Noteworthy Bird Records Fall (September to November) 2020

Hamilton Study Area

Noteworthy Bird Records Fall (September to November) 2020

Scarlet Tanager at Malvern Rd, Burlington 16 September 2020 - photo Phil Waggett.

Hello,

This is the new format of the Noteworthy Bird Records for the Hamilton Naturalists's Club. After more than 70 years of bird records being published almost monthly in the Wood Duck, the journal of the HNC, this is the first time they have been published in a separate publication. Seventy years is a very long time and it is with heavy heart that I break with this tradition. It is not done without a lot of reflection. I would have preferred that the NBR continue in the Wood Duck as before, but these records were taking up more and more space in that publication and perhaps limiting the inclusion of other articles. To try to reduce the size of the NBR, I had taken to making the type face smaller and smaller which was making it increasingly difficult to read (difficult enough already with the reams and reams of records). I had asked for comments from Club members about whether or not they wanted to see the NBR continue within the Wood Duck or in a separate format. I did not get many replies. However, of those few replies, all of them suggested removing the NBR from the Wood Duck. This is what I have done. I have made this decision while I am still a co-editor of the Wood Duck. Soon I will no longer be the editor and I cannot expect future editors to publish these voluminous reports.

So essentially this change was entirely due to the size that these reports have become. Why are these reports so much larger? I look back at old Wood Ducks and see in the May 1951 issue (Vol. 4, No. 9) that bird records took up a page and a half with 13 birders contributing. In the May 1980 issue (Vol. 33, No. 9) the NBR took up three pages with 42 contributors. In April 2000 (Vol. 53, No. 8) the NBR took up five pages and there were 60 contributors. There was certainly a gradual increase in the number of birders, and the reports still had to be compiled by the NBR editor who requested submissions from individuals or gathered records from word-of-mouth or various hotlines, formal and informal. All that changed with the advent of eBird coinciding with a great increase in birding. No longer did records have to be submitted to the NBR compiler to be noted. They could easily be seen in the eBird database. In the past, casual birders, especially those not members of the HNC, often maintained their own records privately. With eBird they were encouraged to get these records into a public database and without a doubt, eBird has heightened the interest of hordes of casual birders and turned many of these birders into very active birders. One only has to look at the number of contributors to this Fall 2020 report to see this explosion in birding and record-keeping. Over 330 individuals contributed records to this report, almost all of them unknowingly.

Of course I could have opted to keep the NBR simple and just record first and last dates, the rarities and a few sample high counts. However, I would like this report to be as complete as possible and distill from eBird all the notable records – separate the wheat from the chaff. Additionally, there are still many HNC members who do not use eBird and who report their sightings through HamiltonBirds or that new variant Discord. Of course those records are included here as well, as are records from the few people who still, "god bless them", report there sightings directly to me.

The benefits of this change is that the data will be more readable if for no other reason than for larger type. Of course it is a pdf so you can make the type as large as you want. As I am now removed from the shackles of limited space, I can therefore include more photos and larger photos in an attempt to make the publication as appealing as possible. And I can include more annotation of sightings where before I was hampered knowing the report was already too long.

I had considered the possibility of actually printing several copies of this new format separately for interested parties. However, it would seem doubtful that enough people would want to pay the cost for such a limited-run publication considering the mailing costs as well. The HNC certainly does not have the money to cover this additional printing cost. Nonetheless, most readers are certainly well positioned to print a copy of this pdf for their home use although it would entail a fair bit of money in ink/toner cost, especially if printed in colour!

I hope most of you can abide by this new format. I know there are a few HNC members who do not own a computer and thus will no longer see NBR. This I regret. Perhaps something can be done to accommodate these people. I always welcome feedback to improve this publication.

The Noteworthy Bird Records- Fall (September-November) 2020

Noteworthy Bird Records — September - November (Fall) 2020 by BILL LAMOND

UNDERLINED SPECIES OR DATES require documentation to be submitted to the Hamilton Bird Records Committee [HBRC] (Barb Charlton, Bob Curry, Rob Dobos, Bill Lamond, Ross Wood). Those records where documentation has been received are marked with a double asterisk “**”. Records where documentation has not been received are marked with a double pound “##”. The Date Guide to the Birds of the Hamilton Study Area gives documentation dates for all species. It can be obtained at HNC Monthly Meetings or Bird Study Group meetings for $5.00. They can also be ordered from me at [email protected]. I will mail you a copy. It can also be downloaded for free from the Club website.Underlined species below are geographic rarities in the Hamilton area. These rarities are listed in the new Date Guide but also in the Hamilton Area Bird Checklist 2019, which is available at Club meetings for $2.00 each. The Checklist can also be downloaded from the website for free.Capitalized species require documentation by the Ontario Bird Records Committee. For species marked with “#”, all reported records for the period are listed. For all other species, only highlights are listed. Note that the species order follows the most recent American Ornithological Society's (AOS) checklist and supplements.

Legend:* - first occurrence for the yearF - first migration occurrenceL - last migration occurrence{photo} - photographedSM - singing maleNFC - nocturnal flight callSWP - storm water pondConc - Concession** - documentation received## - documentation not received

Plumages, etc.:

m. - malef. - femalead. - adultba. - basicalt. - alternateimm. - immaturejuv. - juvenile1st yr. - first yearyg. - young

County/Region/City:Brant [BR]Haldimand [HD]Halton [HL]Hamilton [HM]Niagara [NG]Norfolk [NF]Peel [PL]Waterloo [WT]Wellington [WL]

Observers: Alan Wormington Fall Bird Count (AWFBC), Brenda Aburto (BA), Gil Aburto-Avila (GA), Alfred Adamo (AA), Jim Anderson (JA), Joshua Andrews (JAn), Isabel Apkarian (IA), Dave Arsenault (DA), Heather Bagg (HB), Andrew Bailey (AB), Dinu Bandyopadhyay (DiB), Kim Barrett (KBa), Cody Bassindale (CB), Mary Ann Bastien (MAB), Josh Bauman (JB), Mike Bauman (MBa), Eildert Beeftink (EB), Robert Bell (RBe), Michelle Beltran (MBe), Andrew Bendall (ABe), Connor Bennett (CBe), Margarett Bennett (MBen), Patrick Berens (PB), Luke Berg (LB), Myriam Berube (MBer), Larry Bird [likely pseudonym] (LBi), Stephanie Blaine (SB), Chris Boccia (CBo), James Boccia (JBo), Richard Bock (RBo), Nolan Boronka (NB), Jim Bowman (JiB), Mike Boyd (MBo), Benjamin Brash (BB), David Brewer (DB), Katie Bristow (KBr), David Britton (DBr), Duane Brown (DuB), George Bryant (GB), Rob Buchanan (RB), Carolyn Buck (CBu), Marcus Buck (MBu), Shannon Buck (SBu), Alvan Buckley (ABu), Wayne Bullock (WB), Jim Burrell (JB), Ken Burrell (KB), Mike Burrell (MB), Mike Cadman (MC), Ezra Campanelli (EC), Ron Campeau (RC), Barb Canney (BaC), Adam Capparelli (AC), Virginia Carey (VC), John Carley (JC), Gray Carlin (GC), Geoff Carpentier (GCa), Alain Carriere (ACa), Simon Carter (SCa), MaryAnn Cervin-Lawry (MCL), Gerry Chapple (GCh), Nina Chapple (NCh), Steve Charbonneau (SCh), Barb Charlton (BCha), Barry Cherriere (BCh), Sally Cheung (SC), Abby Ciona (ACi), Quincy Clarke (QC), Curtis Combdon (CCo), Peter Coo (PC), Barry Coombs (BCo), Jean Cote (JCo), Alyssa Couroux (ACo), Mike Cowlard (MCo), Rob Crawford (RCr), Cindy Crease (CC), Nick Crease (NC), David Creelman (DC), Bill Crins (BCr), Carol Croke (CCr), Bob Cummings (BCu), Rob Cummings (RCu), Bob Curry (BC), Jeff Daley (JDa), Jeni Darling (JD), Sandy Darling (SD), Ken Dance (KD), Stephanie Dearing (SDe), Sud Dharmalingam (SDh), Keith Dieroff (KDi), Matt Dil (MD), Dennis Dirigal (DDi), Parker Dirks (PD), Rob Dobos (RD), Andrew Don (AD), Dave Don (DD), Meghan Douglas (MDo), Nancy Douglas (ND), Alexandra Duncan (AlD), Chris Dunn (CD), Andrea Duszczyszyn (ADu), Chris Earley (CEa), Lucas Eckert


(LE), Cheryl Edgecombe (CE), Gavin Edmondstone (GE), Chris Ellingwood (CEl), Jason Elliotson (JE), Christine Elliott (ChE), Kevin Empey (KE), Deena Errampelli (DE), Chris Escott (CEs), Neil Faulkenham (NFa), Luc Fazio (LF), Xavier Fazio (XF), Ishira Fernando (IF), Mark Field (MF), David Flook (DFl), Ben Freeman (BFr), Lev Frid (LFr), Brett Fried (BF), Christian Friis (CF), Ella Fu (EF), Matthew Fuirst (MFu), Denys Gardiner (DG), Kathleen Gardiner (KG), Sharon Gardiner (SG), David Gascoigne (DGa), Fraser Gibson (FG), Marnie Gibson (MG), Scott Gibson (SGi), David Goodyear (DGo), Regan Goodyear (RGo), Ethan Gosnell (EG), Gwyneth Govers (GGo), Elora Grahame (EGr), Monica Grantham (MGr), Alan Green (AGr), Leanne Grieves (LG), Amanda Guercio (AG), Todd Hagedorn (TH), Jillian Haight (JiH), Dominik Halas (DH), Mike Hallett (MH), Lyn Hanna-Folkes (LHF), Pat Hare (PH), Daniel Hart (DHa), Marlene Hart (MHa), Sandra Hawkins (SHa), Karl Heide (KH), Jim Hignell (JHi), Shannon Hingston (SHi), Meryl Hodnett (MHo), Peter Hogenberk (PHo), Kathryn Hoo (KHoo), Heather Hosten (HH), Frank Horvath (FH), Sandra Horvath (SH), Nathan Hood (NH), Jerry Horak (JH), Ellen Horak (EH), Kyle Horner (KHo), Bridget Hribljan (BHr), Jackson Hudecki (JHu), Peter Humele (PHu), Randy Husson (RH), Matt Iles (MI), Jean Iron (JI), Mourad Jabra (MJa), Marcie Jacklin (MJac), Eugene Jankowski (EJ), Ian Jarvie (IJ), Kiah Jasper (KJ), Beth Jefferson (BJ), Mark Jennings (MJ), Andres Jimenez (AJ), Brian Johnson (BrJ), Dawn Johnson (DJ), Marc Johnson (MJo), Barry Jones (BJo), Carol Jones (CJ), Braden Judson (BJu), Andrea Kauppinen (AK), Andrew Keaveney (AKe), Margaret Kelch (MK), Rowan Keunen (RK), Karl Konze (KK), William Konze (WK), Gretha Koonstra (GK), Christina Kovacs (CK), Billi Krochuk (BKr), Ellen Lam (ELa), Michael Lam (MiL), Bill Lamond (BL), Eric Lamond (EL), Sarah Lamond (SL), Jeff Lancaster (JLa), Peter Landry (PL), Rick Lauzon (RLa), Greg Laverty (GL), Lorrain Lebeau (LLe), Ina Legzdins (IL), Laura Legzdins (LL), Markus Legzdins (MaL), James Lees (JL), Mike Lepage (MLe), Catriona Leven (CL), Ryan Leys (RLe), Jenny Lin (JLi), Kitty Lin (KL), Joyce Litster (JoL), Ross Little (RLi), Lucas Liu (LLi), Michelle Locke (MLo), Rick Ludkin (RL), Rod MacDonald (RMac), Bruce Mackenzie (BMac), Mike MacLeod (MMac), Dan MacNeal (DMac), Desmond MacNeal (DMa), Andrew Mactavish (AMa), Catherine Manschot (CMa), John Markvart (JMa), Lou Marsh (LM), Reuven Martin (RM), Sheldon McGregor (SMc), Kevin McLaughlin (KM), Nancy McPherson (NMc), Janet Medelko (JMe), Marvin Medelko (MMe), Dawn Miles (DMi), Gary Milks (GMi), Sue Milks (SMi), Jason Miller (JM), Martha Miller (MMi), Nathan Miller (NM), Tom Miller (TM), JW Mills (JWM), Kathryn Mills (KaM), Matt Mills (MM), Kai Millyard (KMi), Dave Milsom (DM), Joe Minor (JMi), Brian Mishell (BMi), David Moffatt (DMo), Liv Monck-Whipp (LMW), Norma Moores (NMo), Andrew Morgan (AMo), Gerald Morris (GM), Chris Motherwell (CM), Phil Mozel (PMo), Samreen Munim (SM), Ken Musgrave (KMu), Ryk Naves (RN), George Naylor (GN), Josh Nieuwenhuis (JN), Andrew Nguyen (ANg), Missey Northey (MNo), Mike Norton (MN), Kelly-Sue O’Connor (KO), Ben Oldfield (BO), Eila O'Neil (EO), Henrique Pacheco (HP), Rob Palin (RPa), Mark Patry (MPa), Mallory Peirce (MP), Rose Petersen (RPe), Ron Pittaway (RPi), Jason Pizzey (JPi), Jon Pleizier (JP), Marlene Pomfret (MPa), Mary Pomfret (MaP), Brian Pomfret (BP), Winston Poon (WP), Richard Poort (RPo), Ed Poropat (EP), Anna Porter (APo), Rob Porter (RP), Dean Post (DP), Vinay Prakatoon (VP), George Prieksaitis (GPr), Patricia Quackenbush (PQ), Estela Quintero-Weldon (EQW), Luke Raso (LR), Andreas Redman (AR), Joanne Redwood (JR), Colleen Reilly (CR), Sarah Richer (SR), Ron Ridout (RR), Garth Riley (GRi), Paul Riss (PR), Christine Roarke (CRo), Dorlisa Robinson (DR), Marcy Rogerson (MR), Daniela Roque (DRo), Gary Sadler (GaS), Greg Salter (GSa), Yves Scholten (YS), Caleb Scholtens (CSc), Peter Scholtens (PSc), John Schmelefske (JSc), James Scott (JSco), Carolyn Sebestyer (CSe), Gis Segler (GSe), Max Segler (MSe), Elaine Serena (ES), Kevin Seymour (KSe), Lucas Short (LS), George Sims (GSi), Joan Sims (JSi), Janet Sippel (JSip), Jeff Skevington (JSk), Richard Skevington (RSk), Wendy Skirrow (WS), Glenda Slessor (GS), Bill Smith (BSm), Ian Smith (IS), Nancy Smith (NS), Darren Smillie (DS), Paul Smith (PS), Shey Smith (SS), Faye Socholotiuk (FSo), Mark Soden (MS), Jay Solanki (JS), Robert Spaul (RSp), Laurie Stacey (LS), Bob Stamp (BS), Paul Strong (PSt), Greg Stuart (GSt), Galina Szlapetis (GSz), Nina Szpakowski (NSz), Peter Thoem (PT), Tom Thomas (TT), Liam Thorne (LT), Adam Timpf (AT), Dave Tourchin (DTo), David Trumbell (DT), Kevin Tupman (KT), Rohan van Twest (RvT), Tristan Uchida (TU), Fred Urie (FU), Ron Valentine (RV), Josh Vandermeulen (JV), Hannah Vandervelde (HV), Will Van Hemessen (WVH), Mike Veltri (MV), Phil Waggett (PW), Mike Waldhuber (MW), Rob Waldhuber (RW), Doug Ward (DWa), Jim Watt (JWa), Gord Watts (GW), WELO (West-end Lake Ontario IBA survey), Dale Wenger (DaW), Quinten Wiegersma (QW), Alessandra Wilcox (AWi), Mike Wolfe (MWo), Deb Wood (DWo), Karen Wood (KWo), Ross Wood (RWo), Bryan Wyatt (BW), Brian Wylie (BWy), Anthony Zammit (AZ), Stephen Zapotochny (SZ), Igor Zed (IZ), Michelle Zhitomirsky (MZ), many observers (m.obs.).


Snow Goose#: One over Valley Inn 18 Sep F {photo} (MV) and later that day at RBG Arboretum (MNo,m.obs.); one over Windermere Basin 27 Sep (CE,RD) and one there 27 Oct (MaL,LL); one at Dunmark Lake [HM] 29 Sep (RPo); 10 at Winston Churchill Blvd, N of Maple Lodge Farms [PL] 8-22 Oct {photo} (LF,m.obs.); four at Britannia Rd at Omagh ball park [HL] 8-9 Oct {photo} (EJ); two at Hwy 6 at 2nd Line [HD] 1 Oct (EC); 26 (7 white) over Grimsby Wetlands [NG] 29 Oct {photo} (SHi); three at Mountsberg C.A. [HM] 8 Nov (CEl).The birds in Peel were all white morph indicating they may have been the Greater Snow Goose subspecies.

Ross’s Goose#: Two juv. 12 Oct–30 Nov F {photo} (ABu,m.obs.).Brant#: 62 off Van Wagners Beach Oct 11 F (KB,RD et al.) and six there 12 Oct (LF,GPr); one at Grimsby Wetlands 11 Oct F (DTo); 11 at Murray St Park, Grimsby 29-30 Oct {photo} (DJ/SHi); one off Burloak Waterfront Park [HL] 1 Nov (GPr); one at Spencer Smith Park [HL] 9-11 Nov L (MBen et al.).

