line and Green Mountain Road (Pectoral Sandpiper seen here) and a small wet area on Green Mountain between 6th and 8th. Yesterday at Windermere Basin, a basic plumaged American Golden Plover was found, a nice sighting for this area for spring. In addition 50 Dunlin were also present. Bonaparte's Gulls are still lurking about with 11 seen yesterday. The Common and Caspian Tern colonies are developing nicely. Another shorebird spot was at the end of Stoney Creek Road where it meets the Grand River. Semipalmated Plover and Dunlin were present there. In the odds and sods this week, a pair of Blue-winged Teal remain on 5th Road East in the wet area. Across the road from the wet field, Sora and Virginia Rail can be heard calling. Ruffed Grouse were flushed along the Bruce Trail in the Lowville Area. Common Loons continue on their migration with birds seen over Sedgewick and Lowville this week. An American Bittern was present at the Rona Wetland in Waterdown for Sunday and Monday. Least Bittern was heard at Safari Marsh this morning. Marsh Wrens and Virginia Rail were also heard at this location. Two Green Herons were gathering sticks to attempt a nest at Edgelake Park. A very late Snowy Owl was photographed at Windermere Basin last Monday. A late Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was seen at a Hunter Estates Park in Stoney Creek. Yellow-throated Vireos are back on territory along the Bruce Trail in Lowville. A Clay-colored Sparrow was a welcome yard guest in St. George. A single Grasshopper Sparrow was found at its traditional nesting area along the hydro lines at 6th concession and Westover on the south side of the road. That's the news this week. There is still lots to come. Send along your sightings here! 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