Hello Everyone! This cool morning has produced a number of migrants: White Throated and White Crowned Sparrows, Juncoes, Robins,Eastern Phoebes, Purple Finch.
On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 9:55 AM Cheryl Edgecombe via ONTBIRDS < birdalert@ontbirds.ca> wrote: > EARED GREBE > RED PHALAROPE > SABINE'S GULL > BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE > PARASITIC JAEGER > CERULEAN WARBLER > NELSON'S SPARROW > > Snow Goose > Northern Pintail > Green-winged Teal > Greater Scaup > White-winged Scoter > Surf Scoter > Red-breasted Merganser > Great Egret > Turkey Vulture > Bald Eagle > Sharp-shinned Hawk > Broad-winged Hawk > Red-tailed Hawk > Golden Eagle > American Kestrel > Merlin > Virginia Rail > Sora > Black-bellied Plover > Semipalmated Plover > Greater Yellowlegs > Lesser Yellowlegs > Ruddy Turnstone > Sanderling > Semipalmated Sandpiper > Dunlin > Wilson's Snipe > Bonaparte's Gull > Common Tern > Forster's Tern > Yellow-billed Cuckoo > Eastern Phoebe > Great Crested Flycatcher > Blue-headed Vireo > Golden-crowned Kinglet > Ruby-crowned Kinglet > Eastern Bluebird > Gray-cheeked Thrush > Swainson's Thrush > Hermit Thrush > Tennessee Warbler > Orange-crowned Warbler > Nashville Warbler > Common Yellowthroat > American Redstart > Northern Parula > Bay-breasted Warbler > Blackpoll Warbler > Palm Warbler > Pine Warbler > Yellow-rumped Warbler > Black-throated Green Warbler > Eastern Towhee > Chipping Sparrow > Field Sparrow > Song Sparrow > Lincoln's Sparrow > Swamp Sparrow > White-throated Sparrow > White-crowned Sparrow > Dark-eyed Junco > Rusty Blackbird > Purple Finch > Pine Siskin > > It's been a busy couple of weeks here in the Hamilton Study area as north > winds move migrants out of the province. The action has been hot at Van > Wagner's beach over the last week and a half. An winter plumaged EARED > GREBE was seen briefly on the water off Lakeland on October 5th. On > Thanksgiving Monday, two BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES were seen. Last Friday, > on > west winds a RED PHALAROPE and two SABINE'S GULLS were seen in a mix of > Bonaparte's gulls. PARASITIC JAEGERS were also seen on these occasions. > The next round of east winds should bring in the Pomarine's. Other birds > seen at the beach were Northern Pintail, Green-winged Teal, Greater Scaup, > White-winged and Surf Scoter, Red-breasted Merganser, Common Terns and a > Forster's Tern. Other shorebirds included Black-bellied Plover, Sanderling > and Dunlin. While walking the beach on Friday one lucky observer flushed > up > a NELSON'S SPARROW in the grasses near Hutches restaurant. A search > yesterday did not turn it up although these should be present in > traditional > locations. > > Finishing up the rarity department a first fall female CERULEAN WARBLER was > seen at Woodland Cemetery on Saturday, a late date for this species that is > already unusual to the area, this may have been a bird pushed up on warm > winds and returning to the south. > > Hawk migration was good this week with Northwest winds pushing birds along > the lakeshore. Turkey Vulture, Bald Eagle, Sharp-shinned and Red-tailed > Hawk, American Kestrels and Merlins made up the bulk of it. A few > straggling Broadwings were also seen. Golden Eagles were seen over a yard > in St. George and over the RBG Arboretum. > > Shorebirds have been dwindling in numbers around the area. In addition to > the birds seen at VanWagners beach, a probable American Golden Plover was > seen yesterday on the islands off Eastport. Greater Yellowlegs and Dunlin > were present at Windermere Basin. Lesser Yellowlegs, Semipalmated > Sandpiper > and Ruddy Turnstone were seen at Tollgate Pond. A Wilson's Snipe was > flushed > along a trail at McMaster Forest. > > The woodlots were full of late stragglers and typical October migrants over > the last week and a half. Places reported from include Bronte Bluffs in > Oakville, Paletta/Shoreacres in Burlington, Burlington Beach Strip, > Woodland > Cemetery, Confederation Park in Hamilton, the River and Ruins trail in > Lowville, Van Wagners Ponds, McMaster Forest and Princess Point in > Hamilton. > Of interest was a late Great Crested Flycatcher seen in a yard in Dundas on > Friday and a Yellow-billed Cuckoo near the River and Ruins trail in > Lowville. Other migrants included, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Eastern > Phoebe, Blue-headed Vireo, Golden and Ruby-crowned Kinglets in big numbers, > Gray-cheeked, Hermit and Swainson's Thrush, Eastern Bluebird, Tennessee, > Orange-crowned, Nashville Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, American Redstart, > Bay-breasted (Burlington Beach Strip), Blackpoll (Princess Point), Palm, > Pine, Yellow-rumped and Black-throated Green Warbler, Eastern Towhee, > Chipping, Field, Song, Lincoln's, Swamp, White-throated and White-crowned > Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco. > > In the odds and sods, two Snow Geese were present in a field at Fallsview > and Sydenham last Thursday. Sora and Virginia Rails were still present in > the small marsh at Kerncliffe Park late last week. Pine Siskins and Purple > Finches are showing up at feeders and being heard in flight so time to > stock > those feeders up. Keep an eye out for any hummingbirds this time of year, > it's getting late for Ruby-throated but prime for vagrants. Please report > your sightings! > > 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 > > -- Many thanks, Wayne R.W. 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