SABINE'S GULL PARASITIC JAEGER LONG-TAILED JAEGER Blue-winged Teal Green-winged Teal White-winged Scoter Common Loon Red-necked Grebe Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Ruddy Turnstone Sanderling Semipalmated Sandpiper Bairds Sandpiper Bonaparte's Gull Black Tern Ruby-throated Hummingbird Eastern Wood Pewee Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Yellow-throated Vireo Blue-headed Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Tufted Titmouse Red-breasted Nuthatch Veery Swainson's Thrush American Pipit 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 Pine Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-and-White Warbler American Redstart Mourning Warbler Wilson's Warbler Scarlet Tanager Grasshopper Sparrow Indigo Bunting Purple Finch
Another great week here in the Hamilton Study area as migrants continue to filter through the area. The strong east winds from last weekend were a little underwhelming however, there were some good birds about in small numbers. PARASITIC and LONG-TAILED JAEGERS were in order along with two SABINE'S GULLS. SABINE'S GULLS are in short supply this year but there should be more, just need another James Bay low to come through. Other birds seen at these occasions include Blue-winged and Green-winged Teal, White-winged Scoter, Common Loon, Red-necked Grebe, Sanderling, Bonaparte's Gull and a single Black Tern. A Phalarope sp could not be identified to species. There is surely more action to come as Pomarine Jaegers have yet to arrive. The woodlots are still busy with birds which are being held back by the tropical storms to the south of us. Locations that were reported from this week include Shell Park in Oakville, Sherwood Forest Park and Shoreacres Park in Burlington, the Burlington Beach Strip, Woodland Cemetery, Hamilton Cemetery and Princess Point. Birds seen in these locations were the following: Ruby=throated Hummingbird, Eastern Wood Pewee, Yellow-bellied (Woodland) and Least Flycatcher, Yellow-throated (Woodland), Blue-headed (Woodland), Philadelphia and Red-eyed Vireo, Tufted Titmouse (Shoreacres) Red-breasted Nuthatch, Veery (Sherwood Forest), Swainson's Thrush, Tennessee, Nashville Warbler, Northern Paula, Yellow, Chestnut-sided, Magnolia, Cape May, Black-throated Blue (Sherwood Forest), Yellow-rumped, Black-throated Green, Blackburnian, Pine (Woodland), Bay-breasted, Blackpoll, Black-and-White Warbler, American Redstart, Wilson's Warbler, Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak and Indigo Bunting. Of interest was a possible Audubon's Yellow-rumped Warbler seen briefly at Shoreacres but not re-located subsequently. Shorebirds are still in the news with most sightings from Tollgate Pond. Here this week Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Ruddy Turnstone, Sanderling, Semipalmated, Bairds and Least Sandpipers. In the odds and sods this week an American Pipit was an early sighting at a large grassy field in Grimsby. Grasshopper Sparrows were still present at the Oak Park Road Gravel Pit in Branford and three Purple Finches are guests at a feeder in St. George as of today. There is lots more to come in the next weeks, report your sightings here! Good birding, 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
