Hamilton RBA
October 26, 2000
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 18:03:07 -0400
Reply-To: Mike Street <mikestreet@HWCN.ORG>
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From: Mike Street <mikestreet@HWCN.ORG>
Subject: Hamilton ON Birding Hotline Report for October 26, 2000
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To: BIRDCNTR@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
At 6:00PM Thursday, October 26, 2000 this is the Hamilton
Naturalists' Club Birding Hotline report.
The Hotline is normally revised on Thursday nights and is updated
if an unusual bird turns up in the Hamilton area. (The phone
number is 905-381-0329.)
Birders who would like to help out with the annual Hamilton Fall
Bird Count on Sunday, Nov. 5 are asked to contact Compiler Bill
Lamond at 519-756-9546.
The juvenile NORTHERN GANNET found Saturday off Gray's Rd. in
Stoney Creek and Sunday off Van Wagner's Beach was reported off
Van Wagner's again on Wednesday morning. Other waterfowl seen
from those locations were an immature BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, a
Blue phase SNOW GOOSE flying with a small flock of CANADA GEESE,
PARASITIC JAEGERS, an EARED GREBE and many COMMON LOON and RED-
THROATED LOONS. On Sunday an immature BRANT was off the
Travelodge Hotel in Burlington.
FOX SPARROWS and an EASTERN TOWHEE were at Martin's Field in
Ancaster. HERMIT THRUSHES were seen in several places. One of
Hamilton's PEREGRINE FALCONS was calling from the Fairclough
Building on King St. this morning.
Toronto Bird Observatory on the Toronto Islands banded its first
AMERICAN TREE SPARROW of the season as well as a late YELLOW-
BILLED CUCKOO.
Out of town, arriving two weeks ahead of the normal peak for the
species, record numbers of GOLDEN EAGLES were seen in south-
western Ontario. Over 50 GOLDEN EAGLES were recorded at Holiday
Beach near Amherstburg over the weekend, while 8 miles away at
Erie Metropark south of Detroit nearly 80 were counted.
The winter gull season got further off the ground with two LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULLS found on the rocks about 1/4 mile above
Niagara Falls and another below the falls. Down river, two adult
PEREGRINE FALCONS shared a meal on the Adam Beck Power Plant
structure.
Among highlights from Long Point Bird Observatory were 44
NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWLS banded last Thursday night, GOLDEN EAGLE,
SANDHILL CRANE, 6 GREAT EGRETS in the pond across from the
Marinas, plus DUNLIN and BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER.
Six NORTHERN HAWK OWLS were seen in the Thunder Bay area, another
in Temagami, and one - much closer to us - near Parry Sound.
Today a PURPLE SANDPIPER was located at Presqu`ile Provincial
Park.
Back yard reports include early DARK EYED JUNCOS on the central
mountain and in Ancaster, while in Caledonia a PINE SISKIN and
both male and female PURPLE FINCHES came to a feeder, followed
soon after by a COOPER'S HAWK.
Good birding.
Mike Street
Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
mikestreet@hwcn.org