[Ontbirds] Hamilton Naturalists Club Birding Report - July 27, 2012

On July 27, 2012, this is the Hamilton Naturalists Club Birding Report: FISH CROW DICKSISSEL Green-winged Teal Redhead Lesser Scaup Common Goldeneye Common Merganser Ruddy Duck Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe Sandhill Crane Semipalmated Plover Spotted Sandpiper Solitary Sandpipe

[Ontbirds] Nonquon Lagoons - 10 species of shorebirds

I birded the lagoons today with Charlie Adey - lots of sandpipers and more ... Killdeer - 13 Semipalmated Plover - 1 adult Least Sandpiper -18 - including 1 immature and one adult in basic (winter) plumage Lesser Yellowlegs - 82 - adults Greater Yellowlegs - 5 - adults Spotted Sandpiper - 9 - adu

[Ontbirds] northern waterthrush

3 northern waterthrush were seen last evening at Richmond Dr. Swamp just west of Cornwall on July 26 and confimed at 8:00 AM this morning. The egret roost is building with 14 egrets there last evening. There are many other species in or adjacent to the swamp and it is a wonderful time to visit;

[Ontbirds] Kingston area birds for the period Jul 21-Jul 27, 2012

There was nothing very rare to report from the past week. Shorebirding continues to be enjoyable but the cohort of species in the region remains roughly the same as last it was week. Amherstview Sewage Lagoons Shorebirds present this past week included SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, KILLDEER, SPOTTED, SEMIP