Cackling Goose: One at Valley In 24 Sep F (DS); one over Dundas Valley 2 Oct (JL); one over Cootes Paradise 4 Oct {photo} (BCo,SCa) and seen later in day over Fallsview Rd, Dundas (JP); six at Valens C.A. [HM] 8 Oct (JL); 15 at Barrie’s Lake [WT] 6 Nov (BF); five at Mohawk Lake, Brantford 14 Nov (SL,BL), eight there 18 Nov (MH,BL) and 15 there 21 Nov (BL,SMc, et al.).Tundra Swan: One at Gilkison Flats 9-25 Oct F {photo} (AGr/ACi/BL); 15 at Yates Ave Pond, Cambridge [WT] 20 Oct (AZ); three at Valens C.A. [HM] 24 Oct, 18 there 28 Oct (RK) and eight there 28 Nov (RK); 20 at Mountsberg C.A. [HM] 29 Oct (RM)

and 17 there [WL] 28 Nov (KH); 21 at Cootes Paradise 1 Nov (BP); 35 at LaSalle Park 6 Nov (JR); 15 off Woodland Cemetery 27 Nov (RD).Trumpeter Swan: 62 at Mountsberg C.A. [HM] 7 Nov (JMe,MMe) and 44 there [WL] 26 Nov (BO); one at Cainsville sewage ponds [BR] 25 Nov (SMc); 58 at LaSalle Park 29 Nov (BKr).Wood Duck: 55 at Valens C.A. [HM] 21 Sep (RK), 46 there 2 Oct (JL) and one there 13 Nov (LT); 22 at Hendrie Valley 20 Sep (SCa), 51 there 5 Oct (BCo,PT), 38 there 27 Oct (BCo), 16 there 3 Nov (BCo) and three there 19 Nov (JHu/RCr); 27 at Grand River, Brantford 4 Oct (BL); 28 at Valley Inn 13 Oct (JMe,MMe); 38 at Cootes Paradise 17 Oct (CR,LT) and five there 10 Nov (RD); 20 in north Halton 1 Nov (LM,MHo); one at Powerline Rd SWP [BR] 13 Nov (BL).Blue-winged Teal: 50 at Hespeler Mill Pond [WT] 7 Sep (AZ) and 11 there 29 Sep (RCr); 45 at Grimsby Wetlands [NG] 7 Sep (MPa); 15 at Windermere Basin 13 Sep (RvT) and 15 there 10 Sep (KB,MB,JB); 15 at Powerline Rd SWP [BR] 13 Sep (SL,BL) and one there 1 Nov L (BL,SL); 24 at Glen Morris Rd Pond [BR] 16 Sep (JV); 12 at African Lion Safari [HM] 16 Sep (JB,MB); eight at Valens C.A. [HM] 21 Sep (RK); eight at Rattray Marsh [PL] 7 Oct (EO); two off Bayshore Park 21 Oct (RD).Northern Shovelor: 20 at Windermere Basin 6 Sep (ABu), 45 there 19 Sep (JB,MB,KB), 85 there 18 Oct (MaL,LT,CB), 145 there 1 Nov (BC), 90 there 14 Nov (MaL) and 40 there 24 Nov (KDi); five past Van Wagners Beach Sep 8 (RD); nine at Tollgate Pond 9 Sep (RD), 20 there 1 Oct (RD) and 12 there 1 Nov (BC); 10 at Valley Inn 1 Oct (RD), 26 there 18 Oct (BaC) and 14 there 30 Oct (BC); 30 at Mountsberg C.A. [WL] 3 Oct (WK), 48 there 10 Oct (ABe), 25 there 30 Oct (BO), 20 there 11 Nov (MC) and 14 there [HM] 7 Nov (JMe,MMe); eight at Valens C.A. [HM] 5 Oct (RK), 38 there 30 Oct (JL), 38 there 21 Nov (JL) and 20 there 29 Nov (SCa); 49 at Cootes Paradise 24 Oct (BKr), 55 there 31 Oct (SCa) and 45 there 24 Nov (SMc); 12 at Red Hill SWP 1-11 Nov (BC/RD); 10 at Guelph Line/QEW SWP 1 Nov (BJ,DE et al.); seven at Hespeler Mill Pond [WT] 10 Nov (TM).Gadwall: One at Valens C.A. [HM] 25 Sep (JL), 37 there 30 Oct (JL) and 10 there 29 Nov (KHo,SC); one at Mountsberg C.A. [WL] 26 Sep (LR), 50 there 8 Oct (WK), 151 there 10 Oct (ABe), 170 there 16 Oct (WK), 75 there 5 Nov (WK), 15 there 26 Nov (BO) and 200 there [HM] 29 Oct (RM); 10 at Rattray Marsh [PL] 3 Oct (LF), 16 there 6 Oct (CF), 27 there 9 Oct (JWa), 64 there 27 Oct (CF), and 22 there 21 Nov (MaL); 19 at Great Lakes/Rebecca SWP [HL] 17 Oct (MJ), 35 there 19 Nov (BKr) and 10 there 29 Nov (BKr); 40 at Cootes Paradise 17 Oct (BCo), 120 there 18 Nov (BCo) and 110 there 24 Nov (JHu); 17 at Red Hill SWP 18 Oct (BC); 30 at Tollgate Pond 18 Oct (BC); 30 at Valley Inn 27 Oct (JV); 36 at Neare Island (Harbour) 1 Nov (MBo); six at Powerline Rd SWP [BR] 1 Nov (BL,SL); nine at Hespeler Mill Pond [WT] 1 Nov (RCr) and five there 3 Nov (AZ); eight at Puslinch Lake [WL] 1 Nov (MC); 24 off Jack Darling Park [PL] 21 Nov (JiH); 40 off Lakeside Park [PL] 29 Nov (DDi).American Wigeon: One at Alton Pond [HL] 2 Sep (JH); two at Cainsville sewage ponds [BR] 13 Sep (BL); five at Valens C.A.

Snow Goose at RBG Arboretum - 18 September 2020 - photo Missey Northey.

Brant at Spencer Smith Park - 10 November 2020 - photo Doug Ward.


[HM] 16 Sep (RV), 53 there 8 Oct (JL), 28 there 25 Oct (JL), 17 there 1 Nov (JL) and three there 28 Nov (RK); 20 at Rattray Marsh [PL] 19 Sep (CEl); one at Mountsberg C.A. [WL] 26 Sep (LR), 41 there 27 Sep (MC,MLe), 70 there 8 Oct (WK), 650 there 16 Oct (BO), 500 there 30 Oct (BO), 440 there 11 Nov (MC), 105 there 26 Nov (BO) and 400 there [HM] 29 Oct (RM); one at Windermere Basin 27 Sep (RD,CE); 12 at Cootes Paradise 29 Sep (RD); birds off Van Wagners Beach: 8 –4 Oct (RD,CE), 6 –11 Oct (RD et al.), 18 –25 Oct (RD et al.); five at Onondaga Farms [BR] 30 Oct (SMc,BL); one at Powerline Rd SWP [BR] 3 Nov (EH,JH).

Northern Pintail: Four at Rattray Marsh [PL] 2 Sep (PSt,DDi); four at Powerline Rd SWP [BR] 13 Sep (SL,BL); 10 over Iroquoia Heights C.A. [HM] 14 Sep (SCa); two at Valens C.A. [HM] 21 Sep (RK), 15 there 5 Oct (RK), 37 there 11 Oct (JL), 53 there 30 Oct (JL), 11 there 17 Nov (JL) and four there 29 Nov (SC,KHo); three at Grimsby Wetlands [NG] 3 Oct (CE,RD); 17 at Mountsberg C.A. [WL] 3 Oct (WK), 18 there 31 Oct (WK) and 12 there 11 Nov (MC); birds off Van Wagners Beach: 5 –4 Oct (RD,CE), 23 –11 Oct (RD et al.), 17 – 22 Oct (EC) and 26 – Oct 25 (RD et al.); four at Hespeler Mill Pond 9 Oct (ABe); one m. at LaSalle Park 27-30 Nov (RD,m.obs.).

Green-winged Teal: 23 at Hespeler Mill Pond [WT] 2 Sep (AZ), 54 there 7 Sep (AZ), 87 there 21 Sep (ABe), 76 there 10 Oct (PC,DMi), 65 there 1 Nov (RCr), 25 there 14 Nov (TH) and eight there 28 Nov (TH); 15 at Windermere Basin 3 Sep (ABu), 40 there 8 Sep (ABu); 50 there 19 Sep (KB,MB,JB), 40 there 16 Oct (RPo), 94 there 1 Nov (BC) and 30 there 24 Nov (KDi); 10 at Glen Morris Rd Pond [BR] 6 Sep (TH,KHoo), 25 there 19 Sep (TH), 18 there 2 Nov (JH) and two there 29 Nov (JN); 20 at Grimsby Wetlands [NG] 7 Sep (MPa), 24 there 2 Oct (RPa) and 11 there 21 Oct (FH,SH); 13 past Van Wagners Beach 9 Sep (RD); six at Powerline Rd SWP [BR] 13 Sep (SL,BL), seven there 17 Oct (BL), five there 7 Nov (JV) and one there 21 Nov (BL); eight at Binbrook C.A. [HM] 13 Sep (CSc,PSc); 35 at Scotch Block Reservoir [HL] 15 Sep (YS), 38 there 17 Oct (YS) and five there 2 Nov (YS); 20 at Cootes Paradise 16 Sep (MBe et al.), 101 there 30 Sep (ABu), 80 there 12 Oct (PSc,CSc), 88 there 1 Nov (RD,CE), 60 there 17 Nov (JHu) and 20 there 24 Nov (JHu); nine at Baptist Church Rd, E of Pauline Johnson Rd [BR] 25 Sep (BL); five at Mountsberg C.A. 26 Sep (LR), 30 there 11 Oct (WK), 70 there 17 Oct (YS,IJ), 50 there 7 Nov (MC) and five there 21 Nov (LR); 12 at Red Hill Pkwy SWP 27 Sep (CE,RD), 19 there 13 Oct (RD) and 12 there 11 Nov (RD); 20 at Valley Inn 2-26 Oct (JV/RD) and eight there 12 Nov (ABu); 11 at Rattray Marsh [PL] 2 Oct (JV); 35 at Valens C.A. [HM] 4 Oct (JL), 26 there 25 Oct (JL), 31 there 1 Nov (JL) and eight there 27 Nov (SMc); 14 at Smithville sewage ponds [NG] 8 Oct (BFr); six at New Credit sewage ponds [BR] 18 Nov (SMc).

Canvasback: One at NE Shore of Harbour 12 Oct F (RD); two at Tollgate Pond 12 Oct F (LF), 10 there 18 Oct (CB,LT,MaL), 14 there 22 Oct (RD), 24 there 27 Oct (JV), 57 there 1 Nov (BC), 66 there 11 Nov (DHa) and 30 there 29 Nov (KDi); 15 at LaSalle Park 9 Nov (KHo,SC), 47 there 17 Nov (RLi) and 70 there 29 Nov (BKr); six at Mountsberg C.A. [WL] 17 Oct (YS,IJ); four on Lake off Forty Mile Creek [NG] 24 Nov (BMi).

Redhead: Two m. at Tollgate Pond 27 Sep (RD,CE); one at

LaSalle Park 27 Sep (MaL,LL), eight there 27 Sep (APo), 40 there 14 Nov (JS,AK) and 120 there 28 Nov (RvT); four at Windermere Basin 1 Oct (RD), 11 there 20 Oct (LT) and four there 9 Nov (MN); one at Mountsberg C.A. [WL] 3 Oct (WK), 16 there 11 Oct (WK), 45 there 20 Oct (BO), 100 there 24 Oct (BO), 150 there 30 Oct (BO), five there 7 Nov (MC) and 200 there [HM] 29 Oct (RM); three at Powerline Rd SWP [BR] 3 Oct (SL) and three there 1 Nov (SL,BL); 30 at Van Wagners Beach 11 Oct (KB); 40 at NE Shore of Harbour 12 Oct (RD) and 30 there 28 Nov (GC,AG); four at Valens C.A. [HM] 18 Sep (JL), 10 there 18 Oct (TM) and two there 26 Nov (JMi); 18 at Sayers Park at Lake [HM] 9 Nov (RPo); 15 at Millen Rd at Lake [HM] 9 Nov (MiL,ELa); 30 at Fifty Rd at Lake [HM] 29 Nov (AKe et al.).Ring-necked Duck: One at Windermere Basin 3 Sep F (ABu), 10 there 16 Oct (RPo), 28 there 27 Oct (RW), 64 there 1 Nov (BC) and 20 there 24 Nov (KDi); three at Scotch Block Reservoir [HL] 15 Sep (YS); 14 at Valens C.A. [HM] 2 Oct (JL), 37 there 30 Oct (JL) and one there 27 Nov (SMc); seven at Powerline Rd SWP [BR] 3 Oct (SL), 20 there 17 Oct (BL), 26 there 1 Nov (BL,SL), 26 there 15 Nov (BL) and eight there 28 Nov (AG,GC); 40 at Mountsberg C.A. [WL] 7 Oct (JSip), 125 there 16 Oct (BO), 150 there 30 Oct (BO) and 100 there [HM] 29 Oct (RM); 31 over River & Ruins Trail, Lowville [HL] 9 Oct (MG); 18 off LaSalle Marina 26 Oct (RD); 15 off Bayshore Park 1 Nov (MBo); one at King-Benton Pit, Brantford 28 Nov (EL,SL,BL).Greater Scaup: Three off Van Wagners Beach 10 Sep F (JSk,NM), 10 there 1 Oct (RD), 40 there 12 Oct (AC), and 60 there 22 Oct (RPo); three at Tollgate Pond 11 Sep (DM); one at Valens C.A. [HM] 26 Sep (RK) and 15 there 2 Nov (DP,PQ); five at LaSalle Park 27 Sep (RD et al.), 250 there 19 Oct (MaL et al.), 320 there 1 Nov (MBo) and 600 there 27 Nov (JSk,MLo); 13 at Mountsberg C.A. [WL] 7 Oct (JSip); 300 off Bayshore Park 19 Oct (MaL et al.); 40 on Lake at Grays Rd [HM] 27 Oct (JV,EQW); one on Grand River at Caledonia [HD] 28 Oct (CB); 71 at Windermere Basin 30 Oct (CB,CR); 100 on Lake at Green Rd [HM] 9 Nov (SC,KHo); 20 on Lake at Millen Rd [HM] 9 Nov (LT); 22 at CCIW 11 Nov (DHa); 80 off Bayfront Park 28 Nov (AG,GC); 150 on Lake off Fifty Rd [HM] 29 Nov (AKe et al.).Lesser Scaup: One m. at Windermere Basin Sep 1-10 (RD,CE), 10 there 5 Oct (RPo), 30 there 16 Oct (RPo), 55 there 27 Oct

Leucistic Canvasback at Bayfront Park - 12 October 2020 - photo Ryk Naves. Everthing about the bird is pale except for

the eye and bill. The rear end and tail are especially pale.


(RW), 110 there 1 Nov (BC) and 10 there 24 Nov (KDi); one at Van Wagners Beach 11 Sep F (DM), 50 there 12 Oct (RPo) and seven there 20 Oct (RD); six at Tollgate Pond 20 Sep (CB) and 10 there 9 Oct (CEs); five at LaSalle Marina 27 Sep (MaL,LL); one at Valens C.A. [HM] 29 Sep (JL), six there 2 Oct (JL), 10 there 30 Oct (JL) and two there 27 Nov (SMc); 15 at Mountsberg C.A. [HM] 25 Oct (KHo,SC), 10 there 29 Oct (RM) and six there 7 Nov (MMe,JMe); four at Powerline Rd SWP [BR] 7 Nov (JV) and one there 28 Nov (AG,GC); 15 at Fifty Point C.A. 11 Nov (RWo,MBo); 13 at Alton Ponds [HL] 19 Nov (MJ).King Eider#: One f. at Green Rd at Lake [HM] 4 Nov F (RPo), three there (2f.&1st yr. m) 6 Nov (RPo, m.obs.) and four there (3f.&1st yr. m) (RLa); one f. on Lake at Millen Rd [HM] 5 Nov (RW), two (f.&1st yr. m) there 7 Nov (JC) and on 11 Nov (RD) and three f. there 8 Nov (DD,RD,CE); one 1st yr m. at Fruitland Rd [HM] 8 Nov (RD,DD,CE) and three there 14 Nov (RCu,BCu); three (2f.&1st yr. m.) at LaSalle Park 30 Nov (AM).

Surf Scoter: One at Van Wagners Beach 19 Sep F (NM), two there 22 Sep (BCr), 200 there 11 Oct (RD et al.), 204 there 20 Oct (BCr) and 126 there 1 Nov (BCr,BF); 200 at Grays Rd [HM] 13 Oct (RW) and 300 there 14 Oct (EP); 450 on Lake off Sayers Park [HM] 16 Oct (CEs); one at LaSalle Park 21 Oct (RD) and eight there 8 Nov (AB); five off Waters Edge Park [PL] 23 Oct (LF); 140 off Confederation Park [HM] 28 Oct (RW); 1000 on Lake off Millen Rd 8 Nov (CB); 10 off Sioux Lookout Park [HL] 13 Nov (BO); 2085 on Lake from Sayers Park to Fruitland Rd [HM] 14 Nov (SCa,MM, et al.); 20 off Spencer Smith Park [HL] 14 Nov (JS,AK); three at Pier 4 Park 29 Nov (RvT).

White-winged Scoter: Two at Van Wagners Beach 8 Sep (GPr et al.), 300 there 10 Oct (RD et al.), 230 there 11 Oct (KB) and 385 there 1 Nov (BF,BCr); one off Rattray Marsh [PL] 25 Sep (CF); one at LaSalle Park 14 Oct (RCr), 36 there 8 Nov (AB), 455 there 17 Nov (RLi) and 235 there 29 Nov (BKr); 10 on Lake at Green Rd [HM] 14 Oct (EP), 150 there 6 Nov (RPo) and 500 there 9 Nov (KHo,SC); 30 on Lake off Millen Rd [HM] 17 Oct (SCa,MM) and 1000 there 8 Nov (CB); 15 off Waters Edge Park [PL] 23 Oct (LF); 50 at Bronte Harbour 26 Oct (MJ); 30 at Spencer Smith Park [HL] 9 Nov (RPo) and 142 there 14 Nov (CK); 2,456 on Lake from Sayers Park to Fifty Rd [HM] 14 Nov (WELO); 70 on Lake

off Shoreacres Park [HL] 23 Nov (KMu); 400 on Lake off Fifty Rd [HM] 29 (AKe et al.).Black Scoter: One at Van Wagners Beach 19 Sep F (MB,JB,KB) and 12 there 11 Oct (RD et al.); 30 at Grays Rd at Lake [HM] 12 Oct (RPo), 220 there 27 Oct (JV), 500 there 3 Nov (CEs) and 25 there 29 Nov (JMi); four at Shoreacres Park [HL] 16 Oct (MJa); 19 off Waters Edge Park [PL] 22 Oct (PL) and 24 there 24 Oct (GL,PH); 240 on Lake from Grays to Green Rds [HM] 28 Oct (RD); 47 on Burlington lakeshore 1 Nov (DD,RPo); 148 off Confederation Park [HM] 1 Nov (BCr); 410 on Lake from Sayers Park to Green Rd [HM] 11 Nov (EL,BL); 20 off Spencer Smith Park [HL] 17 Nov (MBer); 71 at Green Rd [HM] 19 Nov (BS,GB).Long-tailed Duck: One at Van Wagners Beach 5 Sep (LT,EO), two there 4 Oct F (CE,RD), 500 there 19 Oct (RD) and 10,300 there 1 Nov (BCr,BF); one at Mohawk Lake, Brantford 24 Oct (BL) and two there 25 Nov (GPr); 500 on Lake of Grays Rd [HM] 27 Oct (JV) and 3,000 there 5 Nov (NMc,GRi); 39 over No 6 School Rd [BR] 30 Oct (BL); two at Valens C.A. [HM] 30 Oct (JL); 400 on Lake off Murray St, Grimsby [NG] 31 Oct (DE); one at Hagersville quarry ponds [HD] 6 Nov (RPo); 2,500 on Lake off Millen Rd [HM] 7 Nov (JC); one at Mill Creek Pit, Puslinch [WL] 8 Nov (RH); 23,755 on Lake from Grays Rd to Fifty Rd [HM] 14 Nov (WELO); 4,000 on Lake from Spencer Smith Park to Walkers Line [HL] 14 Nov (CK,BJ,WELO); one at McNally Pit, Puslinch [WL] 14 Nov (WK).Bufflehead: One at Windermere Basin 1-19 Sep (m.obs.); one at Valens C.A. [HM] 8 Oct F (JL), 38 there 30 Oct (JL) and 45 there 2 Nov (PQ,DP); seven at Van Wagners Beach 11 Oct (CC,NC); three at Princess Point, RBG 16 Oct (JHu); 16 at LaSalle Park 26 Oct (RD) and 75 there 30 Oct (RCr); 215 at Windermere Basin 21 Nov (MaL).Common Goldeneye: One at Van Wagners Beach 12 Oct F (PC,DMi) and 25 there 25 Oct (RD); one at Windermere Basin 16 Oct (RPo); 60 off LaSalle Marina 26 Oct (RD); 250 on Lake off Grays Rd [HM] 27 Oct (EQW,JV) and 350 there 30 Oct (CB); 200 off Confederation Park [HM] 30 Oct (RW); 340 on Lake off Millen Rd [HM] 9 Nov (LT); 1,814 on Lake from Dewitt Rd to Fifty Rd [HM] 14 Nov (CM/WVH,GGo/WELO); 64 on Grand River at Brant C.A. [BR] 20 Nov (MH); 600 off Shoreacres Park [HL] 23 Nov (KMu) and 1,000 there 26 Nov (KMu).Barrow’s Goldeneye#: One m. on Lake from Sayer’s Park to Grays Rd [HM] 26 Oct – 11 Nov F ** (RPo,m.obs.).Hooded Merganser: 15 at NE Shore of Harbour 20 Oct (RD); 55 at Van Wagners Ponds 27 Oct (JV,EQW); 17 at Great Lakes/Rebecca SWP [HL] 29 Oct (MJ), 51 there 6 Nov (MJ) and 11 there 29 Nov (BKr); 35 at LaSalle Park 1 Nov (MBo); 138 at Valens C.A. [HM] 1 Nov (JL) and 92 there 26 Nov (RK); 55 at Desjardins Canal 3 Nov (RD); 60 at Mountsberg C.A. [WL] 5 Nov (WK); 28 at Powerline Rd SWP [BR] 15 Nov (BL); 36 at McMillan Pit, Puslinch [WL] 18 Nov (FU); 80 at Shade’s Mills C.A. [WT] 20 Nov (AZ); 18 at Rattray Marsh [PL] 20 Nov (PH).Common Merganser: 47 off Lakeside Park [PL] 2 Sep (EO); 12 at Van Wagners Beach 8 Sep (RPo); five at Valens C.A. [HM] 21 Sep (RK); 20 over Gate of Heaven Cemetery [HL] 2 Oct (RD); 100 at Cootes Paradise 12 Oct (CSc).

