YELLOW RAIL CATTLE EGRET (probable) FISH CROW YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT CERULEAN WARBLER SUMMER TANAGER
Ruffed Grouse Common Nighthawk Ruby-throated Hummingbird Virginia Rail Sora Sandhill Crane Black-bellied Plover Upland Sandpiper Least Sandpiper SHorth-billed Dowitcher Wilson's Snipe Lesser Yellowlegs Greater Yellowlegs Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull American Bittern Least Bittern Green Heron Broad-winged Hawk Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Great Crested Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Olive-sided Flycatcher Eastern Wood Pewee Least Flycatcher Yellow-throated Vireo Warbling Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Marsh Wren Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Ruby-crowned Kinglet Veery Swainson's Thrush Wood Thrush Brown Thrasher Grasshopper Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow White-throated Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Bobolink Orchard Oriole Baltimore Oriole Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Blue-winged Warbler Black-and-white Warbler Tennessee Warbler Nashville Warbler Common Yellowthroat Hooded Warbler American Redstart Cape May Warbler Northern Parula Magnolia Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Palm Warbler Pine Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Canada Warbler Scarlet Tanager Rose-breasted Grosbeak Indigo Bunting What a week it's been here in the Hamilton Study area. Many migrants have arrived not in great numbers but in smaller and quality and oh boy that list at the top has driven me to seek a therapist. Let's start with the big one. On Tuesday a YELLOW RAIL was flushed in the marsh at Wyecroft and McPherson in Oakville. It ultimately ended up under a Spruce at the Longos on Wyecroft east of Burloak where dozens of birders were able to get a look at this extremely secretive species. What a great find by Mark Jennings. Sidenote: I was stuck on Pelee Island with no ferry service due to weather, and lacked the skills and stamina to cross the lake like Marilyn Bell. Needless to say this may have been the most frustrating event of this birders career!!! The bird was a one day wonder and was not seen the next day. In other news, two probable CATTLE EGRETS flew by Joseph Brant Hospital seen by an employee (birder) who was on duty at the time so no bins around their neck. The FISH CROW sightings continue with birds around Oakville Harbour and Shell Park. A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was banded at Ruthven last Monday. On Tuesday, the day of YELLOW RAIL Armageddon a CERULEAN WARBLER was found at Shell Park in Oakville and a SUMMER TANAGER was found at Forty Mile Creek in Grimsby. The SUMMER TANAGER was seen yesterday, up the hill from the boardwalk near a feeder that is at the houses that border the west side. Rubber boots are mandatory, the water is high here. There are lots of places to visit for birds in the Hamilton Study Area. A few of the places reported from this week include Forty Mile Creek in Grimsby, Edgelake Park in Stoney Creek, Confederation Park in Hamilton, Cartwright Sanctuary, Crooks Hollow just north of Dundas, Shoreacres/Paletta and Kerncliffe Park in Burlington, Shell Park and Bronte Bluffs in Oakville and Rhododendron Gardens in Mississauga. Migrants seen at these locations include Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (getting late, Edgelake), Great Crested Flycatcher, Eastern Kingbird, Olive-sided Flycatcher (Confederation), Eastern Wood Pewee (Kerncliffe), Least Flycatcher, Yellow-throated Vireo (Crooks Hollow), Warbling Vireo, Red-eyed Vireo (Forty Mile Creek), Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Veery, Swainson's and Wood Thrush, Brown Thrasher, Lincoln's, White-throated and White-crowned Sparrow, Orchard Oriole (also at a number of feeders), Baltimore Oriole, Ovenbird, Northern Waterthrush, Blue-winged Warbler (Cartwright), Black-and-white, Tennessee, Nashville Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Hooded Warbler (Rhododendron Gardens), American Redstart, Cape May Warbler, Northern Parula, Magnolia, Bay-breasted, Blackburnian, Yellow, Chestnut-sided, Black-throated Blue, Palm, Pine, Yellow-rumped, Black-throated Green and Canada Warbler, Scarlet Tanager and Rose-breasted Grosbeak. In the odds and sods this week, Ruffed Grouse were heard drumming in Hyde Tract. A territorial Broad-winged Hawk was also present here. Common Nighthawk and Marsh Wren were good birds found at the Slote Road Marsh. At the Safari Road Marsh in Flamborough, Common Gallinule, American and Least Bittern, Sora and Virginia Rail are all present. Another American Bittern was heard at the marsh on 11th Road East just south of the tracks and north of Green Mountain Road. Sandhill Cranes were seen near Valens Road south of Concession 8 where also Bobolinks have settled in for the season. More Sandhill Cranes were seen and heard over Princess Point. A Black-bellied Plover was seen in a field on Tapleytown Road north of Green Mountain last Sunday. The Upland Sandpipers are still present on South Grimsby Road 15 with 3 being seen here last Sunday. Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs continue in fields in Saltfleet and Flamborough. Least Sandpipers were present on Concession 6 a bit east of Kirkwall Road on the north side. A Solitary Sandpiper was present at Bronte Marsh with another on Concession 8 between Kirkwall and Cooper's Road. A Short-billed Dowitcher was seen at the flooded field at 8th Line and Britannia yesterday. Wilson's Snipe was seen and heard winnowing at the hydro transmission lines at 6th Concession West just west of Westover. Grasshopper Sparrows are also back on territory at this location. Seems like a good year for lingering Iceland Gulls as several have been seen over the past couple of weeks at Oakville and Bronte Harbour and at the Suncor Pier. A Lesser Black-backed Gull was seen at Bronte Harbour in the week. Green Herons seem to be setting up shop at or near Edgelake Park in Stoney Creek. A feeder in south Burlington this week had Indigo Bunting, Rose-breasted Grosbeak and a Ruby-throated Hummingbird so keep those feeders stocked as these cold temperatures and rainy days make it hard to find food elsewhere! That's the news for this week, thanks to those who sent along sightings and posted this week. There is alot more to come so keep it coming, sorry if I omitted any sightings, took me 3 hours to type this report lol. Reward for those finding another Yellow Rail. 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. 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