WHITE-WINGED DOVE ACADIAN FLYCATCHER FISH CROW BOHEMIAN WAXWING CERULEAN WARBLER PRAIRIE WARBLER SUMMER TANAGER
Blue-winged Teal Harlequin Duck White-winged Scoter Black-billed Cuckoo Chimney Swift Ruby-throated Hummingbird Black-bellied Plover American Golden-Plover Semipalmated Plover Ruddy Turnstone Dunlin Least Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Semipalmated Sandpiper Solitary Sandpiper Lesser Yellowlegs Bonaparte's Gull Little Gull Black Tern Forster's Tern American Bittern Great Egret Green Heron Pileated Woodpecker Merlin Great Crested Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Olive-sided Flycatcher Eastern Wood-Pewee Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Alder Flycatcher Willow FLycatcher Least Flycatcher Blue-headed Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Warbling Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Common Raven Veery Gray-cheeked Thrush Swainson's Thrush Hermit Thrush Wood Thrush American Pipit Pine Siskin Clay-colored Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow Orchard Oriole Baltimore Oriole Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Golden-winged Warbler Blue-winged Warbler Black-and-White Warbler Tennessee Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler Mourning Warbler Common Yellowthroat, Hooded Warbler American Redstart Cape-May Warbler Northern Parula Magnolia Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Palm Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Canada Warbler Wilson's Warbler Scarlet Tanager Rose-breasted Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Another novel in store tonight for the Hamilton Birding report it's been a very busy week! Let's start as always at the top. Just in today, a WHITE-WINGED DOVE showed up late this afternoon at a feeder in the Delta area of Hamilton. The bird was seen in the area around Edgemont St - London St S. at Justine, East of Gage Park. The bird was relocated along Justine St on the south side in a Norway Maple adjacent to 215 London St. Listen out for the call of the dove. If going to see this bird, please keep in mind that this is a residential neighbourhood and not everyone will want masses of people lurking in their front yards. Be respectful and if you are asked to carry on, please do so. Late this afternoon an ACADIAN FLYCATCHER was reported from Shoreacres/Paletta Park in Burlington from early this morning on the east side. A check this evening did not turn it up but it could be still in the area as the rain will keep it from moving. FISH CROWS are in the news again. While waiting out the rain mid-week, I had one over the yard in South Burlington. Up to 6 were seen going over Shell Park in the last two days and today one was heard and seen over Fifty Point Conservation Area. A record late BOHEMIAN WAXWING was seen in a yard near Fifty Point Conservation area earlier in the week. Two CERULEAN WARBLERS were seen in the last two days, one a dull female that has likely been present for a while relocated on the Sheldon Creek Trail south of Shell Park and today a stunning singing male at Bronte Bluffs. A PRAIRIE WARBLER was a nice treat down at Bronte Harbour mid-week. The bird stayed around the area of Bronte Harbour, moving to Bronte Beach and then up to Bronte Bluffs. The SUMMER TANAGER seen at Forty Mile Creek in Grimsby was present up until last weekend. Before I get to the woodlots, shorebirds have come into the picture. This week, several reports of Ruddy Turnstones came from Hutches and Lakeland Centre at VanWagners Beach, Fifty Point Conservation Area and Burloak Waterfront Park. The most lucrative field for shorebirds appears to be on 8th Road east between Ridge and Green Mountain Road. Earlier today, Black-bellied Plover and Semipalmated Plover, Dunlin, Least, White-rumped and Semipalmated Sandpiper were seen along with Lesser Yellowlegs. Last Sunday a stunning almost breeding plumaged American Golden Plover was seen then vanished and appeared briefly on Wednesday. A Solitary Sandpiper was present on Thursday. American Pipits were seen here on Wednesday and one remained today on the west side of the road. A pair of Blue-winged Teal were also present here mid-week. Getting to the woodlots, places reported from this week include, Shell Park, South Shell Park and Bronte Bluffs in Oakville, Shoreacres/Paletta Park and Lasalle Park in Burlington, Confederation Park in Hamilton, Edgelake Park in Stoney Creek, Fifty Point Conservation Area and Forty Mile Creek in Grimsby, Rock Chapel north of Dundas, Crooks Hollow in Flamborough and Joe Sam's Park in Burlington. Seen in these locations this week, Black-billed Cuckoo (Forty-mile Creek, Shell Park) Great Crested FLycatcher, Eastern Kingbird, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Yellow-bellied, Alder (Joe Sams), Willow, and Least Flycatcher, Blue-headed, Philadelphia, Warbling and Red-eyed Vireo, Veery, Gray-cheeked Thrush (40 mile creek), Swainson's, Hermit and Wood Thrush(Forty Mile Creek), Lincoln's Sparrow, Baltimore and Orchard Oriole, Ovenbird, Northern Waterthrush (Forty Mile Creek), Golden-winged (Joe Sams, Paletta/Shoreacres), Blue-winged Warbler (Joe Sam's), Brewster's Warbler (Confederation), Black and White, Tennessee, Orange-crowned (South Shell Park, Paletta), Nashville, Mourning Warbler (Crooks Hollow, Paletta, Joe Sams, Confederation), Common Yellowthroat, Hooded (LaSalle Park, Shell Park) American Redstart, Cape May Warbler, Northern Parula (in numbers!), Magnolia, Bay-breasted, Blackburnian, Yellow, Chestnut-sided, Blackpoll (South Shell Park, Paletta), Black-throated Blue, Palm, Yellow-rumped, Black-throated Green, Canada and Wilson's Warbler, Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak and Indigo Bunting. In the odds and sods this week the young male Harlequin Duck was reported off Bronte Beach again this week. A sizeable flock of 40 White-winged Scoters were moving out at Bronte Harbour mid-week some may still be around for Big Day listers. A sizeable flock of 150 Chimney Swifts were seen from a balcony at Cannon and John Street North in Hamilton. Ruby-throated Hummingbirds continue to be reported at feeders throughout the area so keep them stocked up. At Bronte and Oakville Harbour, big flocks of Bonaparte's Gulls seem to be present. A first year and adult Little Gull were seen at Bronte Harbour in the week and on Thursday a Black Tern was seen at Oakville Harbour. Forster's Terns were also reported from Bronte. An American Bittern was a nice surprise found at City View Park in Burlington. Three Great Egrets passed over Bronte Bluffs this afternoon, looking to settle in Bronte Marsh. Two pairs of Green Heron look as if they are setting up shop at Edgelake Park in Stoney Creek. A Pileated Woodpecker was an unexpected bird flying over the flooded field at 8th Road East. Territorial and nesting Merlins can be found at Colquhoun Park in Hamilton and at the Bronte Cemetery on West Street in Oakville. A pair of Common Ravens were seen at Bruleville Park near Limeridge Mall, young ravens were seen on 10th Road East. Two Olive-sided Flycatchers made a pass over a yard near Fifty Point Conservation Area, something to look out for as migration carries on. Pine Siskins seem to be on irruption for breeding with several locales reporting birds in the area and at the feeders. Keep the jelly feeders going as Orchard and Baltimore Orioles seem to rely on them. At a feeder in Ancaster up to 17 orioles were present at one time. Keep the sightings coming here. If you are not sure if its a reportable bird, shoot me an email I am happy to field any questions. Go out and enjoy migration in another week it will be back to basics. Have a great week. 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