Surf Scoter at Burlington Ship Canal, 30 November 2020 - photo Sarah Lamond.


Red-breasted Merganser: Three at Rattray Marsh [PL] 11 Sep (GCa,PHo); six at Van Wagners Beach 8 Sep F (BCha,BF) and 17 there 11 Oct (RD et al.); one at Puslinch Lake [WL] 18 Oct (MC,MLe) and two there 1 Nov (MC); seven at Mohawk Lake, Brantford 30 Oct (SMc,BL) and 11 there 30 Nov (BL); one at Blue Creek Pond [BR] 30 Oct (BL,SMc); 3,000 on Lake, E of Casablanca Blvd [NG] 31 Oct (BMac); 5,000 on Lake off Grimsby shoreline [NG] 1 Nov (MMac,RB); one at Mountsberg C.A. [WL] 4 Nov (JSip); six at Christie C.A. [HM] 16 Nov (AM); seven at Valens C.A. [HM] 29 Nov (MP).Ruddy Duck: One f. at Windermere Basin 1-27 Sep (RD,CE), five there 17 Sep F (AB), 30 there 8 Oct (RPo), 105 there 14 Oct (EP); 130 there 27 Oct (EQW,JV) and 90 there 14 Nov (BO); nine at Mountsberg C.A. [WL] 27 Sep (MLe,MC), 17 there 8 Oct (WK), 75 there 24 Oct (BO), 25 there 30 Oct (BO), four there 12 Nov (NSz) and 80 there [HM] 29 Oct (RM); three at Tollgate Pond 27 Sep (RD), 25 there 8 Oct (KDi), 74 there 9 Oct (CEs), 195 there 11 Oct (MaL,IL), 225 there 23 Oct (EP), 285 there 28 Oct (RD) and 110 there 14 Nov (AK,JS); 11 at Valens C.A. [HM] 1 Oct (JL), 32 there 20 Oct (JL) and four there 27 Nov (SMc); 15 at Cootes Paradise 6 Oct (LHF); 22 at Powerline Rd SWP [BR] 1 Nov (SL,BL) and two there 29 Nov (KJ); 16 at Smithville sewage ponds [NG] 1 Nov (NS).Ruffed Grouse: Four at Hilton Falls C.A. [HL] 17 Sep (LFr); one at Conc 6 at Valens Rd [HM] 1 Nov (KDi).Wild Turkey: 45 at W River Rd, N of Paris Plains Church Rd [BR] 23 Nov (BL); 22 at Powerline Rd SWP [BR] 26 Nov (GPr).Pied-billed Grebe: One at Grimsby Wetlands [NG] 2 Sep F (MN); one at Christie C.A. [HM] 3 Sep (JL); three at Hespeler Mill Pond [WT] 4 Sep (RCr); seven at Niebaur’s Pond [WL] 12 Sep (MC) and four there 24 Oct (MHa/JSip); 20 at Powerline Rd SWP [BR] 13 Sep (SL,BL), 23 there 3 Oct (SL), 18 there 17 Oct (BL) and six there 15 Nov L (BL); two at Scotch Block Reservoir [HL] 15 Sep (YS); five at Valens C.A. [HM] 11 Oct (JL) and one there 7 Nov (RD); three at Puslinch Sideroad 10 N pond [WL]

11 Oct (CCo); 17 at Mountsberg C.A. [WL] 12 Oct (MC), 23 there 20 Oct (BO), 45 there 24 Oct (BO), 15 there 1 Nov (RvT), one there 11 Nov (MC) and 15 there [HM] 29 Oct (RM); six at Puslinch Lake [WL] 18 Oct (MLe,MC).Horned Grebe: One summering bird off Burloak Waterfront

Park [HL] 13 Sep (MJ/GPr); one on Grand River above Wilkes Dam, Brantford 29 Sep F (EL,BL); one at Valens C.A. [HM] 4 Oct (JL); five on Lake off Green Rd [HM] 14 Oct (EP); three at McNally Pit [WL] 17 Oct (JSip); five off Shoreacres Park [HL] 24 Oct (KMu); nine off Bayshore Park 1 Nov (MBo); one at Mohawk Lake, Brantford 13 Nov (SL); three off LaSalle Park 27 Nov (RD); three at Fifty Point C.A. 29 Nov (AKe et al.).

Red-necked Grebe: 76 off Rattray Marsh [PL] 1 Sep (JWa), 113 there 4 Sep (CF), 122 there 15 Sep (CF), 220 there 3 Oct (LF) and 10 there 27 Oct (CF); 66 off Waters Edge Park [PL] 2 Sep (LF); 40 off Jack Darling Park [PL] 9 Sep (HP et al.) and 24 there 13 Sep (YS); two at Mountsberg C.A. 27 Sep (JMe,MMe); one at NE Shore of Harbour 12 Oct (RD) and one there 21-26 Oct (RD); one on Lake at Dewitt Rd [HM] 14 Oct (CB,CR); one off Green Rd [HM] 18 Oct (RD,CE); three off LaSalle Park 9 Nov (SC,KHo); five off Bayfront Park 28 Nov (GSt,KSe).WESTERN GREBE#: One at Rattray Marsh [PL] 1 Sep F to 6 Oct ** (JBo,CBo/JWa) and also off Jack Darling Park 10 Sep (JP) and 13 Sep (YS); one off Sayer’s Park [HM] 12-13 Oct ** (MPa,MJa,m.obs.).Yellow-billed Cuckoo: One at Woodland Cemetery 2 Oct (MMe,JMe); one at Lafarge Trail, N of 8th Conc [HM] 3 Oct L {photo} (JMi).Black-billed Cuckoo: One at Ruthven Park [HD] 2 Oct (BL); one at River Rd off Fawcett Rd [BR] 3 Oct (SMc); one at Dofasco Trail [HM] 4 Oct (RPo); one at Erindale Park [PL] 6 Oct L {photo} (BA,GA).Common Nighthawk: Six over Valens Rd, S of Hwy 97 [HM] 1 Sep (RK); five at Hespeler Mill Pond [WT] 1 Sep (RCr), 26 there 10 Sep (PB) and eight there 14 Sep (NB); 12 over Dundas Valley 2 Sep (MFu); five over Pinedale Ave, Burlington 2 Sep (GS,BC); four at Glenhyrst Gardens, Brantford 4 Sep (EL,BL) and three there 29 Sep L (BL,EL); five at Princess Point, RBG 4 Sep (MBu,SBu); 20 over Rattray Marsh [PL] 5 Sep (PSp); three over Olympic Park, Hamilton 7 Sep (LT); 12 over RBG Arboretum 7 Sep (HH); three over S.C. Johnson Trail, Brantford 12 Sep (ANg); three at York [HD] 13 Sep (RL); 11 over Sunrise Cres, Dundas 14 Sep (RD); 18 over Hilton Falls C.A. [HL] 17 Sep (LFr); 20 over Caledonia [HD] 24 Sep (GSa); one at Franklin Grobb Memorial Forest, Brantford 27 Sep (ACi); 11 at Ruthven Park [HD] 28 Sep (CB).

Chimney Swift: 16 over Sunrise Cres, Dundas 3 Sep (RD) and 65 there 14 Sep (RD); 20 at Cootes Paradise 3 Sep (RD), 40 there 5 Sep (LF) and 40 there 7 Sep (SR); 15 at Scarfe Ave, Brantford 5 Sep (BCha); 30 at Woodland Cemetery 6 Sep (MM) and one there 16 Sep (JP); 27 at Pinedale Ave, Burlington 6 Sep (BC); 12 at Rattray Marsh [PL] 7 Sep (PL); four over Dundas Valley 15 Sep (JL); 20 at Hespeler Mill Pond [WT] 9 Sep (PB) and 15 there 16 Sep (JV); one at Windermere Basin 27 Sep L (RD).

Ruby-throated Hummingbird: One at Shadybrook Cres, Guelph 2-9 Oct L (RH); two at Westdale residence [HM] 2 Oct

Western Grebe off Sayers Park, Stoney Creek - 12 October 2020

- photo Ryk Naves.

Pied-billed Grebe at LaSalle Park - 21 October 2020 - photo Mike Veltri.


(JMi); one at Elgin St, Grimsby 5 Oct (DE).Virginia Rail#: One at Sudden Tract [WT] 6 Sep (MH); one at Windermere Basin 22 Sep (KDi); one at Grand River floodplain, Brantford 4 Oct (MH); one at Valens C.A. [HM] 4 Oct (RK); one at Grimsby Wetlands [NG] 5 Oct (RB); one at Grass Lake [WT] 14 Oct (KD); one at City View Park, Burlington 27 Oct (DFl); one at Mountsberg C.A. [WL] 7-8 Nov L {photo} (MC/RvT); one at Kerncliff Park [HL] 1 Nov (BJ et al.).Sora#: One at Great Lakes/Rebecca SWP [HL] 18 Sep (MJ); one at Wyecroft/McPherson SWP [HL] 19-25 Sep (MJ); one at Grass Lake [WT] 27 Sep (KD); one at City View Park, Burlington 1 Oct (DFl); one at Taquanyah C.A. [HD] 2 Oct (AT); five at Grimsby Wetlands [NG] 3 Oct (CE,RD) and one there 13 Oct (RD); two at Valens C.A. [HM] 4 Oct (RK) and one there 11 Oct (JL); one at Mountsberg C.A. [WL] 18-19 Oct L (WK/JLi,KL,MBe).Common Gallinule#: One at Mountsberg C.A. [WL] 1 Sep (ACa); four (2ad.&2yg.) at Grimsby Wetlands [NG] 2 Sep (MN) and one there 10 Oct L {photo} (LBi); two at Cootes Paradise 6 Sep (MP) and one there 27 Sep (MaL,LL); six (2ad.&4yg.) at Valens C.A. [HM] 12 Sep (RK) and three there 29 Sep (JL).American Coot: One at Grimsby Wetlands [NG] 24 Sep F (DE) and one there 13 Oct (RD); 20 at Mountsberg C.A. [WL] 27 Sep (JMe,MMe), 80 there 11 Oct (JS,AK), 200 there 25 Oct (KHo,SC), 400 there 29 Oct (RM), 255 there 7 Nov (MC), 126 there 12 Nov (NSz) and two there 26 Nov (BO); one at Cootes Paradise 29 Sep (RD) and one there 17 Oct (LT,CR); one at Powerline Rd SWP [BR] 3 Oct (SL), six there 15-18 Oct (BL) and one there 15 Nov (BL); three at LaSalle Park 7 Oct (RD) and 35 there 1 Nov (MaL); one at Valens C.A. [HM] 4 Oct (RK), 10 there 16 Oct (JL), 15 there 25 Oct (JL) and four there 28 Nov (LLi); three at Barrie’s Lake [WT] 16 Oct (BF); four at Puslinch Lake [WL] 18 Oct (MC,MLe); three at Taquanyah C.A. [HD] 24 Oct (CB); 127 at Bayfront Park 18 Oct (KaM), 68 there 30 Oct (DA) and 30 there 27 Nov (PT); one at Guelph Line/QEW SWP 1 Nov (BJ,DE et al.); five at Windermere Basin 24 Nov (KDi).Sandhill Crane: Four at African Lion Safari [HM] 16 Sep (JB,MB); one past Woodland Cemetery 2 Oct F (RD) and two there 31 Oct (BKr); three over Courtcliffe Park [HM] 17 Sep (TT); six over Ridgeside Lane, Oakville 21 Oct (GPr); 15 over Joe Sams Park, Waterdown [HM] 30 Oct (TT); 45 over Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Aldershot 2 Nov (MM,RSp); 20 over Nipegon Trail, Oakville 2 Nov (DH); 20 over Valens C.A. [HM] 8 Nov (JMi), 108 there 12 Nov (RK) and 20 there 29 Nov (MP); 17 over Mountsberg C.A. [WL] 8 Nov (ChE) and 60 there 12 Nov (SC); 12 over Snyder Tract [HL] 12 Nov (RWo); 96 over St George [BR] 12 Nov (JL); 87 over Cootes Paradise 21 Nov (SCa); six over Lockie Rd at Glen Morris Rd [WT] 23 Nov (JHi); 22 over Bruce Trail, N of Milton [HL] 28 Nov (JM); 25 over Gilkison Flats, Brantford 28 Nov (SL).Black-bellied Plover#: One at Windermere Basin 8 Sep (ABu), six there 18 Sep (DT), seven there 19 Sep (CB,LS), 12 there 27 Sep (RD,CE/LL) and seven there 5 Oct (RPo); one juv. at Tollgate Pond 9 Sep (RD), eight there 20 Sep (MFu et al.), 11 there 1 Oct (RD), seven there 20 Oct (EC) and two 27 Oct (JV,EQW); five at Burlington Ship Canal 17 Sep (APo); one at Burloak Waterfront

Park 17 Sep (MJ); four at Grimsby Wetlands 26 Sep (EO,m.obs.) and one there 17 Oct (JI); three at Port Credit [PL] 26 Sep (LBi); one at Hespeler Mill Pond [WT] 27 Sep (HB), four there 11 Oct (AZ/PB) and two there 22 Oct (TM); one over Oxbow Rd [BR] 5 Oct (BL); one at Cootes Paradise 8 Oct (PL), two there 1 Nov (CE,RD) and one there 10 Nov L (AT); two at Scotch Block Reservoir [HL] 9 Oct (YS); one at Pier 4 Park 20 Oct (ABu); one at Bronte Harbour 22 Oct (BC/MJ); two over Aurora Cres, Burlington 25 Oct (CE); one at Valley Inn 27 Oct (EQW,JV); one over Dundas Valley C.A. 27 Oct (RD); one at LaSalle Park 28 Oct (RD).American Golden Plover#: One at Windermere Basin 8 Sep (RLa), two there 9 Sep (DMac,DMa), one juv. there 10 Sep (RD), two there 19 Sep (MB,JB,KB), two there 24 Sep (MaL,LL) and one there 5 Oct (RPo); one at Tollgate Pond 15 Sep (ABu), three there 9 Oct (CEs) and two there 18 Oct L (LT,MaL,CB); one at Valens C.A. [HM] 25 Sep (JL) and one there 1 Oct (JL); one at Cootes Paradise 8 Oct (DMo).

Semipalmated Plover: Four at Windermere Basin 1-5 Sep (RW/RD,CE), eight there 6 Sep (JCo) and two there 19 Sep (MB,JB,KB); one at Christie C.A. [HM] 1 Sep (JN); two at Bronte Harbour 2 Sep (MJ) and one there 23 Sep (MJ); two at S Service Rd pond at Royal Windsor Dr [HL] 4 Sep (DH); two at Glen Morris Rd Pond [BR] 6 Sep (TH,KHoo); three at Rattray Marsh [PL] 9 Sep (LF) and one there 20 Sep (LF); two at Grimsby Wetlands [NG] 9 Sep (CMa), three there 29 Sep (KDi) and two there 30 Sep (MJac et al.); one at Beachway Park [HL] 10 Sep (MBer); six at Tollgate Pond 12 Sep (MPa) and one there 20 Sep (MFu et al.); four at Van Wagners Beach 13 Sep (PSp); one at Jack Darling Park [PL] 13 Sep (YS); four at Cootes Paradise 17 Sep (SD), five there 24-27 Sep (BCo,MM,SCa) and nine there 30 Sep (CEs); five at Hespeler Mill Pond [WT] 19 Sep (CCo) and four there 27 Sep (AZ); one at Valens C.A. [HM] 26 Sep (GC); one at Erindale College [PL] 12 Oct (PL); one at Valley Inn 18 Oct (BaC); one at Fifty Point C.A. 18 Oct (CE,RD); one at Mountsberg C.A. [WL] 22-24 Oct L (WK/LR).Killdeer: 60 at Mines Rd sod farm [HD] 1 Sep (MF) and 21

American Golden-Plover at Windermere Basin - 4 October 2020 - photo Rich Poort.


there 27 Sep (NH); 56 at Green Lane Wetland [BR] 2 Sep (MH) and six there 2 Nov (MH); 46 at Christie C.A. [HM] 3 Sep (JL); 40 at Glen Morris Rd Pond [BR] 13 Sep (TH), 60 there 19 Sep (TH), 50 there 14 Oct (MH) and one there 4 Nov (MH); 28 at Binbrook C.A. [HM] 20 Sep (CJ) and one there 5 Nov (CJ); 50 at Hespeler Mill Pond [WT] 21 Sep (TH) and 20 there 29 Sep (PB); 52 at Valens C.A. [HM] 25 Sep (PQ,DP), 41 there 16 Oct (JL) and 11 there 30 Oct (JL); 32 at Hagersville quarries [HD] 25 Sep (BL); one at Hendrie Valley 20 Nov (HV); two at Bronte Creek P.P. [HL] 24 Nov (MJ); one at Bronte Marsh 24-26 Nov L (MJ/GPr).Hudsonian Godwit#: One at Windermere Basin 26 Sep* (MaL) and three there 20 Oct (KDi); one juv. at Grimsby Wetlands [NG] 2-5 Oct (BCh,m.obs.); three at Red Hill Pkwy SWP 13-18 Oct (RD,m.obs.), two there 19 Oct (JP) and one there 1 Nov L (BC); two at Tollgate Pond 18-20 Oct (JV/EC/RD).Ruddy Turnstone#: One at Windermere Basin 3-4 Sep (ABu,JSc); one juv. at Tollgate Pond 5 Sep (RD/RPo), five there 11 Sep (JP) and one there 12-15 Sep (m.obs.); two at Bronte Harbour 7 Sep (MJ) and one there 8 Sep (MJ); one at Van Wagners Beach 9 Sep (HP), one there 11 Sep (MS,DaW) and one there 24 Sep L (LL,MaL).Red Knot#: One continuing at Rattray Marsh [PL] until 5 Sep (m.obs./DD); two juv. at Tollgate Pond 19 Sep (JMe,MMe) and one there 20-21 Sep L (m.obs.).Stilt Sandpiper#: One at Tollgate Pond 1 Sep (KDi), one juv. there 9 Sep (RD) and one there 11 Sep (JR,m.obs.); one at Grimsby Wetlands [NG] 2 Sep (MN), three there 5 Sep (LT,EO), one there 26-28 Sep (EO et al.) and two there 2 Oct (JP); three at Cootes Paradise 5 Sep (CB et al.), one there 7 Sep (HH) and one there 12 Oct L (IZ,MZ); one at Bronte Harbour 7-8 Sep (MJ/BC); three at Windermere Basin 8-9 Sep (RLa,m.obs.) and two there 13 Sep (RvT).

Sanderling#: Six at Burlington Ship Canal 1 Sep (JR) and 24 there 12 Sep (GSz); five at Rattray Marsh [PL] 1 Sep (PH), seven there 9 Sep (DMac,DMa) and four there 11 Sep (JCo); three at Jack Darling Park [PL] 3 Sep (HP) and three there 15 Sep (ADu); one at Windermere Basin 5 Sep (RD,CE), four there 6 Sep (JCo), three there 9 Sep (DMac,DMa) and one there 26 Sep (CB et al.);

11 at Tollgate Pond 5 Sep (RPo), 14 there 9 Sep (RD), six there 20 Sep (KH) and nine there 1 Oct (CE,RD); 12 at Van Wagners Beach 9 Sep (m.obs.), 46 there 10 Sep (EO), 44 there 12 Sep (SCh), 30 there 13 Sep (PSp), 20 there 20 Sep (MaL), 11 there 26 Sep (CB) and nine there 29 Oct (KDi); five at Fifty Point 9 Sep (BC); 40 at Beachway Park, Burlington 10 Sep (MBer) and nine there 14 Sep (MBer); three at Neare Island 11 Sep (JP); three at Bronte Harbour 19 Sep (MJ) and 12 there 22 Sep (GPr); 13 at Confederation Park [HM] 23 Sep (RPo); one at Grays Rd at Lake [HM] 31 Oct L {photo} (PSp).

