MISSISSIPPI KITE MARBLED GODWIT PARASITIC JAEGER LONG-TAILED JAEGER Greater Scaup Sandhill Crane Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Ruddy Turnstone Sanderling Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher Red-necked Phalarope Bonaparte's Gull Great Black-backed Gull Caspian Tern Black Tern Common Tern Common Nighthawk Chimney Swift Ruby-throated Hummingbird Eastern Wood Pewee Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Willow FLycatcher Least Flycatcher Great Crested FLycatcher Eastern Kingbird Yellow-throated Vireo Red-eyed Vireo House Wren Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Tennessee Warbler Nashville Warbler Northern Parula Chestnut-sided Warbler Magnolia Warbler Cape May Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Prairie Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Black-and-white Warbler American Redstart Northern Waterthrush Common Yellowthroat Wilson's Warbler Canada Warbler Scarlet Tanager Bobolink Orchard Oriole Baltimore Oriole
It's been another great week here in the Hamilton Study Area. Migrants continue to filter through spiced up with a few rarities. A big highlight for a keen birder this week was the flyover of a MISSISSIPPI KITE on Wednesday, travelling high with a group of Turkey Vultures over the Hendrie Valley. Unfortunately, it was just moving through the area and didn't cooperate like the Swallow-tailed Kite in Wasaga. VanWagners Beach produced again on Thursday and Friday as jaegers started moving through. Best times to go to the beach are on East or Northeast winds, after 4 o'clock seems to be the magical hour. This week birds reported here include a juvenile LONG-TAILED JAEGER, photographed as it went over the viewing platform. Also seen were an adult and juvenile PARASITIC JAEGER harassing several gulls and Caspian Terns out on the lake. Other birds of note include Greater Scaup, Ruddy Turnstone, Sanderling, many Bonaparte's Gulls and five Black Terns. Sabine's gulls were reported but the heat shimmer was too great to call it, these should be in later this week as the front moves through. Lastly for rarities, the MARBLED GODWIT found last week at Tollgate Pond continues this week along with Ruddy Turnstone, Semipalmated, Least, White-rumped and Baird's Sandpiper, Short-billed Dowitcher and Red-necked Phalarope. Buff-breasted Sandpipers have now entered the picture with up to 4 birds being seen yesterday afternoon in a field viewing from behind a school/church on Unity Road just west of Hwy 6. A single bird was found on Friday at the corner of Glancaster and Haldibrook Road. Three Buff-breasted Sandpipers were seen from Haldibrook Road this morning just west of Hwy 6. Some of these birds might be same or different from above, hard to tell but bottom line is birds are out there. Passerine migration continues with reports from Woodland Cemetery, Joe Sam's Park in Waterdown and the River and Ruins Trail in Lowville. Birds reported from these locations include, Chimney Swift, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Eastern Wood Pewee, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Lowville), Least, Great Crested Flycatcher, Yellow-throated Vireo (Joe Sams), House Wren, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Tennessee, Nashville (Joe Sams), Northern Parula (Woodland), Chestnut-sided, Magnolia, Cape May, Yellow-rumped, Blackburnian, Prairie Warbler (found a week ago Friday and seen briefly last Saturday), Bay-breasted, Black-and-White Warbler, American Redstart, Northern Waterthrush (Lowville), Common Yellowthroat and Canada Warbler (Lowville). In the odds and sods this week, Sandhill Cranes (2 ad, 3 Juv) were seen over York Road a couple of days ago. Common Nighthawks moved in numbers over a neighbourhood on Strathcona and were seen over Dundas. A couple moved through north and south Burlington yesterday on south winds. While out looking for Buff-breasted Sandpipers in Mount Hope area, a Bobolink could be heard over a field on Haldibrook. Birds could also be heard over Woodland Cemetery last weekend. Lastly a late record Orchard Oriole was seen in a field with Baltimore Orioles and Eastern Kingbirds on Haldibrook Road east of Mines Road last Sunday. This species usually the earliest to leave often goes undetected in the fall. That's the news for this week, it's an exciting time of year. There is lots to look for as Roseate Spoonbills continue to be seen in latitudes close to here. Get out and check your local patches and please send your sightings along 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
