FISH CROW
ACADIAN FLYCATCHER
American Wigeon
Redhead
Lesser Scaup
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruffed Grouse
Red-necked Grebe
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
Sandhill Crane
Semipalmated Plover
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Dunlin
White-rumped Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Little Gull
Forster's Tern
Great Egret
Black-crowned Night Heron
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Merlin
Least Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Winter Wren
Veery
Wood Thrush
Clay-colored Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Blue-winged Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Breeding season is upon us now and it appears that the last of the migrants
have left. There is no reason to be complacent as good birds are turning up
still and it gives a chance to visit the sanctuaries that provide breeding
habitat for those that stay. We start at the top with FISH CROW being seen
still around Bronte Harbour and is regular every day on the menu here at
Walker's Line and New Street area over the yard. Six birds were seen flying
west over Bronte Harbour yesterday.
There are a number of breeding sites worth visiting this time of your. The
Britton up in the Halton Forest accessed off 6th Line Nassawagawa is one of
several big tracts of land which have excellent hiking trails. An ACADIAN
FLYCATCHER was refound Tuesday here on the north part of the loop accessed
from the north parking lot for this tract. Also present there were Ruffed
Grouse, Black-billed Cuckoo, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Alder and Least
FLycatcher, Yellow-throated Vireo, Winter Wren, Veery, Wood Thrush,
Ovenbird, Northern Waterthrush, Black-and-white, Nashville, Blackburnian and
Pine Warbler, American Redstart and Scarlet Tanager.
Another great place to visit during the breeding season is the Dundas Valley
which offers a variety of habitat to explore. On June 2nd off Martins Road
area, both Cuckoo species were present along with Alder Flycatcher, Veery,
Wood Thrush, Blue-winged, Mourning, Hooded and Pine Warbler and Scarlet
Tanager. Similar birds were seen near the Merrick Parking lot and
Maintenance Centre.
Shorebirds have more or less left but over the past two weeks, Windermere
Basin, Suncor Pier, Burloak Park and 8th Road East in Saltfleet saw the last
of the migrants. Birds include Semipalmated Plover, Sanderling, Ruddy
Turnstone, Dunlin and Semipalmated Sandpiper. The Windermere Basin is still
worthwhile visiting as there has been Redhead, American Wigeon, Lesser Scaup
and last Saturday a first summer Forster's Tern.
Babies are in the news this week. There are three Peregrine chicks which
have now fledged at the Burlington Lift Bridge. Unfortunately the first nest
attempt of the birds at the Sheraton Hotel have failed. Down at Bronte
Harbour, at Bronte Beach a family of four chicks seems to be doing well.
In the odds and sods, Common Nighthawks were seen over Waterdown and Gage
Park in Hamilton last week. Little Gulls continue to turn up sporadically
at Oakville and Bronte Harbour. Three first summer birds were seen at
Windermere week before last. A large colony of Black-crowned Night Herons
seem to be thriving on the west berm at Tollgate Pond with 42 being counted.
Nice to see them get some space from the Cormorants. Up in Saltfleet, five
very co-operative Black-billed Cuckoos were seen along the Dofasco Trail
west of 10th Road East. A territorial Merlin was seen in Dundas one of
several pair that seem to now nest in urban areas. A Clay-colored Sparrow
was seen at Cityview Park in Burlington. Two interesting late records of
Yellow-rumped Warbler occurred the week before last with one being seen in
Brantford and another down near Bronte Harbour.
That's the news for this week,
Cheryl Edgecombe
Hamilton Naturalists Club
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