Dunlin: One ad. at Tollgate Pond 9-15 Sep F (RD,m.obs.), 10 there 12 Oct (MaL,IL) and 16 there 29 Oct (RD); one on Grand River at Caledonia [HD] 16 Sep (KM,BL,RW); one at Grimsby Wetlands [NG] 4-6 Oct (MJac,m.obs.) and seven there 13 Oct (RD); two at Hespeler Mill Pond [WT] 9 Oct (DGo,RGo), seven there 1 Nov (TH), 11 there 307 Nov (AZ/JV) and nine there 8 Nov (AK,JS); four at Mountsberg C.A. [WL] 11 Oct (RvT), 17 there 27 Oct (WK), 34 there 29 Oct (WK) and 23 there 7 Nov (MC); 20 at Valens C.A. [HM] 28 Oct (RK) and one there 8 Nov (JL); 40 at Cootes Paradise 1 Nov (CE,RD) and 50 there 10 Nov (AT); 12 at Van Wagners Beach 1 Nov (BF); 20 at Binbrook C.A. [HM] 1 Nov (MaP,MPo); seven at Red Hill Pkwy SWP 1 Nov (BC) and one there 11 Nov L (RD); three at Scotch Block Reservoir [HL] 2 Nov (YS).Purple Sandpiper#: One juv. at Van Wagners Beach 25 Oct* {photo} ** (MJa,m.obs.). Baird’s Sandpiper#: Two at Windermere Basin 13 Sep (RvT); one at Cootes Paradise 17 Sep (SD); five at Binbrook C.A. at Tyneside Rd [HM] 18 Sep (CJ); one at Valley Inn 20 Oct L (RD).Least Sandpiper: 10 at Glen Morris Rd Pond [BR] 2-14 Sep (EH,JH/TH) and six there 2 Oct (JH,EH); 17 at Green Lane Wetland [BR] 2 Sep (MH); eight at Windermere Basin 2 Sep (RPo) and 10 there 13 Sep (RvT); 33 at Christie C.A. [HM] 3 Sep (JL) and one there 22 Sep (JL); 15 at Binbrook C.A. [HM] 8-12 Sep (CJ) and seven there 2 Oct (CJ); 12 at African Lion Safari [HM] 16 Sep (JB,MB); two at Hespeler Mill Pond [WT] 19 Sep (CCo); five at Red Hill Pkwy SWP [HM] 27 Sep (RD); four at Valens C.A. [HM] 4 Oct (RK) and three there 20 Oct (JL); one

Sanderling at Van Wagners Beach - 26 September 2020 - Braden Judson.

Purple Sandpiper at Van Wagners Beach, 25 October 2020 - photo Jon Pleizier.


at Mountsberg C.A. [WL] 22-27 Oct L (WK); three at Grimsby Wetlands [NG] 15 Oct (WS).White-rumped Sandpiper#: One at Scotch Block Reservoir [HL] 9 Oct (YS); one at Mountsberg C.A. [WL] 18 Oct – 7 Nov (MC,m.obs.); one at Valens C.A. [HM] 30 Oct (JL); one at Red Hill Pkwy SWP 11 Nov L (RD).Buff-breasted Sandpiper#: One at Windermere Basin 1 Sep L (KDi/RW).Pectoral Sandpiper: Six at Windermere Basin 5 Sep (CE,RD); five at Christie C.A. [HM] 25 Sep (RD); two at pond at Baptist Church Rd, E of Pauline Johnson Rd [BR] 25 Sep (BL); eight at Glen Morris Rd Pond [BR] 3-9 Oct (TH/MH); two at Rattray Marsh [PL] 9 Oct (JWa); four at Tollgate Pond 12 Oct (LF); three at Grimsby Wetlands [NG] 13-16 Oct (SH,FH); three at Van Wagners Beach 14 Oct (EP); 12 at Scotch Block Reservoir [HL] 14 Oct (YS) and four there 20 Oct (YS); six at Valley Inn 17 Oct (DH) and one there 9 Nov L (DT); one at 10th Rd E, S of Ridge Rd [HM] 6 Nov (MPa).Semipalmated Sandpiper: 14 at Windermere Basin 1 Sep (RW), 20 there 5 Sep (RD), four there 9 Sep (DMac,DMa) and one there 20 Sep (KH et al.); four at Rattray Marsh [PL] 1 Sep (PH); nine at Tollgate Pond 9 Sep (RD,CE) and five there 11 Sep (JP); three at Binbrook C.A. [HM] 13 Sep (PSc,CSc); five at Cootes Paradise 16 Sep (MBe et al.); one at Red Hill Pkwy SWP 27 Sep – 14 Oct (RD/LF); one at Grimsby Wetlands [NG] 9-16 Oct (KDi/SH,FH); one at Valley Inn 17-20 Oct L (DH/BCo,ABu).Short-billed Dowitcher#: Three at Windermere Basin 5 Sep (JSco), four there 9 Sep (RPo) and two there 13 Sep (RvT); two at Tollgate Pond 9 Sep (CE,RD), one there 10-12 Sep (KDi) and one there 28 Sep L (KDi).Long-billed Dowitcher#: Two at Grimsby Wetlands [NG] 29 Sep* {photo} (KDi/DH); one juv. at Valley Inn 1 Oct {photo} (RD,m.obs.); one at Cootes Paradise 8 Oct {photo} (PL); one at Tollgate Pond 12 Oct L (LF).Wilson’s Snipe: Three at Glen Morris Rd Pond [BR] 13 Sep (TH), six there 14 Oct (MH), 12 there 23 Oct (MH) and five there 4 Nov L (MH); four at Hespeler Mill Pond [WT] 16 Sep (HB) and five there 23 Sep (TH); two at Taquanyah C.A. [HD] 2 Oct (AT); three at Valens C.A.[HM] 4 Oct (JL) and two there 11 Oct (JL); three at Hanlon Rd-Laird Rd area, Guelph 22 Oct (RH); one at Great Lakes/Rebecca SWP [HL] 1 Nov (MJ); one at Scotch Block Reservoir [HL] 4 Nov L (YS).American Woodcock: Three at River & Ruins Trail, Lowville [HL] 5 Oct (BO); one at Roseville Ct, Oakville 1 Nov (MJa,AD); one at Valens C.A. [HM] 3 Nov (RK); one at Iroquoia Heights

C.A. [HM] 10 Nov (MM); one at Bronte Creek P.P. [HL] 21 Nov L (DH).Spotted Sandpiper: Four at Grimsby Wetlands [NG] 4 Sep (KBr); three at Bronte Harbour 13 Sep (MJ); three at Hespeler Mill Pond [WT] 13 Sep (JSip); four at Grand River from Brant C.A. to Cockshutt Bridge, Brantford 25 Sep (FG,SGi); one at Gilkison Flats, Brantford 2 Oct (SL); one at Glen Morris Rd Pond [BR] 3 Oct (JN); one at Ruthven Park [HD] 7 Oct (BL); one at Valens C.A. [HM] 11 Oct (JL); two at LaSalle Park 21 Oct (RD); one at Sixteen Mile Creek at Cornwall Rd [HL] 17 Oct – 9 Nov L ** (PSt/VC).Solitary Sandpiper: Four at Rattray Marsh [PL] 20 Sep (LBi) and one there 3 Oct (PSp); four at Cootes Paradise 24 Sep (BHr) and one there 26 Sep – 8 Oct {photo} (CE,RD/PL); five at Fletcher Creek E.P. [WL] 24 Sep (JL); three at Valley Inn 26 Sep (CB,LT,LS) and one there 11 Oct (GSe,MSe); 11 at Glen Morris Rd Pond [BR] 27 Sep (MH), four there 9 Oct (MH), two there 14 Oct (MH) and one there 21 Oct {photo} (JH); one at Gilkison Flats, Brantford 2 Oct (SL); one at Grimsby Wetlands [NG] 5 Oct (RB/GPr); one at Hendrie Valley 6 Oct (BCo); one at Mountsberg C.A. [WL] 8 Oct (WK); one at Ruthven Park [HD] 9 Oct (BL); one at Spencer Creek Trail 9 Oct (JL); one at Valens C.A. [HM] 10-24 Oct L (RK/JL).Greater Yellowlegs: Five at Waterworks Park, Brantford 5 Sep (ACi); nine at Cootes Paradise 6 Sep (MP), five there 1-7 Nov (RD,CE/PD), four there 14 Nov (JHu) and two there 16 Nov (SR); 21 at Valens C.A. [HM] 29 Sep (JL), 10 there 11 Nov (JMi) and four there 17 Nov L (RK/JL); six at Binbrook C.A. [HM] 12 Oct (CJ); five at Grimsby Wetlands [NG] 21 Oct (FH,SH); 14 at Glen Morris Rd Pond [BR] 30 Oct (MH,SMc,BL) and 11 there 4 Nov (MH); five at Red Hill Pkwy SWP [HM] 1 Nov (BC); five at Scotch Block Reservoir [HL] 4 Nov (YS); eight at Mountsberg C.A. [WL] 5 Nov (WK); one at Valley Inn 12 Nov (DH); one at Grand River at Birkett Lane, Brantford 14 Nov (BL); one at 20th Line, Puslinch 16-17 Nov L (DB).Lesser Yellowlegs: 14 at Tollgate Pond 9 Sep (RD), 12 there 12 Sep (BCu,RCu) and seven there 7 Oct (RD); eight at Windermere Basin 9 Sep (DMac,DMa); 30 at Glen Morris Road Pond [BR] 13-19 Sep (TH), 40 there 20 Sep (TH), 22 there 10 Oct (BCha), 16 there 23 Oct (MH) and two there 28 Oct (MH); 25 at Binbrook C.A. [HM] 13 Sep (CSc,PSc) and two there 20 Oct (CJ); 14 at African Lion Safari [HM] 16 Sep (JB,MB); 40 at Hespeler Mill Pond [WT] 21 Sep (TH) and 60 there 23 Sep (TH); two at Hendrie Valley 4 Nov (RMac); one at Valens C.A. [HM] 6-8 Nov L (JL).Red Phalarope#: One at Van Wagners Beach 10-11 Sep* (JSk,m.obs.); one at South Shell Park [HL] 18 Oct {photo} (MR); one off Burloak Waterfront Park 25 Oct L (MJ).Red-necked Phalarope#: One at Grimsby Wetlands [NG] 7 Sep (MPa); three at Van Wagners Beach 9 Sep (HP et al.), 10 there 10 Sep (RD,RPo et al.), 14 there 11 Sep (JL et al.) and three there 19 Sep (EG,QW); one at Tollgate Pond 11 Sep

Long-billed Dowitcher at Valley Inn - 1 October 2020 - photo Mourad Jabra.

Red Phalarope at South Shell Park, Oakville - 18 October 2020 - photo

Marcy Rogerson.


(m.obs.) and one there 22 Sep (CR); two off Burloak Waterfront Park [HL] 24 Sep L (GPr).Pomarine Jaeger#: Four juv. at Van Wagners Beach 11 Oct* (RD,RPo et al.) and two juv. there 22 Oct L (CE,RD et al.); one on Lake off Sayers Park [HM] 12 Oct (GPr) and one off Green Rd [HM] 13 Oct (CB).Long-tailed Jaeger#: One ad. off Burloak Waterfront Park [HL] 1 Sep (GPr); two (ad.&juv.) at Van Wagners Beach 8 Sep (m.obs.), one ad. there 11 Sep (CEs,RD,CE), one juv. there 12 Sep {photo} (JB,MBa,SCh) and one juv. there 20 Oct L (RD).

Parasitic Jaeger: Three off Burloak Waterfront Park [HL] 1 Sep (GPr); 10 at Van Wagners Beach 8 Sep (RD,CEs et al.), one juv. there 10 Sep (RD,m.obs.), six there 11 Sep (JSk,RR), five there 17 Sep (RPo), five there Oct 11 (RD et al.), three juv. there 20 Oct (RD) and two juv. there 22 Oct L (CE,RD); one on Lake at Green Rd [HM] 13 Oct (CB).Sabine’s Gull#: Eleven juv. at Van Wagners Beach 8 Sep (RD,CEs et al.), one juv. there 10 Sep (RD,YS,RPo), 17 (including one ad.) 11 Sep (JSk,RSke,m.obs.), 32 there 12 Sep (JB,SCh), four there 17 Sep (JDa), one there 19 Sep (AC) and 12 there 4 Oct L (RD,CE); one off Burloak Waterfront Park [HL] 13 Sep (GPr).

Bonaparte’s Gull: 30 at Van Wagners Beach 8 Sep (NH), 20 there 19 Sep (CB), 11 there 11 Oct (KB), 12 there 19 Oct (RD) and 12 there 29 Oct (AC); nine at Fifty Point C.A. 18 Oct (RD,CE) and two there 11 Nov (MBo,RWo); two at Hespeler Mill Pond [WT] 18 Oct (HB); 13 on Lake off Green Rd [HM] 18 Oct (CE,RD); 20

at South Shell Park [HL] 30 Oct (YS); 11 at McNally Pit, Puslinch [WL] 1 Nov (MC); three at Grand River, Cayuga [HD] 1 Nov (BJo); 22 off Confederation Park [HM] 4 Nov (RW); nine over 401 at Guelph Line [WL] 19 Nov (RWo).Little Gull#: One juv. at Bayfront Park 29 Nov F (MMi).MEW (COMMON) GULL#: One ad. at Mohawk Lake, Brantford 24-27 Nov* {photo} ** (SL,BL,m.obs.); one ad. at Hamilton Yacht Club 26 Nov (ABu).The Mohawk Lake bird was well-studied and was almost certainly the same bird that was observed in the Niagara Gorge shortly after 9:00 a.m. on 24 Nov. It was not seen subsequently at that location. It seems that it left the Niagara River some time after 9:00 a.m. and thereafter flew to Mohawk Lake, Brantford where it was observed shortly before 4:00 p.m., a distance of 94 km as the gull flies. Quite incredible that it would be seen so soon after leaving Niagara. The adult that was observed and photographed at the Hamilton Yacht Club is interesting. Almost all of the gulls that frequent the Brantford landfill fly back to Hamilton Harbour in the evening to roost, and return to Brantford the next morning. Thus it is likely that the Mew Gull in Brantford travelled to Hamilton Harbour each night during its Brantford stay. Some have speculated that the Mew Gull photographed in Hamilton Harbour is a different bird due to subtle plumage differences. However, the Hamilton photo is "not great" and I think it is more likely to be the same bird. The Ontario Bird Records Committee will have to come to grips with this. Additionally, they will have to determine (if possible) which subspecies of Mew (Common Gull) it is. Based on the wingtip pattern on this bird it is not a Mew Gull, Larus canus brachyrhynchus, the subspecies that is resident in North America. It is speculated by some that it is subspecies heinei that breeds from eastern Europe to central Asia, a subspecies that has not been recorded previously in North America. One interesting record indeed.

Ring-billed Gull: 1,500 at Grand River at Scarfe Ave, Brantford 29 Oct (BL).Herring Gull: 3,000 at Hamilton Harbour 21 Oct (ABu); 1,200 at Mohawk Lake, Brantford 13 Nov (BL).Thayer’s Iceland Gull#: One 2nd winter at Grand River at Scarfe Ave, Brantford 24 Nov F (BL).

Long-tailed Jaeger, juvenile at Van Wagners Beach - 12 September 2020 - photo Mike Bauman.

Sabine's Gull juvenile at Van Wagners Beach - 11 September 2020 - photo Ezra Campanelli.

Mew Gull adult at Mohawk Lake, Brantford - 27 November 2020 - photo Jean Iron.


Kumlien’s Iceland Gull: One ad. at Mohawk Lake, Brantford 13 Nov F (SMc,BL) and five there (ad.,two 1st winter & two 2nd winter) 18 Nov (MH,BL); one 1st winter at Valens C.A. [HM] 17 Nov (RK/JL); one ad. at West Harbour Marina 27 Nov (RD et al.).Lesser Black-backed Gull: Four ad. at Grand River at Scarfe Ave, Brantford 1 Sep (DG,BL), seven (4ad.,one 2nd winter&2 juv.) there 10 Sep (BL), six (2ad.,one 2nd winter & three Juv.) there 11 Sep (BL) and 11 (4ad., four juv. & three 1st summer) there 24 Sep (BL); one juv. at Van Wagners Beach 11 Sep (RD) and two juv. there 11 Oct (RPo); two juv. at Bronte Harbour 13 Sep (MJ); one 2nd winter at South Shell Park [HL] 29 Sep (MJ); four (2ad., juv. & 2nd winter) at Hamilton Yacht Club 8 Oct (ABu), 14 (2ad., nine juv., two 2nd winter & one 3rd winter) there 16 Oct (ABu), 17 (4ad., 10juv., two 2nd summer & one 3rd summer) there 21 Oct (ABu) and three (2ad.&1juv.) there 27 Nov (RD,ABu); 10 (4ad. & 6juv.) at Mohawk Lake, Brantford 13 Nov (SL), nine (6ad., 2juv. & one 2nd winter) there 13 Nov (BL,SMc) and five (4ad. & one 1st summer) there 24 Nov (SL,EL,BL).It is simple astonishing how many Lesser Black-backed Gulls are now being seen in the late summer in the Hamilton area. The 11 in Brantford followed by the 17 at Hamilton Harbour are unprecedented numbers. Incredible considering that the species was unknown in Onatrio until 1971 and that the record-high count in the HSA in 2006 was three!

SLATY-BACKED GULL#: The long-staying ad. that was found outside of the HSA on 21 Sep at R.K. McMillan Park [PL] (LF) was observed in the HSA on 23 Sep* at Port Credit marina [PL] ** {photo} (LF).Glaucous Gull#: One juv. at Mohawk Lake, Brantford 25 Nov F (BL,m.obs.) and two juv. there 26 Nov (SMc,m.obs.); two juv. at Brantford landfill 26 Nov (JL); one juv. at Hamilton Harbour 27 Nov (BCo).Great Black-backed Gull: One ad. at Tollgate Pond 9 Sep–20 Oct (RD), three ad. there 29 Oct (RD) and 30 there 29 Nov (KDi); eight at Mohawk Lake, Brantford 25 Nov (BL); 16 at Hamilton Yacht Club 27 Nov (AKe).Caspian Tern: Eight at Christie C.A. [HM] 3 Sep (JL); 18 off CCIW 5 Sep (JSco); 15 at Bronte Harbour 7 Sep (MJ), three there 13 Sep (MJ) and two there 22 Sep (GPr); 12 at Van Wagners

Beach 8 Sep (RD) and one there 21 Sep (YS); 22 at Windermere Basin 10 Sep (MWo) and one there 19 Sep (MB,JB,KB); one at Grand River at Scarfe Ave, Brantford 14 Sep (BL); one at Valens C.A. [HM] 16 Sep (RV); two off Burloak Waterfront Park [HL] 24 Sep L (GPr).Black Tern#: Two at Van Wagners Beach 8 Sep L (RD,m.obs.).Common Tern: 70 at Van Wagners Beach 8 Sep (MPa), 25 there 11 Sep (RD,JL), two there 22 Sep (BCr), one there 4 Oct (RD) and one there 11 Oct L (KB,RD,m.obs.); one off Burloak Waterfront Park [HL] 13 Sep (GPr).Red-throated Loon: Two over Cootes Paradise 2 Oct F (JP); 11 at Van Wagners Beach 11 Oct (KB,RD, et al.), seven there 22 Oct (RD), 13 there 29 Oct (RD), three there 1 Nov (BF) and one there 21 Nov (MaL); seven off Grays Rd [HM] 8 Nov (RD,CE) and two there 14 Nov (GM); one off Rattray Marsh [PL] 21 Nov (MaL); five off LaSalle Park 27 Nov (RD,RPo); one at Bayfront Park 29 Nov (LB/RvT).Pacific Loon#: One on Hamilton Harbour 27-30 Nov* ** (RD,m.obs.).

Common Loon: Four at Van Wagners Beach 8 Sep (RD et al.), 52 there 11 Oct (KB) and 13 there 1 Nov (BF,BCr); 16 off Bronte Harbour 26 Oct (MJ); 39 at Fifty Point C.A. 11 Nov (MBo,RWo); three on Hamilton Harbour 28 Nov (ABu).

