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Subject: [Ontbirds]Worm-eating Warbler - Wheatley, ON
From: "Tom Hince" <peleetom(AT)netcore.ca>
Date: 20 Jun 2008 3:07pm
Hi Folks
This afternoon (June 20th) at about 2:45 pm I heard and then saw a WORM-EATING
WARBLER in my back yard. The bird was singing consistently and moving about
quite a bit. Based upon past experience with single male warblers at this time
of year here, it will likely be a one day wonder. However, if it reappears
tomorrow I will repost in case anyone wants to look for it.
In the event you do wish to search for the bird, anyone is welcome with one
small condition. Please ring the doorbell and speak with either Lily or myself
PRIOR to entering the back yard. This way we can ensure the privacy of our
guests.
Good birding!
Tom
G Tom Hince
Wild Rose Guest House
RR 1, 21298 Harbour Road
Wheatley, ON
N0P 2P0 Canada
home: (519) 825-9070
mobile: (519) 981-5994
E mail: peleetom(AT)netcore.ca
Web: www.netcore.ca/~peleetom/webdoc11.htm
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Subject: [Ontbirds] Hamilton Naturalists Club Birding Report -
Friday, June 20th, 2008
From: "Cheryl Edgecombe" <cheryle29(AT)cogeco.ca>
Date: 20 Jun 2008 5:19pm
On Friday, June 20th, 2008, this is the HNC Birding Report:
Wild Turkey
Pied-billed Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Least Bittern
Great Egret
Black-crowned Night Heron
Northern Harrier
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Sandhill Crane
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
American Woodcock
Common Tern
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Wood Thrush
Blue-winged Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-and-White Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Field Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
It has been a quiet week here in Hamilton. There were no migrant reports
this week and a significant number of sightings of birds are birds with
young in the nest or fledging. Probably the most exciting news is that all
four of the Peregrine Falcon chicks appear to have fledged successfully from
the nest at the Sheraton Hotel keeping Falcon watchers busy. No updates of
the youngsters at the lift bridge but as you pass over the bridge, if you
don't veer into the other lane, you can see the chicks sitting up on the
nest platform. This is a huge success story as well here in Hamilton.
Another neat sighting this week was of Least Bittern in the Bronte Marsh.
At least two and possibly three males have been calling in the marsh all
week. This would be a great nesting record for this location as Least
Bitterns are hard to find anywhere here. Also nesting down at Bronte
Harbour are the Red-necked Grebes. A sighting of a Merlin carrying prey
here was intriguing.
A walk around Windermere Basin cropped up many Black-crowned Night Herons
which enjoy spending their time in the flat muddy areas there. There is a
significant colony of Black-crowned Night Herons and across the basin a
Common Tern Colony here. As you walk the gravel path, young Killdeer and
Spotted Sandpipers can be seen scurrying through the grasses and agitated
Tree Swallows dive bomb your head! Nearby at Van Wagners Ponds this week,
Pied-billed Grebe, two Great Egrets, Eastern Kingbird and Baltimore Oriole
were seen yesterday. Two more or most likely the same Great Egrets were seen
on the small pond off South Service road east of Centennial.
Up in Flamborough at a tract of land located on Safari Road West of
Kirkwall, Wild Turkey, Veery, Wood Thrush, Black-billed Cuckoo, Blue-Gray
Gnatcatcher, Great-crested Flycatcher, Blue-winged Warbler (many), Black and
White Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Ovenbird,
Northern Waterthrush, Swamp Sparrow and Field Sparrows were seen this week.
A Northern Harrier was seen cruising over a field on Middletown Road near
6th Concession West.
An interesting sighting photographed this week was of a Blue-winged Warbler
feeding a Brown-headed Cowbird chick. Although not a pleasant sight, it is
interesting how these birds manage to worm their way into other birds homes!
In the odds and sods, Sandhill Cranes are regulars in flight over a house in
Brantford, perhaps the ones which breed near Glen Morris or elsewhere along
the Grand River. An American Woodcock was photographed in a puddle at the
corner of Upper Middle and Bronte Road last Friday night. At the back of
Bronte Creek Provincial Park from Hwy 5 and Tremaine, another American
Woodcock was flushed and Orchard Oriole was seen here as well.
Yellow-billed Cuckoos and Eastern Bluebirds were viewed in the campground
there. Black-billed Cuckoos could be seen and heard in the HNC Cartwright
Property off Patterson Road. A Common Nighthawk was seen over the Dundas
Valley and finally another sighting of Great Egret at the Millcroft Golf
Course in Burlington.
That's the news for this week. If you can stand the mosquitoes this year,
please get out there are report your sightings!
Good birding,
Cheryl Edgecombe
HNC Hotline
905-381-0329
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