BROWN BOOBY#: One imm. at Van Wagners Beach 8 Sep* - 22 Oct L ** (NH,m.obs.).This immature bird was almost certainly the same bird first observed from a boat about 1km off shore of Port Darlington on 24 August. It was seen twice more on this day from lakeshore locations in Durham. It was then seen on the 26th near the tip of the Leslie Street Spit. It was not seen again until its arrival at the wave tower off Van Wagners Beach where it was seen on many days during its stay there.

NEOTROPIC CORMORANT#: Two at Hickory Island, Cootes Paradise 14 Sep F

Lesser Black-backed Gull at Mohawk Lake, Brantford - 28 Nov 2020 - photo Dinu Bandyopadhyay.

Juvenile Pacific and Common Loons side by side at LaSalle Park, showing the obvious differences - 27 Nov 2020 - photo

Joanne Redwood.

Brown Booby at Van Wagners Beach (top) 12 Sep (photo Mourad Jabra) and

(bottom) 20 Oct (photo Rich Poort).


{photo} (ABu) and present there until 19 Sep L (m.obs./LHF).Two birds were reported initially at this location but only one bird was observed subsequently. The OBRC will determine if the two photos do indeed show two distinct individuals.Double-crested Cormorant: 23 at Wilkes Dam, Brantford 4 Oct (ACi) and 22 there 4 Oct (BL); 2,000 at Tollgate Pond 15 Sep (ABu); 20 at Mountsberg C.A. [WL] 18 Sep (LF); two at Mohawk Lake, Brantford 23 Nov (BL); one at Green Mtn Rd Quarry Pond 28 Nov (CE,RD). American White Pelican#: Two at Hickory Island, Cootes Paradise 3-10 Sep (JD,SD,m.obs.). These two birds were surely the same two that were seen at Jordan Harbour (outside of HSA) on the morning of 3 Sep (NS) and then observed moving westwards.

American Bittern#: One at Rattray Marsh [PL] 28 Sep {photo} (EF); one at Grimsby Wetlands [NG] {photo} 24 Sep–18 Oct (SHi/LT); one at Hendrie Valley 2-20 Nov L{photo} (HV,m.obs.).

Least Bittern#: One at Mountsberg C.A. [WL] 15 Sep L {photo} (YS).

Great Egret: 35 at Cootes Paradise 3 Sep (HH), 61 there 14 Sep (JHu), 55 there 17 Sep (HH) and 15 there 3 Oct (SCa); 12 on Grand River at Brantford G&CC 4-6 Sep (SL,BL,EL); five at Valens C.A. [HM] 9 Sep (PQ,DP); 16 over Valens Rd, S of Hwy 97 [HM] 16 Sep (RK); 14 at Valley Inn 28 Sep (RB), eight there 21 Oct (MaL,IL,LL) and two there 30 Oct L (BC); 19 at Hespeler Mill Pond [WT] 2 Oct (PB) and seven there 9 Oct (ABe); 10 at Hendrie Valley 13 Oct (TM), seven there 20 Oct (LLe) and three there 30 Oct L (QC); 31 at Hydro Pond/Desjardins Canal, Dundas 7 Oct (RD), three there 24 Oct (RD) and one there 30 Oct L (RD); four at Grimsby Wetlands [NG] 21 Oct (SH,FH).Cattle Egret#: One over 838 Mineral Springs Rd [HM] and landing in pasture just to the north 29 Oct* {photo} ** (JL,m.obs.).

Green Heron: Three at Valens C.A. [HM] 5 Sep (CR,CMa); three at Christie C.A. [HM] 2-10 Sep (JL); three at Grimsby Wetlands [NG] 26 Sep (CB et al.) and one there 30 Sep (RD,CE); one at Cootes Paradise 4 Oct (RD); one at Pinery Pond, Oakville 10 Oct (PMo); one at Hespeler Mill Pond [WT] 21 Nov L ** (MD).

Black-crowned Night-Heron: Four at Alton Ponds [HL] 2 Sep (JH) and three there 5 Oct (MCL); eight at Windermere Basin 3 Sep (RW); seven (including six adults) at Mill Race Park, Cambridge 4 Sep (NH); four at Hendrie Valley 7 Sep (MBu,NMo); one at Mountsberg C.A. [WL] 13 Sep (RvT); eight at Princess Point, RBG 14 Sep (ABu/HH), three there 21 Nov (ABu) and one there 25 Nov L (ABu); five at Desjardins Canal 22 Sep (DRo);

Neotropic Cormorant at Hickory Island, Cootes

Paradise - 14 September 2020 - photo Alvan Buckley.

American White Pelicans at Cootes Paradise, 8 September 2020 - photo David Trumbell.

American Bittern at Hendrie Valley - 3 November 2020 - photo Doug Ward.

Least Bittern at Mountsberg C.A. - 15 September 2020 - photo Yves Scholten.

Cattle Egret at Dundas Valley - 29 October 2020 - photo James Lees.


one at Lake Wabukayne [PL] 8 Oct (WP); one at Eagle’s Nest Business Complex, Brantford 9 Oct (BL).Black Vulture#: One at King St, Dundas 20-28 Oct L ** (JP,m.obs.), same bird over Old Guelph Rd 21 Oct (JHu) and over Sunrise Cres, Dundas 27 Oct (RD).

Turkey Vulture: 115 past Woodland Cemetery 2 Oct (RD); 75 over Beach Rd, Brantford 4 Oct (BL); 150 over 16 Mile Creek at Upper Middle Rd [HL] 5 Oct (DH); 111 at Brantford landfill 7 Oct (BL); 100 over Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Burlington 8 Oct (CMa); 117 over Valens C.A. [HM] 24 Oct (JL).

Osprey: Eight over High Level Bridge 10 Sep (MM), five there 14 Sep (MM) and one there 24 Oct (JA); one at Caledonia [HD] 20 Oct (GN); one at Gilkison Flats, Brantford 22 Oct (SL); one at Valens C.A. [HM] 28 Oct L (RK).

Golden Eagle#: One over Oxbow Rd [BR] 2 Oct F (DG); one over Cootes Paradise 6 Oct (CBe,BCo); one over Old York Rd [HL] 14 Oct (YS); one over Oakville 24 Oct (JWa) and one there 2 Nov (JWa); one over Carolina Park, Brantford 24 Oct (SL,BL); one over Spencer Creek Trail 28 Oct (KE); one over Bronte 28 Oct (GPr); four at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Aldershot 30 Oct (MM) and four there 2 Nov (RSp,MM); one over Woodland Cemetery 30 Oct (RD); one juv. over south Burlington 30 Oct (CE); one over east Cambridge 1 Nov (RCr); one over LaSalle Park 3 Nov (DGa); one over Chippewa Rd [HM] 14 Nov (RPo); one at Spencer Smith Park [HL] 13 Nov (IJ); one over Hwy 97, W of Middletown Rd [HM] 21 Nov L (DD,RD,CE); one over Winter Way, Brantford 21 Nov L (DG); one over Valens C.A. [HM] 21 Nov L (JL).

Northern Harrier: Four over Shell Park [HL] 17 Aug (RSp); four over Birchwood Park [PL] 23 Sep (RSp); seven over High Level Bridge 2 Oct (KDi); five over south Burlington 2 Oct (CE); five over St George [BR] 11 Oct (JL); seven over Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Aldershot 30 Oct (MM) and four there 2 Nov (RSp,MM).

Sharp-shinned Hawk: 20 over High Level Bridge 14 Sep (MM); nine over Sunrise Cres, Dundas 14 Sep (RD); 17 over Woodland Cemetery 17 Sep (AMa,MM); eight over Hilton Falls C.A. [HL] 17 Sep (LFr); six over Shell Park [HL] 17 Sep (RSp);

15 over Valley Inn 2 Oct (MM); 14 over south Burlington 2 Oct (CE); 18 over Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Aldershot 8 Oct (MM); nine over Valens C.A. [HM] 24 Oct (JL).

Northern Goshawk#: One at Hilton Falls C.A. [HL] 17 Sep (LFr); one ad. at Spencer Creek and Cootes Dr 18 Oct (JD,SD); one imm. at Ruthven Park [HD] 20 Oct (LT); one at Cootes Paradise 20 Oct (JP); one imm. at Chedoke Golf Course [HM] 24 Oct (JP); one ad. over Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Aldershot 2 Nov (MM,RSp,CMa); one at Bronte Bluffs Park [HL] 5 Nov (KMu).Bald Eagle: Seven over High Level Bridge 10 Sep (MM) and five there 14 Sep (MM); seven over Hilton Falls C.A. [HL] 17 Sep (LFr); four over St George [BR] 11 Oct (JL); five at Mountsberg C.A. [HM] 25 Oct (KHo,SC); seven over Valens C.A. [HM] 25 Oct (JL) and four there 24 Nov (RK); five over Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Aldershot 30 Oct (MM) and five there 2 Nov (RSp,MM); five at Cootes Paradise 1 Nov (CE,RD); four at Brantford landfill 20 Nov (BL) and seven there 29 Nov (SDe,ANg).Red-shouldered Hawk: One over W Dumfries Rd [BR] 9 Oct F (BF); three over St George [BR] 11 Oct (JL); three over Valens C.A. 20 Oct (JL), 26 there 20 Oct (JL), 16 there 24 Oct (JL), 11 there 25 Oct (JL) and two there 24 Nov L (JMi); eight over Guelph Arboretum 25 Oct (MI); five over south Burlington 30 Oct (CE); three over Gate of Heaven Cemetery 2 Nov (MM); five over Canal Park, Dundas 2 Nov (JL).Broad-winged Hawk: 1,685 over Sunrise Cres, Dundas (4:00-5:45) 14 Sep (RD); 1,453 over Rattray Marsh [PL] 14 Sep (AKe); 570 over Rock Chapel 14 Sep (JD,SD); 400 over south Burlington 14 Sep (CE); 2,000 over Courtcliffe Park [HM] (1:00-2:30) 17 Sep (TT); 10 over Woodland Cemetery/Valley Inn 2 Oct (MM/RD); one over Jaycees Sports Park, Brantford 11 Oct L (ANg).Red-tailed Hawk: 86 over Valens C.A. 25 Oct (JL); 217 over Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Aldershot 30 Oct (MM) and 73 there 2 Nov (RSp,MM); 145 over Woodland Cemetery 30 Oct (RD); 146 over south Burlington 30 Oct (CE).Rough-legged Hawk: One over Valens C.A. [HM] 20 Oct F (JL); six over Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Aldershot 30 Oct (MM) and five there 2 Nov (MM,RSp).Snowy Owl#: One at Spring Creek Rd and Bennett Rd near Smithville [NG] 9 Nov F {photo} (DWo); one at Bronte Harbour 20 Nov (GE); one at QEW at Red Hill Creek 24 Nov (RW/RPo); one at Tollgate Pond area 26 Nov (fide PSc); one at Confederation Park 30 Nov (RPo).Eastern Screech-Owl: One red-morph at Hyde Park Ave, Hamilton 29 Nov (GBa).Barred Owl#: Two at Dundas Valley 26 Sep (LT,CB); one at Sudden Tract [WT] 18 Oct (BF); one injured bird rescued at York/Watson Rd area, Puslinch [WL] (taken to rehabilitator) 21 Oct (fide DB); one at Guelph Arboretum 26-31 Oct (AWi,m.obs.); one at Snyder Tract 21 Nov

Black Vulture at Dundas - 22 October 2020 - photo Doug Ward.

Red-morph Eastern Screech-Owl at Hyde Park Ave,

Hamilton - 29 November 2020 - photo Kim Barrett.


(AK,JS); one at Patterson Tract [HM] 29 Nov (CE,RD).Long-eared Owl#: Two at Bronte Creek P.P. [HL] 21 Nov (MJ).Short-eared Owl#: One at Van Wagners Beach 11 Oct F (KB,RD,m.obs.), two there 12 Oct (JI,RPi), one there 22 Oct (JP,m.obs.), one there 23 Oct (JP), one there 25 Oct (JP), one there 29 Oct (JP,RD) and one there 1 Nov (BCr); one at Burlington Ship Canal 17 Oct (APo); one at Argyle

St, S of Caledonia [HD] 22 Oct (GN); one over Aurora Cres, Burlington 25 Oct (CE); one over Confederation Park 25 Oct (PR,AMa); one at Millen Rd at Lake Ontario [HM] 9 Nov (LT); two at Yonge St, W of Cosby Rd, Lincoln [NG] 21 Nov (SHi).Northern Saw-whet Owl#: Twenty caught/banded at River & Ruins Trail, Lowville [HL] 7 Oct (BO), 35 caught/banded there 8 Oct (BO) and 22 caught/banded there 24-25 Oct (BO,CE,RD); one at Shoreacres Park [HL] 9 Oct (BrJ); one at Bayfront Park 17 Oct (DRo); one at Mountview Cemetery, Cambridge 18 Oct (BF); two at Sudden Tract [WT] 18 Oct (BF); one at sunrise Cres, Dundas 29 Oct (RD); one at Valens C.A. [HM] 7 Nov (RD); one at Westminster Ave, Hamilton 10 Nov (CSc); one at Fifty Point C.A. 15-20 Nov (RPo/SH); one at Guelph Arboretum 27 Nov (ABe).Red-headed Woodpecker#: One at The Parkway, Oakville 25 Sep (SDh); two at Shoreacres Park [HL] 30 Sep – 1 Oct (TM,m.obs.); one at rare Charitable Research Reserve [WT] 2 Oct (BF); one juv. at Amaolo Sanctuary [HM] 8 Oct (BWy); one at Cootes Paradise 9 Oct L (MJa/JR).Red-bellied Woodpecker: 164 noted on the AWFBC 1 Nov (m.obs.).Yellow-bellied Sapsucker: One at Sedgewick Park [HL] 17 Sep F (IL,MaL); one at Woodland Cemetery 17 Sep F (AMa,MM); one at Ruthven Park [HD] 17 Sep F (LT) and five there 5 Oct (BL); 10 at Van Wagners Ponds 19 Sep

(RPa,MJa,AD); eight at Beach Rd, Brantford 28 Sep – 2 Oct (BL/JPi); 14 at Confederation Park [HM] 2 Oct (RW); one N of Hwy 5, Guelph Line area [HL] 1 Nov (CCr et al.); one at LaSalle Park 3 Nov (DGa); one at Cootes Paradise 3 Nov (LHF); one at Oxbow Rd [BR] 3 Nov (BL); one at McMaster Forest 3 Nov (RP); one at Guelph Arboretum 8 Nov (KL); one at 16 Mile Creek, N of Upper Middle Rd [HL] 9 Nov (MBo); two at Burlington Waterfront Trail 13 Nov (MBer); one at Rancliffe Rd, Oakville 19 Nov (MaL).Northern Flicker: 11 at Woodland Cemetery 19 Sep (BC); 12 at Confederation Park [HM] 19 Sep (AD,MJa,RPa); 20 over Borer’s Falls [HM] 20 Sep (SD,JD); 18 at Cootes Paradise 26 Sep (RD,CE); eight at Forty Mile Creek, Grimsby [NG] 28 Sep (RB); 12 at Oxbow Rd [BR] 3 Oct (SMc,BL).American Kestrel: 12 over High Level Bridge 14 Sep (MM); nine over Birchwood Park [PL] 23 Sep (RSp); nine over Shoreacres Park [HL] 30 Sep (GPr); 10 over south Burlington 2 Oct (CE); nine over Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Aldershot 8 Oct (MM) and one there 2 Nov (MM).Merlin: Three over High Level Bridge 10 Sep (MM) and three there 14 Sep (MM); three juv. at St George [BR] 12 Sep (JL); three over Woodland Cemetery 2 Oct (RD); two at Valens C.A. [HM] 11 Oct (JL).Peregrine Falcon: Two over Woodland Cemetery 2 Oct (ABu); two over south Burlington 2 Oct (CE); three over Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Aldershot 30 Oct (MM).Great Crested Flycatcher: Three at Waterworks Park, Brantford 2 Sep (JPi); five at Valens C.A. [HM] 5 Sep (DP,PQ); six at Woodland Cemetery 11 Sep (ABu); one at Sedgewick Park [HL] 19 Sep (MaL); one at Hendrie Valley 21 Sep L (BCo,PT,AlD).Eastern Kingbird: One at Pinery Pond, Oakville 14 Sep (PMo); one at Deerfield G.C., Oakville 16 Sep L (KMu); one at Valens C.A. [HM] 16 Sep L (MGr).Olive-sided Flycatcher#: One at Ruthven Park [HD] 1 Sep (LT); one at Rattray Marsh [PL] 3 Sep (JWM); one at Central Park, Burlington 4 Sep (MBer); one at Franklin Pond, Cambridge 5-8 Sep (AZ/NH); one at Wellington Park, Burlington 6 Sep (MBer); one at North Waterdown Woods [HM] 6-10 Sep (CE,RD/BMi); one at Bronte Creek P.P. [HL] 6 Sep (DH); one at Park Rd, N of Powerline Rd, Brantford 11 Sep (AZ); one at Woodland Cemetery 14 Sep (MN,MJa); one at Little Lake, Puslinch [WL] 17 Sep (JMa); one at Shalebank Hollow Park [PL] 21 Sep L {photo} (PH).Eastern Wood-Pewee: 10 at Guelph Arboretum 10 Sep (WK) and seven (including one fledgling!) there 12 Sep (JS,AK); five at Grimsby Wetland [NG] 18 Sep (ND,MCo) and one there 2 Oct (RD,CE); seven at Sheldon Creek Trail [HL] 19 Sep (MBer); six at Ruthven Park [HD] 19 Sep (EO) and two there 2 Oct (BL); four at Forty Mile Creek, Grimsby 20 Sep (JV); one in N Oakville 4 Oct (XF,LF); one at Verbinnen’s Nursery, Flamborough 6 Oct L (MP).Yellow-bellied Flycatcher: One at River & Ruins Trail, Lowville [HL] 1 Oct (banded) (BO) and one there 2 Oct (banded) (BO); one at Beach Rd, Brantford 1 Oct (BL); one at Edgelake Park [HM] Oct 5 L (IA,EC); one at Ruthven Park [HD] 5 Oct L (BL).The fall of 2020 was exceptional for late migrant Yellow-bellied

Northern Saw-whet Owl at Shoreacres Park - 9 October 2020 - photo Brian Johnson.

Barred Owl at Guelph Arboretum - 28 October 2020 - photo

William Konze.

Red-headed Woodpecker at

Shoreacres Park - 30 September 2020 - photo

Tom Miller.


Flycatchers in the Hamilton area.

Least Flycatcher: Eight at Fifty Point C.A. 9 Sep (BC); seven at Woodland Cemetery 11 Sep (ABu); four at Sheldon Creek Trail [HL] 19 Sep (MBer); two at Edgelake Park [HM] 21 Sep (RW); one at River Rd off Fawcett Rd [BR] 2 Oct (SL,BL); one at Shalebank Hollow Park [PL] 5 Oct L {photo} (PH); two at Hendrie Valley 5 Oct L (BCo,PT).Eastern Phoebe: Six at Great Lakes/Rebecca SWP [HL] 18 Sep (MJ); six at Sheldon Creek Trail [HL] 24 Sep (MJ); seven at Fifty Point C.A. 30 Sep (RD); seven at Rattray Marsh [PL] 4 Oct (PL); nine at Grimsby Wetlands 3 Oct (PR), seven there 4 Oct (CR), 12 there 13 Oct (RD) and one there 3 Nov (CEs); seven at Jaycees Sports Park, Brantford 4 Oct (ANg); six at Shalebank Hollow Park [PL] 6 Oct (PH); 13 on AWFBC 1 Nov (m.obs.) including two at Lower Lions Club Rd [HM] (NCh,GCh); one at Old Mill Rd, Oakville 3 Nov (VC); one at Powerline Rd SWP [BR] 3 Nov (MH); one at 16 Mile Creek, N of Upper Middle Rd [HL] 5 Nov (DH); one at Grays Rd at Lake [HM] 5 Nov (JMi); one at Valens C.A. [HM] 7 Nov L (RK); two at Mountsberg C.A. [HM] 7 Nov L (MMe,JMe).Northern Shrike: One at Bronte Creek P.P. [HL] 25 Oct F (DH); one at Stone Rd, Guelph 28 Oct (MI).Yellow-throated Vireo: Two at Ruthven Park [HD] 4 Sep (BL) and one there 21 Sep (LT); one at McNally Forest [HM] 23 Sep (RPo); one at Spencer Creek Trail 3 Oct L (CB).Blue-headed Vireo: One at River & Ruins Trail, Lowville [HL] 9 Sep F (BO) and five there 2 Oct (BO); eight at Dundas Valley 2 Oct (JL); five at Mountsberg C.A. [WL] 3 Oct (WK); two at LaSalle Park 1 Nov (MBo); one at Van Wagners Beach 1 Nov (BCr,BF); one at Sedgewick Park [HL] 13 Nov L (BO).

Philadelphia Vireo: One at Ruthven Park [HD] 5 Oct (BL); one at Paddy Greene Trail [HM] 5 Oct (JL); two at River & Ruins Trail, Lowville [HL] 5 Oct (BO); one at Guelph Arboretum 8 Oct L (ABe).Warbling Vireo: Six at Beach Rd, Brantford 3 Sep (MH); three at Franklin Pond, Cambridge 13 Sep (NH) and one there 28 Sep (AZ); one at Ruthven Park [HD] 22 Sep (LT); one at Hewick Meadows [PL] 23 Sep (RPa); one at Beamer C.A. [NG] 29 Sep (KBr); one at Cootes Paradise 1 Oct L (MDo).Red-eyed Vireo: 15 at Rattray Marsh [PL] 5 Sep (JAn); 12 at Ruthven Park [HD] 8 Sep (LT) and one there 9-13 Oct (BL/LT); 14 at Woodland Cemetery 9 Sep (MM) and nine there 17 Sep (MM); 27 at Dundas Valley 9 Sep (JL); 12 at Cootes Paradise 11 Sep (CBe) and 18 there 13 Sep (SCa); 30 at Iroquoia Heights C.A. [HM] 11 Sep (SCa); eight at Shalebank Hollow Park [PL] 23 Sep (PH); seven at River & Ruins Trail, Lowville [HL] 1 Oct (BO); two at Guelph Arboretum 8 Oct (BJu); one at Sedgewick Park [HL] 17-29 Oct (CE,RD/PSp); one at Burlington Beach Strip 1 Nov (DD,RPo); one at Glen Morris Rail Trail [BR] 12 Nov L {photo} (JSi,GSi). Blue Jay: 2,200 past Woodland Cemetery 29 Sep (RD) and 3110 there 2 Oct (RD).Fish Crow#: One at South Shell Park [HL] 2 Sep (MJ); two at Bronte Marsh [HL] 7 Sep (BC); two at Ford Dr, Oakville 30 Sep (GN).Common Raven: 37 individuals noted on the AWFBC 1 Nov (m.obs.).Horned Lark: 30 at Wyecroft/McPherson SWP [HL] 8-25 Sep (MJ); 26 at West Dumfries Rd [BR] 11 Oct (JH); 25 at Spottiswood Lakes area [BR] 16 Oct (NFa); 22 at City View Park, Burlington 7 Nov (BKr).Purple Martin: 54 birds scattered about the HSA on 7 Sep L including 30 at Confederation Park [HM] (RPo).Tree Swallow: 300 at Smithville sewage ponds [NG] 4 Sep (NS); 44 at Cootes Paradise 8 Sep (LHF) and one there 9 Oct L (MJa); 12 at Hespeler Mill Pond [WT] 11 Sep (JE); 10 at Ruthven Park [HD] 16 Sep (LT); two at Shoreacres Park [HL] 30 Sep (GPr).Northern Rough-winged Swallow: 25 at Mohawk Lake, Brantford 13 Sep (BL); 14 at Papple Rd at rail trail, Cainsville [BR] 15 Sep (BL); 12 at Ruthven Park [HD] 2 Oct (BL) and two there 5 Oct (BL); one at Oxbow Rd [BR] 3 Oct (SMc,BL); one at Arkendo Park [HL] 3 Nov L {photo} (YS).Bank Swallow: 10 at Smithville sewage ponds [NG] 4 Sep (NS); five at Grimsby Wetlands [NG] 7 Sep (MPa); 50 at Ruthven Park [HD] 8 Sep (LT); three at Van Wagners Beach 12 Sep L (AG).Cliff Swallow: Eight at Rattray Marsh [PL] 6 Sep (SHa); three at Pinedale Ave, Burlington 6 Sep (BC); three at Bronte Harbour [HL] 7 Sep (AD); five at Grimsby Wetlands 7 Sep (MPa); five at Ruthven Park [HD] 8 Sep (LT); one at Van Wagners Beach 9 Sep L (HP); 20 at Sedgewick Park [HL] 9 Sep L (PSt).Barn Swallow: 70 at High Level Bridge 2 Sep (MM); 20 at Smithville sewage ponds 4 Sep (NS); 25 at LaSalle Park 5 Sep (JWa); 200 at Cootes Paradise 7 Sep (DBr); 20 at Hespeler Mill

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher at Edgelake Park - 18 September 2020 - photo Jerry Horak.

Philadelphia Vireo at Bayshire SWP, Oakville - 9 September 2020 - photo

Phil Mozel.


Pond [WT] 7 Sep (TH); 16 at Rattray Marsh [PL] 7 Sep (GL); 30 at Tollgate Pond 7 Sep (DBr) and 20 there 9 Sep (RD); 18 at Bronte Harbour 7 Sep (MJ); 10 at Wyecroft/McPherson SWP [HL] 9 Sep (MJ); 22 at Valens C.A. [HM] 9 Sep (RK); 20 at Mountsberg C.A. [WL] 9 Sep (WK); 30 at Lakeside Park [PL] 9 Sep (SM); 15 at Van Wagners Beach 12 Sep (JB,SCh); 12 at Burloak Waterfront Park [HL] 13 Sep (MJ); eight at Shoreacres Park [HL] 30 Sep (GPr/MJa); one at Grimsby Wetlands [NG] 30 Sep (MaL); two at Windermere Basin 8 Oct L (RPo).

Tufted Titmouse#: Six at Ruthven Park [HD] 4 Sep (BL) and 10 there 7 Oct (BL); one at Cootes Paradise 7 Sep (SR) and one there 10 Nov (AT); one at North Waterdown Woods [HM] 10 Oct (BMi); two at Beckett-Glaves Memorial Forest, Brantford 17 Oct (BL); one at Sunrise Cres, Dundas 17-20 Oct (RD); eight at Oxbow Rd [BR] 19 Oct (BL); two at LaSalle Park 19 Oct (MJa/RPo) and one there 10 Nov (PSp); two at TH&B Rail Trail, Brantford 22 Oct (BL); one at Rancliffe Rd, Oakville 22 Oct (MaL et al.); two at HCA HQ, Dundas Valley 26 Oct (JL); five at Grand Valley Trail along Tutela Heights Rd, Brantford 26 Oct (BL); one at South Millway [PL] 26 Oct (VP); two at Westdale Ravine 1 Nov (RD); five at Mineral Springs Rd, Dundas 1 Nov (MAB); one at Binbrook [HM] 1 Nov (BB): four at Gilkison Flats, Brantford 10 Nov (MH); one along 403, S of Hamilton G&CC [HM] 12 Nov (SMc); two at Creighton Rd area, Dundas 12 Nov (CRo); one at Linwood Cres, Burlington 12-13 Nov (ES); four at Grand River floodplain at Birkett Lane and River Rd, Brantford 14 Nov (BL); two at Grand River floodplain, S of Brantford landfill 15 Nov (BL); two at Beach Rd, Brantford 16 Nov (BL); two at Chippewa Trail, N of Haldibrook Rd [HM] 23 Nov (RL).Red-breasted Nuthatch: 15 at Guelph Arboretum 3 Sep (BJu) and 15 there 23 Oct (LR); 10 at Britton Tract [HL] 6 Sep (BKr); 27 at Mountsberg C.A. [WL] 9 Sep (WK); 14 at Dundas Valley 2

Oct (JL); 125 on AWFBC 1 Nov (m.obs.).Brown Creeper: One at Hewick Meadows [PL] 15 Sep F (RPa); one at Culham Trail [PL] 15 Sep F (LBi); one at Rattray Marsh [PL] 15 Sep F (SS/LF); seven at Van Wagners ponds and Confederation Park [HM] 19 Sep (RPa,AD,MJa); 12 at Ruthven Park [HD] 16 Oct (BL) and seven there 26 Oct (BL); eight at Oxbow Rd [BR] 18 Oct (BL); nine at Grand Valley Trail at Tutela Heights Rd, Brantford 26 Oct (BL).

House Wren: Seven at Mountsberg C.A. [WL] 4 Sep (WK); six at Van Wagners Ponds 19 Sep (MJa,RPa,AD); four at Sheldon Creek Trail [HL] 24 Sep (MJ); three at Fifty Point C.A. 30 Sep (RD); one at Bronte Creek P.P. [HL] 24 Oct (MJ); one at Ruthven Park [HD] 6 Nov L (BL).

Winter Wren: Three at Dofasco Trail [HM] 13 Sep F (RP); one at Edgelake Park [HM] 15 Sep (RW); one at Ruthven Park [HD] 22 Sep (LT); five at Forty Mile Creek, Grimsby 3 Oct (RD,CE) and four there 28 Oct (RB); eight at Confederation Park [HM] 30 Oct (RW).

Sedge Wren#: One at Van Wagners Ponds 12 Sep F (AD,MJa,RPa).

Marsh Wren#: Three at Van Wagners Ponds 12 Sep (KE) and one there 26 Sep (CB et al.); two at Rattray Marsh [PL] 17 Sep (EO) and one there 8 Oct (PH); one at Clappison Corners Wetland

Tufted Titmice at HCA HQ, Dundas Valley - 26 October 2020 - photo James Lees.

Brown Creeper at Guelph Arboretum - 18 November 2020 - photo Andrew Bendall.


[HM] 18 Sep (JD,SD) and one there 26 Oct (RD); one at Lakeside Park [PL] 19 Sep (SM); two at Wyecroft/McPherson SWP [HL] 19-25 Sep (MJ) and one there 26 Sep (LT et al.); one at City View Park, Burlington 19 Sep (DFl); two at Grimsby Wetlands [NG] 20 Sep (DE) and one there 5 Oct (GPr); six at Cootes Paradise 4 Oct (DD) and one there 24 Oct (BKr); one at Valens C.A. [HM] 11 Oct (JL); one at Mountsberg C.A. [WL] 16 Oct (BO); one at Valley Inn 1 Nov L (MW,RW,KM).Carolina Wren: One at Rattlesnake Point [HL] 14 Sep (ChE); two at 1st Line Campbellville [HL] 25 Oct (KWo,RWo); two at Mountsberg C.A. [WL] 31 Oct – 26 Nov (MC/BO); one at Valens C.A. [HM] 29 Nov (MP).Blue-gray Gnatcatcher: Three at Ruthven Park [HD] 2 Sep (LT) and one there 16 Sep (LT); three at Rattray Marsh [PL] 2 Sep (EO,LT) and one there 19 Sep (GL); two at Sedgewick Park [HL] 19 Sep (SMi,GMi) and one there 30 Sep (BMi); one at Erindale Park [PL] 27 Sep (MJo); one at Redeemer College [HM] 9 Oct L (CSc).Golden-crowned Kinglet: Two at Mountsberg C.A. [WL] 4 Sep (WK); three at Sudden Tract [WT] 6 Sep (MH); two at Shades Mills C.A. [WT] 6 Sep (AZ); two at J.C. Saddington Park [PL] 18 Sep F (PL); one at Great Lakes/Rebecca SWP [HL] 18 Sep F (MJ); 30 at Lakeside Park [PL] 3 Oct (SM); 22 at Cootes Paradise 4 Oct (SCa,BCo); 35 at Confederation Park [HM] 5 Oct (IA,EC); 25 at Edgelake Park [HM] 5 Oct (EC,IA); 22 at Rattray Marsh [PL] 6 Oct (GL); 30 at Van Wagners Beach 8 Oct (KDi); 24 at Valens C.A. [HM] 8 Oct (JL); 21 at Shalebank Hollow Park [PL] 9 Oct (PH); 25 at Woodland Cemetery 13 Oct (RD); 20 at Forty Mile Creek, Grimsby 24 Oct (RB); 25 at Little Tract, Puslinch [WL] 25 Oct (LR).Ruby-crowned Kinglet: Two at Forty Mile Creek, Grimsby [NG] 9 Sep F (NS); one at Van Wagners Ponds 9 Sep F (RD); one at Confederation Park [HM] 12 Sep (MPa); 10 at Edgelake Park [HM] 21 Sep (RW) and 25 there 12 Oct (RD); 30 at Woodland Cemetery 11 Oct (BKr) and nine there 17 Oct (BKr); 10 at Oxbow Rd [BR] 18 Oct (BL); 40 at Erindale Park [PL] 20 Oct (PL) and 25 there 28 Oct (PH); 22 at Ruthven Park [HD] 20 Oct (LT); 108 on AWFBC 1 Nov (m.obs.); six at Sedgewick Park [HL] 6 Nov (ACo) and one there 20 Nov (MMe,JMe); four at Powerline Rd rail trail [BR] 7 Nov (ANg); one at Bayfront Park 14 Nov (HH); two at Merrick Orchard, Dundas Valley 18 Nov (RD); one at Sheldon Creek Trail [HL] 20 Nov (MBer); one at Gravel Pit Rd, Dundas Valley 22 Nov L (SMc).

Eastern Bluebird: 21 at Valens C.A. [HM] 25 Sep (PQ,DP); 12 at Grass Lake [WT] 25 Sep (AZ); one at Woodland Cemetery 2 Oct F (RD), seven there 20 Oct (RD), 56 there 24 Oct (RD et al.) and 28 there 30 Oct (RD); nine at River & Ruins Trail, Lowville [HL] 17 Oct (MG); nine at Taquanyah C.A. [HD] 24 Oct (CB); 12 at Wyecroft/McPherson SWP [HL] 26 Oct (MJ); 20 at McMaster Forest 28 Oct (LE); nine at Papple Rd at rail trail [BR] 28 Oct (BL); 11 at Harrisburg Rail Trail [HM] 30 Oct (SMc); 25 at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Aldershot 30 Oct (MM) and 23 there 2 Nov (RSp,MM); 17 at Springbank Park [PL] 2 Nov (GL) and 27 there 3 Nov (MN); 15 at Hendrie Valley 3 Nov (JP); 14 at Burns C.A. [HL] 6 Nov (BKr); 16 at Ruthven Park [HD] 6 Nov (BL); 18 at

Powerline Rd at rail trail [BR] 7 Nov (ANg); nine at Christie C.A. [HM] 26 Nov (SMc); 10 at Guelph Arboretum 30 Nov (CEa).

Veery: Two at Rattray Marsh [PL] 21 Sep (EO); one at Ruthven Park [HD] 25 Sep (BL); one at Shalebank Hollow Park [PL] 25 Sep {photo} (PH); one at Beachway Park, Burlington 29 Sep {photo} (MBer); one at River & Ruins Trail, Lowville [HL] 1 Oct L (BO).Gray-cheeked Thrush: One at North Waterdown Woods [HM] 6 Sep F (CE,RD); four (NFC) over Brantford 12 Sep (MH); five over east Hamilton (NFC) 14 Sep (RPo); five at Rattray Marsh [PL] 14 Sep (AA); one at Erindale Park [PL] 13 Oct L (LF); one at Hanlon Dog Park, Guelph 13 Oct L (RH).

Swainson’s Thrush: 35 over Brantford (NFC) 12 Sep (MH) and one there (NFC) 13 Oct (MH); 13 at Edgelake Park [HM] 17 Sep (RW); 10 at Shalebank Hollow Park [PL] 20 Sep (PH); nine at Rattray Marsh [PL] 21 Sep (GL); 15 at River & Ruins Trail, Lowville [HL] 26 Sep (BO) and one there 17 Oct (MG); 12 at Shell Park [HL] 30 Sep (GPr); one at Rattray Marsh [PL] 20 Oct

Eastern Bluebirds at Valens C.A. - 24 November 2020 - photo Joe Minor.

Gray-cheeked Thrush at Malvern Rd, Burlington - 26 September 2020 - photo Phil Waggett.


{photo} (PL); one at Bronte Creek P.P. [HL] 24 Oct {photo} (MJ); one at Dundurn Stairs, Hamilton 24 Oct (JP); one at Burloak Waterfront Park [HL] 25 Oct L {photo} (MJ). Hermit Thrush: One at J.C. Saddington Park [PL] 16 Sep F (GW); one at Erindale Park 20 Sep (LF); eight at Forty Mile Creek, Grimsby 3 Oct (RD,CE); seven at Jaycees Sports Park, Brantford 3 Oct (ANg); six at Shoreacres Park [HL] 9 Oct (JMe,MMe); six at Malvern Ave, Burlington 16 Oct (PW); 12 at Powerline Rd at rail trail [BR] 19 Oct (MH); six at Hendrie Valley 20 Oct (JHu,BCo); six at Bronte Creek P.P. [HL] 24 Oct (MJ).Wood Thrush: One at Forty Mile Creek, Grimsby 24 Sep (SH,FH); one at Edgelake Park [HM] 25-30 Sep (MWo/RW); one at Wellington Park, Burlington 26 Sep (MBer); two at River & Ruins Trail, Lowville [HL] 28 Sep (BO); one at Ruthven Park [HD] 29 Sep (LT); one at City View Park, Burlington 2 Oct (DFl); one at Rattray Marsh [PL] 6 Oct {photo} (LBi); one at Malvern Ave, Burlington 16 Oct L (PW).Gray Catbird: Nine at Mountsberg C.A. [WL] 9 Sep (WK); nine at Valens C.A. [HM] 25 Sep (DP,PQ); five at Hendrie Valley (PT,BCo) and one there 31 Oct - 2 Nov (PR/HV); two at Taquanyah C.A. [HD] 24 Oct (CB); one at Confederation Park [HM] 28 Oct (RW) and one there 21 Nov L (MZ); one at Canal Park, Dundas 2 Nov (JL); one at Kelson Ave at Lake [NG] 3 Nov (SHi); one at Forty Mile Creek, Grimsby 8 Nov (MMac); one at Valley Inn 12 Nov (DH); one at Crooks Hollow C.A. [HM] 19 Nov (SMc).Brown Thrasher: Four at Dofasco Trail [HM] 13 Sep (RP); one at RBG Arboretum 4 Oct (BCo,SCa); one at Rattray Marsh [PL] 6 Oct L (JWa).

Northern Mockingbird: Six at Windermere Basin 10 Sep (MWo); one at Yates Ave pond, Cambridge 16 Oct (AZ); four at Taquanyah C.A. [HD] 3 Nov (LMW); one at Ainsley Rd, Flamborough 7 Nov (FH,SH); one at Hornby [HL] 21 Nov (MaL).

Bohemian Waxwing#: 20 at Gordon St at Clairefield Dr, Guelph 21 Nov F (BO); one at Mountsberg C.A. [WL] 25 Nov {photo} (WK); two at Edinburgh Rd, Guelph 27 Nov L (FU).

Cedar Waxwing: 140 at Mountsberg C.A. [WL] 12 Oct (MC); 140 past Woodland Cemetery 24 Oct (RD et al.) and 200 there 30 Oct (RD); 100 at Hendrie Valley 31 Oct (PR); 200 at Homestead

Ave, Pleasantview [HM] 2 Nov (PW) and likely same birds (200) at RBG Arboretum 7 Nov (KDi).American Pipit: One at Christie C.A. [HM] 19 Sep F {photo} (GK); two at Oak Park Rd, Brantford 22 Sep (RM); 32 at Valens C.A. [HM] 1 Oct (JL); 21 at Hwy 54, N of No. 6 School Rd [BR] 30 Oct (BL); 400 at rail trail, W of Hwy 52 [HM] 31 Oct (SMc); 120 at west end Dundas Valley 1 Nov (SMc); 60+ near Jerseyville [HM] 1 Nov (RPe,IS); 91 at Valens Rd, S of Hwy 97 [HM] 3 Nov (RK); 131 on River Rd off Fawcett Rd [BR] 5 Nov (BL); 80 at Mineral Springs Rd [HM] 7 Nov (SMc); 35 at Millen Rd at Lake [HM] 10 Nov (RW); two at West Dumfries Rd at W River Rd [BR] 23 Nov L (BL).Pine Grosbeak#: Two at Vance Tract, Puslinch [WL] 4 Nov* (MHa); one at McNally Forest [HM] 12 Nov (RPo); one f. at Harrisburg Rail Trail W of Weir Rd [HM] 16 Nov (SMc et al.); three at Paddy Greene Trails [HM] 21 Nov (SZ); one at Valens C.A. [HM] 21 Nov (JL/RP); seven at Mountsberg C.A. [WL] 26 Nov (BO); one at RBG Arboretum 28 Nov (MaL).

Purple Finch: 12 at North Waterdown Woods 6-10 Sep (CE,RD/BMi); 21 at Fletcher Creek E.P. [WL] 18 Sep (JL); 15 at Woodland Cemetery 2 Oct (ABu), 55 there 2 Oct (RD) and 18 there 24 Oct (RD); 45 at Mineral Springs Trail 2 Oct (JL); 20 at Valley Inn 2 Oct (MM); 10 at Rattray Marsh [PL] 4 Oct (EO); 26 at River & Ruins Trail, Lowville [HL] 16 Oct (BO); 35 at Ruthven Park [HD] 18 Oct (EO); 16 at Canal Park, Dundas 31 Oct (JL); six at Weir’s lane, S of Hwy 8 [HM] 17 Nov (SD,JD); eight at Valens C.A. [HM] 21 Nov (RD).Red Crossbill#: 18 at Campbellville Rd at Guelph Junction

Northern Mockingbird at Delsey Wetlands, 18 November 2020 - photo Sheldon McGregor.

American Pipit at West River Rd, Brant - 9 October 2020 - photo

Brett Fried.

Pine Grosbeak at Valens C.A. - 11 December 2020 - photo James Lees.


[HL] 4 Nov* (CE): four at Valens C.A. [HM] 6 Nov (RD) and two there 21 Nov (DD,RD,CE); eight at Bronte Creek, N of Rebecca [HL] 7 Nov (GE); one over Sunrise Cres, Dundas 8 Nov (RD); two at Clappison’s Escarpment Woods [HM] 12 Nov (RD); 25 at Badenoch Tract [WL] 14 Nov {photo} (WK); 15 at RBG Arboretum 17 Nov {photo} (SR/MP,JHu); one at Merrick Orchard, Dundas Valley C.A. 18 Nov (RD); one at Patterson Tract [HM] 29 Nov (CE,RD).

White-winged Crossbill: One at Weir’s Lane, Dundas Valley 29 Oct F (CD); 16 at Cootes Paradise 2 Nov {photo} (SCa); 14 at Mineral Springs Trail, Dundas Valley 14 Nov (JL); 14 over Woodland Cemetery 17 Nov (RD) and one there 21 Nov (RD,CE,DD); seven at Merrick Orchard, Dundas Valley C.A. 18 Nov 18 (RD); nine G. Donald Trail, Dundas Valley 19 Nov (JL); six at Headwaters Trail, Dundas Valley 20 Nov (PR) and 20 there 21 Nov (AMa,PR); 18 at Valens C.A. 21 Nov (CE,DD,RD) and 20 there 27 Nov (RP); 12 at Paddy Greene

trails, Dundas Valley 21 Nov (SZ); 11 at Guelph Arboretum 27 Nov (MC); 14 over St George [BR] 28 Nov (JL); three at Patterson Tract [HM] 29 Nov (RD,CE).Common Redpoll: Three at Valens C.A. [HM] 28 Oct F (RK) and 17 there 30 Oct (JL); three at Ruthven Park [HD] 2 Nov (BL); 20 at Fifty Point 6 Nov (SD,JD) and 60 there 11 Nov (RWo,MBo); 120 at 5th Rd E, S of Ridge Rd [HM] 22 Nov (RPo); 85 at Paddy Greene Rd, Dundas Valley 26 Nov (JL); 300 at King-Benton Pit, Brantford 28 Nov (EL,BL,SL); 50 at J.C. Saddington Park [PL] 28 Nov (CSe); 60 at Tollgate Pond 29 Nov (KDi); 350 at Brantford landfill 29 Nov (ANg,SDe).Hoary Redpoll#: One at Valens C.A. [HM] 21 Nov* (JL); one at 5th Rd E, S of Ridge Rd [HM] 22 Nov {photo} (MJa); one at Maltby Rd, E of Victoria Rd [WL] 24 Nov (LS); two at Paddy Greene Rd, Dundas Valley 26 Nov {photo} (JL); two at King-Benton pit, Brantford 28 Nov {photo} (SL,BL,EL).

Pine Siskin: One at Inch Park, Hamilton 14 Sep F (RP); 18 at Valens C.A. [HM] 23 Sep (BL); 27 at Edgelake Park [HM] 24 Sep (RW); 16 at Bronte Harbour [HL] 24 Sep (MJ); 25 at Globe Park, Hamilton 10 Oct (RD); 61 at Hanlon-Downey Rd area, Guelph 12 Oct (RH); 31 at East Mountain [HM] 12 Oct (TU); 93 at Mountsberg C.A. [WL] 22 Oct (WK); 50 at River & Ruins Trail, Lowville [HL] 3 Nov (BO); 61 at Burns C.A. [HL] 6 Nov (BKr); 65 at Ridgeside Lane, Oakville 6 Nov (GPr).Evening Grosbeak: Four at Mountsberg C.A. [WL] 20 Oct F (BO) and 28 there 22 Oct (WK); 20 at Petro Canada Park [HL] 21 Oct (GPr); 19 at Powerline Rd at rail trail [BR] 21 Oct (MH); one at Harrisburg [BR] 21 Oct (BL); 23 over Carolina Park, Brantford 25 Oct (SL,BL); 21 over St George [BR] 25 Oct (JL); 11 at Hanlon Creek, Guelph 26 Oct (BW); 16 at North Waterdown Wetlands Trails 26 Oct (RD); 25 at Lowville Golf Club [HL] 27 Oct (JWa); 48 at Bronte Creek P.P. [HL] 28 Oct (MJa); 115 past Woodland Cemetery 30 Oct (RD); 61 over Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Aldershot 30 Oct (MM) and 12 there 2 Nov (RSp,MM); 34 at Lowville [HL] 30 Oct (BO); 29 at Springbank Park [PL] 30 Oct (LBi); 15 at Joe Sams Park,

White-winged Crossbill at G. Donald Trail, Dundas Valley - 19 November 2020 - photo James Lees.

Common Redpoll at Woodland Cemetery - 3 November 2020 - photo Andrew Mactavish.

Hoary Redpoll at King-Benton Pit, Brantford - 28 November 2020 - photo Sarah Lamond.


Waterdown [HM] 30 Oct (TT); 69 on AWFBC 1 Nov (m.obs.); 16 at Deer Run Ct [BR] 2 Nov (GSi,JSi); 20 at Lowville [HL] 3 Nov (BO); 13 over Sunrise Cres, Dundas 4 Nov (RD); five at Grand River, just W of Cayuga [HD] 1 Nov (GN); 18 at Danforth Ave, Burlington 8 Nov (RPo); seven at Haller Place, Caledonia 13 Nov (GSa); 10 at Rattray Marsh [PL] 14 Nov (JiH); eight at Valens C.A. [HM] 21 Nov (DD,RD,CE).This fall witnessed one of the best Evening Grosbeak migrations in many years. Hundreds passed through the HSA with several remaining at a few feeders to be savored. Many new birders saw their first local Evening Grosbeaks.

Lapland Longspur#: One at Cootes Paradise 8 Oct F {photo} (SR); two at West Dumfries Rd [BR] 9 Oct (BF); one at Erindale Park [PL] 23 Oct {photo} (BA,GA); two at Oakville Harbour 31 Oct (XF); four at West Dumfries Rd at West River Rd [BR] 23 Nov (BL).Snow Bunting: Two at Mountsberg C.A. [WL] 25 Oct F (RvT); 20 at Bronte Beach 30 Oct (YS); 28 at Mohawk Lake, Brantford 24 Nov (SL,BL); 200 at Brantford Airport 24 Nov (RLe); 100+ at McLean School Rd [BR] 24 Nov (SG,DG); 35 at 5th Rd E, S of Ridge Rd [HM] 24 Nov (GPr); 40 at Mohawk Chapel, Brantford 25 Nov (GPr); 45 at West River Rd at West Dumfries Rd [BR] 23 Nov (BL); 100 at Paddy Greene Rd [HM] 26 Nov (RD,AMa).Eastern Towhee: Three at McMaster Forest 2 Sep (RO); one at Grimsby Wetlands [NG] 15 Sep F (MN); three at Fletcher Creek E.P. [WL] 24 Sep (JL); three at Cootes Paradise 24 Sep (MP) and one there 7 Nov L (KDi); two at Confederation Park [HM] 14 Oct (BO) and one there 3 Nov (KDi); two at Rattray Marsh [PL] 17 Oct (LBi); one at McCormick Loop, Dundas Valley 7 Nov L (SMc).American Tree Sparrow: One at Slote Rd Wetland 6 Oct F (RD); one at Cootes Paradise 8 Oct (RD); one at Fifty Rd at Lake [HM] 17 Oct (KMi); one at Perched Fen, Brantford 17 Oct (ANg); one at Bayfront Park 19 Oct (JP); four at Ruthven Park [HD] 20 Oct (LT); six at Beckett-Glaves Memorial Forest, Brantford 26 Oct (BL); nine at CNR Rail Trail, Brantford 27 Oct (BL); 20 at Hamilton-Brantford Rail Trail 31 Oct (SMc); one at York Rd Pond area [HM] 1 Nov (BWy); one on S.C. Johnson Trail, Brantford 1 Nov (DuB).

Chipping Sparrow: 24 at Woodland Cemetery 6 Sep (JHu,BCo), 20 there 15 Sep (ABu) and 30 there 29 Sep (RD); 15 at Redeemer College [HM] 8 Sep (CSc); 15 at Hamilton Cemetery 8 Sep (MM); 60 at Ruthven Park [HD] 3 Oct (FSo) and 42 there 7 Oct (BL); 18 at Glebe lands, Brantford 8 Oct (BL) and 27 there 16 Oct (BL); 15 at Springfield Park [PL] 23 Oct (PHu); eight on AWFBC 1 Nov (m.obs.) including three N of Hwy 5 and Guelph Line area [HL] (CCr er al.) and two at Coldspring Valley [HM] (RP); two at McMaster Forest 3 Nov (RP); three at Ruthven Park [HD] 6 Nov (BL); one at Haller Place, Caledonia [HD] 6 Nov (GSa); two at Leighland Rd, Burlington 6 Nov (BKr); one at HCA HQ, Dundas Valley 10 Nov (JL); three at Fifty Point 14 Nov (KE); one at Dewitt Rd at Lake [HM] 15 Nov L {photo} (DR); one at Ancaster feeder 23 Nov on (IS,RPe).Clay-colored Sparrow#: One at Confederation Park 26 Sep F (BKr); one at Valens C.A. [HM] 3 Oct L (CL).Field Sparrow: 10 at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Aldershot 5 Sep (RD); five at Green Lane Wetland [BR] 18 Sep (MH) and one there 2 Nov (MH); eight at Ruthven Park [HD] 16 Oct (BL) and four there 19 Oct (BL); six at Powerline Rd at rail trail [BR] 19 Oct (MH); four at Hamilton-Brantford Rail Trail at Papple Rd [BR] 19 Oct (BL); three at Harrisburg Rail Trail [HM] 21 Oct (BL); two at TH&B Rail Trail, Brantford 22 Oct (BL); one at Beckett-Glaves Memorial Forest, Brantford 1 Nov (BL,SL); one at Hespeler Mill Pond [WT] 1 Nov (RCr); one at Lowville Park [HL] 1 Nov (BO); one at Petro Canada Park [HL] 1 Nov (GPr); one at Courtcliffe Park [HM] 1 Nov (TT); one at east Cambridge 1 Nov (RCr); one at Brant C.A. [BR] 20 Nov (MH); one at South Shell Park [HL] 21 Nov L (MJ).Vesper Sparrow#: One at River & Ruins Trail, Lowville [HL] 16 Sep (BO); one at Wyecroft/McPherson SWP [HL] 20-26 Sep (EO/LT et al.); one at Valens C.A. [HM] 25 Sep (JL); one at Dofasco Trail [HM] 4 Oct (RPo); three at Haldibrook Rd at Harrison Rd [HD] 17 Oct (GSe,MSe); one at Valens Rd, S of 8th Conc [HM] 22 Oct (RK); one at Vance Tract, Puslinch [WL] 23 Oct L (JSip); three at 8th Line, N of 401 [HL] 23 Oct L {photo} (YS).Savannah Sparrow: 20 at Mines Rd sod farm [HD] 1 Sep (MF); 26 at Wyecroft/McPherson SWP [HL] 8 Sep (MJ), 60 there 19 Sep (MJ), 40 there 25 Sep (MJ) and seven there 1 Oct (BC); 10 at Great Lakes/Rebecca SWP [HL] 17 Sep (MJ); five at Grimsby Wetlands [NG] 5 Oct (GPr); one at N shore Cootes Paradise 15 Oct (LHF); two at 8th Line, N of Hwy 401 [HL] 23 Oct (YS); one at Bronte Creek P.P. [HL] 24 Oct (MJ); one at Valens Rd, S of Hwy 97 [HM] 26 Oct L (RK).LeConte’s Sparrow#: One at Burloak Waterfront Park 15 Sep F {photo} (MJ et al.).

Evening Grosbeak at Waterdown Rd, 1 November 2020 - photo Joanne Redwood.

LeConte's Sparrow at Burloak Waterfront Park, Burlington - 15 September 2020 - photo Bob Curry.


Nelson’s Sparrow#: One at Great Lakes/Rebecca SWP [HL] 18 Sep* (MJ); two at Cootes Paradise 4 Oct (EC), one there 9 Oct (DWa) and one there 25 Oct L (CR); one at 16 Mile Creek, N of Upper Middle Rd [HL] 5 Oct (DH).

Fox Sparrow: One at Grimsby Wetland [NG] 4 Oct F (BMi); two at River & Ruins Trail, Lowville [HL] 9 Oct (MG); eight at Harrisburg Rail Trail [HM] 21 Oct (BL); nine at Bronte Creek P.P. [HL] 25 Oct (YS); seven at Cootes Paradise 1 Nov (BP); nine at McMaster Forest 1 Nov (RP); seven at Oxbow Rd [BR] 3 Nov (BL); six at Hendrie Valley 3 Nov (BCo); four at Ruthven Park [HD] 6 Nov (BL); eight at River Rd-Birkett Lane forest, Brantford 14 Nov (BL); seven at Hamilton-Brantford Rail Trail at Papple Rd [BR] 17 Nov (BL); two at Puslinch Sideroad 12 N [WL] 21 Nov (MHa); one at Ancaster feeder 23 Nov (RPe,IS); one at Rodger’s Rd, Guelph 25 Nov (FU); one at Meister Tract [HM] 29 Nov (RP).Lincoln’s Sparrow: One at Rattray Marsh [PL] 5 Sep F (JAn); two at Wyecroft/McPherson SWP [HL] 8 Sep (MJ) and one there 20 Oct (MJ); six at Great Lakes/Rebecca SWP [HL] 18 Sep (MJ) and one there 20 Oct (MJ); three at Cootes Paradise 4 Oct (RD,PR,AMa) and four there 18 Oct (JD,SD); one at 14 Mile Creek near Lakeshore Rd [PL] 1 Nov L (LF); one at Sedgewick Forest [HL] 1 Nov L (AD).

Swamp Sparrow: One at Forty Mile Creek, Grimsby 16 Sep F (RB); one at Great Lakes/Rebecca SWP [HL] 17 Sep (MJ) and seven there 18 Sep (MJ); five at Wyecroft/McPherson SWP [HL] 19 Sep (MJ); 12 at Windermere Basin 29 Sep (RPo); 20 at Spencer

Creek Trail [HM] 3 Oct (CSc) and 15 there 5 Oct (SD,JD); eight at Ruthven Park [HD] 5 Oct (BL); 12 at Slote Rd wetland [HM] 6 Oct (RD); eight at Valens C.A. [HM] 8 Oct (JL); 15 at Cootes Paradise 8 Oct (RD); 12 at Taquanyah C.A. [HD] 9 Oct (BC,GS); 12 at Bronte Creek P.P. [HL] 24 Oct (MJ); seven at Grand River and Birkett Lane, Brantford 14 Nov (BL).

White-throated Sparrow: 13 at South Shell Park [HL] 24 Sep (MJ) and 50 there 2 Oct (MJ); 85 at Confederation Park [HM] 19 Sep (MJa,RPa,AD), 121 there 3 Oct (BO) and 22 there 14 Oct (BO); 50 at Van Wagners Ponds 19 Sep (RPa,AD,MJa) and 45 there 16 Oct (BO); 32 at Edgelake Park [HM] 20 Sep (RW), 121 there 3 Oct (BO) and 60 there 12 Oct (RD); 43 at Shoreacres Park [HL] 24 Sep (BKr); 36 at Forty Mile Creek, Grimsby 24 Sep (FH,SH); 54 at River & Ruins Trail, Lowville [HL] 26 Sep (BO), 45 there 2 Oct (BO) and 36 there 16 Oct (BO); 30 at Burloak Waterfront Park [HL] 2 Oct (MJ); 24 at Sedgewick Park [HL] 4 Oct (MK); 42 at Glebe lands, Brantford 8 Oct (BL); 55 at Ruthven Park [HD] 13 Oct (LT); 55 at Joseph Brant Hospital, Burlington 13 Oct (BO); 53 at Hamilton-Brantford Rail Trail at Papple Rd [BR] 19 Oct (BL).White-crowned Sparrow: One at Van Wagners Pond 18 Sep F (JH); 14 at Hendrie Valley 23 Sep (SHa); 25 at St Jude’s Cemetery, Oakville 4 Oct (MK); 20 at Cootes Paradise 8 Oct (PL); 20 at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Aldershot 8 Oct (RD); 22 at Shalebank Hollow Park [PL] 9 Oct (PH); 24 at The Parkway, Oakville 12 Oct (SDh); 45 at Oxbow Rd [BR] 18 Oct (BL); 10 at Spencer creek Trail [HM] 18 Oct (SD,JD); 20 at Wyecroft/McPherson SWP [HL] 21 Oct (MJ); 27 at Bronte Creek P.P. [HL] 24 Oct (MJ); 13 at Redeemer College [HM] 3 Nov (CSc); 15 at Brantford landfill 22 Nov (BL).Dark-eyed Junco: One at Woodland Cemetery 14 Sep F {photo} (DH), 80 there 10 Oct (DD), 90 there 11 Oct (BKr) and 100 there 17 Oct (DC); 15 at Confederation Park [HM] 19 Sep (RPa,AD,MJa) and 46 there 28 Oct (RW); 45 at Fifty Point C.A. 3 Oct (PR); 40 at Iroquoia Heights C.A. [HM] 25 Oct (LT); 50 at CNR Rail trail, Brantford 27 Oct (BL); 65 at Ruthven Park [HD] 3 Nov (LT); 50 at Franklin Pond, Cambridge 11 Nov (AZ).Bobolink: 10 at Chedoke Rail Trail 1 Sep (SCa); seven at Christie C.A. [HM] 3 Sep (JL); two at Fletcher Creek E.P. [WL] 6 Sep (JL);

Fox Sparrow at Joe Sams Park, Waterdown - 15 October 2020 - photo Tom Thomas.

Lincoln's Sparrow at Confederation Park - 16 September 2020 - photo Mike Veltri.

Swamp Sparrow at Great Lakes/Rebecca SWP - 1 October 2020 - photo Bob Curry.


one at Woodland Cemetery 9 Sep (MM); two at River & Ruins Trail, Lowville [HL] 11 Sep L (BO).Eastern Meadowlark: Nine at Oakes Rd radio tower field [NG] 30 Sep (MaL) and two there 3 Oct (RD,CE); three at Grimsby Wetlands [NG] 3 Oct (BO); two at Wyecroft/McPherson SWP [HL] 11 Oct (DH); one at Canal Park, Dundas 18 Oct (JL); four at Powerline Rd at rail trail [BR] 20 oct (BL); six past Woodland Cemetery 24 Oct (RD et al.); one at Springbank Park [PL] 30 Oct (LBi); two at 1 Side Road, Burlington 1 Nov L (GPr).Baltimore Oriole: Five at Grimsby 2 Sep (RB); two at Ruthven Park [HD] 16 Sep (LT) and one there 22 Sep (LT); one at Guelph Arboretum 19 Sep {photo} (BJu); one at Burlington Waterfront Trail 5 Oct {photo} (MBer); one at RBG Arboretum 10 Oct L {photo} (JHu,BCo).Common Grackle: 1,000 at Mountsberg C.A. 11 Oct (RvT); 1,779 at Valens C.A. [HM] 20 Oct (JL), 3,840 there 24 Oct (JL) and 225 there 3 Nov (RK); 160 at No. 6 School Rd [BR] 2 Nov (BL); 50 at McMaster Forest 3 Nov (RP); two at HCA HQ, Dundas Valley 18 Nov (JL); two at Woodland Cemetery 21 Nov L (DD,RD,CE); one at Sunrise Cres, Dundas 21 Nov L (RD).Red-winged Blackbird: 1,100 at Oxbow Rd [BR] 18 Oct (BL); 1,150 at Hamilton-Brantford Rail Trail at Beach Rd, Brantford 24 Oct (BL); 1,800 past Woodland Cemetery 24 Oct (RD) and 31 there 24 Nov (RD); 1,860 at Grand River floodplain at Birkett Lane, Brantford 26 Oct (BL); 3,800 at Grand River, S of Brantford landfill 1 Nov (SL,BL); 350 at Oakville 6 Nov (GPr); 40 at Delsey wetland, Dundas 18 Nov (SMc); 11 adjacent to Brantford landfill 20 Nov (BL); 25 at Mountsberg C.A. [WL] 26 Nov (BO); six at Confederation Park [HM] 27 Nov (KDi).Brown-headed Cowbird: 43 at Mohawk Lake area, Brantford 1 Nov (BL,SL); 20 at Mohawk Chapel, Brantford 25 Nov (GPr); 400 over Waterworks Park, Brantford 29 Oct (BL).

Rusty Blackbird: Two at Van Wagners Ponds 12 Sep F (AD); two at Hilton Falls C.A. [HL] 17 Sep (LFr); 35 past Woodland Cemetery 2 Oct (RD); 80 at Valens C.A. [HM] 5 Oct (RK) and 193 there 8 Oct (JL); 30 at Mountsberg C.A. [WL] 18 Oct (WK) and 30 there 11 Nov (MC); 30 at Beke Rd, E of Sudden Tract [WT] 1 Nov (JiB,FG); 100 in N Halton 1 Nov (LM,MHo); 40 near Cayuga [HD] 1 Nov (BJo); 40 at 3rd Line, S of 15 Sideroad [HL] 2 Nov (YS); 44 at St George [BR] 8 Nov (JL); 11 at HCA HQ,

Dundas Valley 13 Nov (JL); 38 at Harrisburg Rail Trail [HM] 18 Nov L (BL).

Ovenbird: Three at North Waterdown Woods [HM] 6 Sep (CE,RD); three at Speyside Resource M.A. [HL] 19 Sep (BKr); three at Edgelake Park [HM] 10 Sep (MWo); one at Sedgewick Park [HL] 4 Oct (MK); one at Kings Park woods, Oakville 11 Oct (PSt); one at Ruthven Park [HD] 19 Oct L (BL); one (unhealthy bird) at LaSalle Park 14 Nov {photo} (JS,AK).

Northern Waterthrush: One at Edgelake Park [HM] 1 Oct (RW); one at River & Ruins Trail, Lowville [HL] 2 Oct L (BO).Golden-winged Warbler#: One at Creighton Dr, Dundas 5 Sep F (CRo); one at Iroquoia Heights C.A. [HM] 11 Sep (SCa); one at Guelph Arboretum 10 Sep (WK/MHa); one at Ruthven Park [HD] 17 Sep L (LT).

Blue-winged Warbler#: Two at McMaster Forest 2 Sep (RP); one at Beach Rd, Brantford 2 Sep (BL); one at Valens C.A. [HM] 4 Sep (JL); one at Ruthven Park 6 Sep (CB); one at Mineral Springs Trail, Dundas Valley 10 Sep (JL,JPi); one at Guelph Arboretum 10 Sep (JSip); one at Falkirk West Park [HM] 16 Sep (IF); one at Courtcliffe Park [HM] 31 Oct L {photo} (TT).The Courtcliffe Park record is record-late for the HSA by several weeks and is one of the latest records ever for the province.

Black-and-white Warbler: One at Hewick Meadows [PL] 3 Oct (KE); one at Hamilton Cemetery 5 Nov L (BSm,RC,AR).

Tennessee Warbler: 13 at Dundas Valley 2 Oct (JL); one at Hendrie Valley 14 Oct (DT); two at Princess Pt, RBG 16 Oct (BCo); one at Wyecroft McPherson SWP [HL] 18 Oct (MJ); one at Bronte Woods (former) [HL] 22 Oct (MJ); three at Bronte Creek P.P. [HL] 24 Oct (MJ); one at Hanlon-Downey Rd area, Guelph 2 Nov {photo} (RH); one at South Shell Park [HL] 3 Nov {photo} (MJ) and a different bird there 16 Nov L {photo} (MJ); one at J.C. Saddington Park [PL] 6 Nov {photo} (GW).

Orange-crowned Warbler: One at Great Lakes/Rebecca SWP [HL] 18 Sep F (MJ); one at Edgelake Park [HM] 19 Sep (MPa); one at McNally Forest [HM] 23 Sep (RPo); three at Dragonfly Park Hills, Guelph 26 Sep (KH,EGr); five at Dundas Valley 2 Oct (JL); four at Powerline Rd at rail trail [BR] 4 Oct (BL); seven at Glebe lands, Brantford 8 Oct (BL); two at Taquanyah C.A. [HD] 24 Oct (CB); one at J.C. Saddington Park [PL] 27 Oct (PL); one

Rusty Blackbird at Spencer Creek Trail - 1 October 2020 - photo Tom Thomas.

Blue-winged Warbler at Courtcliffe Park, Carlisle - 31 October 2020 - photo Tom Thomas.


at Bayfront Park [HM] 29 Oct (ABu); one at LaSalle Park 31 Oct (PR,AMa); one at Sedgewick Park [HL] 1 Nov L (AD).

Nashville Warbler: Eight at Edgelake Park [HM] 17 Sep (MWo); eight at Clappison's Corners Wetland [HM] 18 Sep (JD,SD); 10 at Guelph Arboretum 1 Oct (WK) and six there 3 Oct (BJu); eight at Rattray Marsh [PL] 2 Oct (JV); three at Shade’s Mills C.A. [WT] 17 Oct (AZ); one at LaSalle Park 21 Oct (RD); one at Bronte Woods (former) 22 Oct (MJ); one at Lake Wabukayne [PL] 8 Nov {photo} (WP); one at Gairloch Gardens [HL] 24 Nov L {photo} (PSt).Connecticut Warbler#: One at Confederation Park [HM] 5 Sep F (RD); one at Robertson Tract 6 Sep (BKr); one at Van Wagners Ponds 12 Sep (AD); one at Rattray Marsh [PL] 13-14 Sep (JWa/GL/AA); one at Monarch Trail, Dundas Valley 15 Sep (BWy); one at Shell Park 26 Sep (BC); one at Iroquoia Heights C.A. [HM] 29 Sep L {photo} (RBe).

Mourning Warbler: One at Beach Rd, Brantford 29 Sep (BL); one at Shoreacres Park [HL] 3 Oct L (BMi).Common Yellowthroat: Eight at Valens C.A. [HM] 4 Sep (JL) and one there 7-21 Nov (RK/JL); 12 at River & Ruins Trail, Lowville [HL] 22 Sep (BO); eight at Fifty Point C.A. 30 Sep (RD); one at Sanitorium SWP [HM] 7 Nov (NMo,SBu); one at Sedgewick Park [HL] 13 Nov (BO); one at Burloak Waterfront Park [HL] 27 Nov L (MJ).Hooded Warbler#: One at River & Ruins Trail, Lowville [HL] 6 Sep (EO,BO); one at Guelph Arboretum 10-11 Sep (MI,m.

obs.); one f. at Shell Park [HL] 13 Sep (GPr); one at Forty Mile Creek, Grimsby 13 Sep (MMac); one at Sedgewick Park [HL] 19 Sep (SMi,GMi); one at Binbrook C.A. [HM] 2 Oct L (CJ).American Redstart: 10 at Mountsberg C.A. [WL] 4 Sep (WK); eight at North Waterdown Woods [HM] 6 Sep (RD,CE); eight at Edgelake Park [HM] 7 Sep (RPo) and eight there 10 Sep (MWo); 10 at Woodland Cemetery 8 Sep (ABu) and 15 there 20 Sep (CL); 14 at Fifty Point C.A. 9 Sep (BC); 23 at Guelph Arboretum 10 Sep (WK); eight at LaSalle Park 11 Sep (MJa) and one there 21 Oct (RD); one at Valley Inn 30 Oct (BC); one at Dundurn Park [HM] 1 Nov (JHu,BCo,CBe); one at Shoreacres Park [HL] 1-3 Nov L (DD,RPo/AMo).Cape May Warbler: 12 at Woodland Cemetery 6 Sep (BCo,JHu), eight there 14 Sep (MN,MJa) and one there 1 Oct (RD); nine at LaSalle Park 11 Sep (MJa); 10 at Confederation Park [HM] 12 Sep (RPa,AD); six at Ruthven Park [HD] 16 Sep (LT); one at Erindale Park [PL] 20 Oct L {photo} (PL).Cerulean Warbler#: One at Woodland Cemetery 16 Sep L (JP).Northern Parula: Eight at Edgelake Park [HM] 17 Sep (RW); 16 at Woodland Cemetery 17 Sep (MM,AMa) and five there 1 Oct (RD); five at Lakeside Park [PL] 19 Sep (SM); eight at RBG Arboretum 26 Sep (CL); four at S.C. Johnson Trail at Glenhyrst, Brantford 4 Oct (BL); one at Lake Wabukayne [PL] 18 Oct {photo} (WP); one at LaSalle Park 21-31 Oct (RD/CR) and one there 16-28 Nov {photo} (RMac/GaS); one at Cockshutt Bridge, Brantford 20 Oct {photo} (RBo); one at Oakville backyard 22 Oct (MaL); one at Waters Edge Park [PL] 24 Oct {photo} (PH); one at north Oakville 27 Oct (LF,XF); one at Arkendo Park [HL] 3 Nov (YS); one at Sedgewick Park [HL] 13 Nov (BO) and two there 29 Nov (AMo).There is no doubt that the status of this warbler has changed dramtaically in the last decade. It is now a common migrant which is a very good thing for such a beautiful creature. In Birds of Hamilton (2006) the previous one-day high count was 15; and that was in 1944! You will note above that 16 were observed at Woodland Cemetery on 17 September. And it is remarkable how routinely this species is now seen in late November where prior to 2006 there were only three November records. Late November records are almost annual now.

Magnolia Warbler: 18 at Fifty Point C.A. 9 Sep (BC) and six there 30 Sep (RD); 14 at Edgelake Park 10 Sep (MWo), 15 there

Tennessee Warbler at Bayshire SWP, Oakville - 9 September 2020 - photo Phil Mozel.

Connecticut Warbler at Iroquoia Heights C.A. - 29 September 2020 - photo Robert Bell.

Northern Parula at LaSalle Park - 25 November 2020 - photo Tom Thomas.


17 Sep (RW), six there 29 Sep (MWo) and one there 12 Oct (RD); eight at Rattray Marsh [PL] 16 Sep (GL); four at Ruthven Park [HD] 2 Oct (BL); one at Princess Pt, RBG 16 Oct (BCo); one at Sedgewick Park [HL] 17 Oct (RD); one at Erindale Park [PL] 20 Oct L {photo} (PL).Bay-breasted Warbler: 13 at Woodland Cemetery 9 Sep (MM) and 15 there 11 Sep (ABu); 15 at Dundas Valley 9 Sep (JL); 12 at Fifty Point C.A. 9 Sep (BC); 10 at Edgelake Park [HM] 10 Sep (RW); 15 at Sedgewick Park [HL] 11 Sep (IJ); 20 at Confederation Park [HM] 12 Sep (AD,RPa) and 20 there 15 Sep (RPo); nine at Forty Mile Creek, Grimsby 13 Sep (MMac); 15 at Ruthven Park [HD] 17 Sep (LT) and one there 10 Oct (CB); one at Bayfront Park 20 Oct L {photo} (EB).

Blackburnian Warbler: Six at Beach Rd, Brantford 2 Sep (BL), four there 4 Oct (BL) and one there 7 Oct (BL); seven at Dundas Valley 9 Sep (JL); nine at Oakville backyard 9 Sep (MaL); seven at Guelph Arboretum 10 Sep (WK); six at Ruthven Park [HD] 14 Sep (BL), five there 19 Sep (EO), four there 2 Oct (BL) and one there 13 Oct L (LT); six at Burlington Ship Canal 19 Sep (APo); one at Woodland Cemetery 11 Oct (BKr).

Yellow Warbler: One at Canal Park, Dundas 14 Sep (JL); one at Princess Point, RBG 14 Sep (ABu); one at Shoreacres Park [HL] 14 Sep (BKr); one at Van Wagners Beach 17 Sep (DiB); one at Sedgewick Park [HL] 19 Sep (JMe,MMe); two at Lakeside Park 19 Sep (SM); one at Confederation Park [HM] 1-2 Oct (KDi/RW); one at Woodland Cemetery 2 Oct (MMe,JMe); one at Ridgeside Lane, Oakville 5 Oct L (GPr).

Chestnut-sided Warbler: 10 at Fifty Point C.A. 9 Sep (BC); 13 at Guelph Arboretum 10 Sep (BJu) and seven there 12 Sep (BJu); eight at Sedgewick Park [HL] 11 Sep (IJ); one at Oakville backyard 6 Oct (MaL); one at HCA HQ, Dundas Valley 18 Oct L {photo} (JL).

Blackpoll Warbler: 10 at Confederation Park [HM] 12 Sep (RPa,MJa); eight at Ruthven Park [HD] 14 Sep (BL) and 13 there 2 Oct (BL); 13 at Woodland Cemetery 17 Sep (AMa,MM) and nine there 1 Oct (RD); 14 at Iroquoia Heights C.A. [HM] 25 Sep (SCa); 11 at Beach Rd, Brantford 1 Oct (BL); one at Rymal

Rd & Glancaster Rd [HM] 21 Oct (ACi); one at LaSalle Park 21 Oct (RD); one Cainsville sewage ponds [BR] 21 Oct (SMc); one at Bronte Harbour 22 Oct (MJ); two at Bayfront Park 24 Oct L (ABu).It is interesting how common this species can be in early October as the above records show. An interesting migration pattern.

Black-throated Blue Warbler: Five at Edgelake Park [HM] 17 Sep (MWo) and five there 25 Sep (MWo); five at Wellington Park, Burlington 25 Sep (MBer); one at Rattray Marsh [PL] 13 Oct (GL); one at Joe Sams Park, Waterdown [HM] 17 Oct L (TT).

Palm Warbler: One at Cootes Paradise 4 Sep F (AJ); one at Rattray Marsh [PL] 5 Sep (JAn); one at Woodland Cemetery 5 Sep (JWa); four at Wyecroft/McPherson SWP [HL] 8 Sep (MJ), 12 there 19 Sep (MJ) and 15 there 5 Oct (BC); eight at Shalebank Hollow Park [PL] 18 Sep (PH); eight at McNally Forest [HM] 24 Sep (RPo); 25 at Valley Inn 24 Sep (ABu); 10 at Hamilton Cemetery 24 Sep (ABu); three at Bayfront Park 13 Oct (MJa); two at Princess Pt, RBG 16 Oct (JHu) and one there 17 Oct (MaL); one at Martin Rd Trail [HM] 17 Oct (MGr); one at Guelph Arboretum 24 Oct (BJu); one at Valens Rd, S of Hwy 97 26 Oct (RK); one at Confederation Park [HM] 3-7 Nov L {photo} (RN).

Pine Warbler: One at Woodland Cemetery 5 Sep F (MMe,JMe) and six there 2 Oct (ABu); two at Ruthven Park [HD] 6 Sep (CB); one in Oakville backyard 7 Sep (MaL); one at Edgelake Park [HM] 8 Sep (WK); one in Oakville backyard 9 Sep (JWa); one at Fifty Point C.A. 30 Sep (RD); three at Valley Inn 2 Oct (MM); one at Shalebank Hollow Park [PL] 9 Oct (PH); one at Grimsby Wetlands [NG] 12 Oct L (SH,FH).

Yellow-rumped Warbler: 17 at Cootes Paradise 26 Sep (CE,RD) and three there 7 Nov (CRo); 20 at Rattray Marsh [PL] 1 Oct (EO); 25 at Valens C.A. [HM] 2 Oct (JL); 21 at Confederation Park [HM] 2 Oct (RW) and three there 7 Nov (RN); 26 at Ruthven Park [HD] 2 Oct (BL); 25 at Lakeside Park [PL] 3 Oct (SM) and one there 19 Nov (JWa); 22 at Erindale Park [PL] 3 Oct (BA,GA); 20 at River Rd off Fawcett Rd [BR] 3 Oct (SMc,BL); 24 at S.C. Johnson Trail, Brantford 4 Oct (MH); 30 at Sedgewick Park [HL] 4 Oct (MK), six there 6 Nov (ACo) and two there 13 Nov (BO); 29 at Beach Rd, Brantford 6 Oct (BL); 23 at Bronte Creek P.P. [HL] 24 Oct (MJ); one at LaSalle Park 28 Nov L (PSp,KO).

Bay-breasted Warbler at Fifty Point C.A. - 9 September 2020 - photo Bob Curry.

Blackpoll Warbler at Bayshire SWP, Oakville - 9 September 2020 - photo Phil Mozel.


Prairie Warbler#: One at Woodland Cemetery 19 Sep F (DD).Black-throated Green Warbler: One at Ridgeside Lane, Oakville 1 Sep F (GPr); one at Ruthven Park [HD] 1 Sep F (LT), 18 there 2 Oct (BL) and one there 16 Oct (BL); four at Shoreacres Park [HL] 3 Sep (BMi); six at Cootes Paradise 5 Sep (LHF); eight at Woodland Cemetery 14 Sep (MJa,MN), nine there 19 Sep (MM,AMc), seven there 20 Sep (CL) and 12 there 1 Oct (RD); nine at Beach Rd, Brantford 1 Oct (BL); 14 at Dundas Valley 2 Oct (JL); four at S.C. Johnson Trail, Brantford 4 Oct (BL); one at 16 Mile Creek, N of Upper Middle Rd [HL] 15 Oct (MBo); one at Clearview Woods, Oakville 16 Oct (JLa); one at Beckett-Glaves Memorial Forest, Brantford 17 Oct (BL); one at Canal Park, Dundas 19 Oct (JL); one at Bronte Harbour 22-23 Oct L (MJ).As in the Blackpoll Warbler this species also showed a strong migration pulse, rather late, in the first week of October. Was this just a fluke or is there an explanation for this late migration surge?

Canada Warbler: Four at Clearview Park, Oakville 10 Sep (JLa); one at Sedgewick Park [HL] 20 Sep (MK); one at Shoreacres Park [HL] 22 Sep (KMu); one at Shell Park [HL] 26 Sep (DH); one at RBG Arboretum 26 Sep L (CL).

Wilson’s Warbler: Three at Confederation Park [HM] 7 Sep (RPo); three at Shoreacres Park [HL] 14 Sep (JoL,DE); two at Rattray Marsh [PL] 18 Sep (GL); three at Edgelake Park [HM] 26 Sep (CB et al.); three at Preservation Park, Guelph 29 Sep (BJu);

two at Fifty Point C.A. 30 Sep (RD); two at Guelph Arboretum 1 Oct (WK); one at Wyecroft/McPherson SWP [HL] 5 Oct (BC); one at TH&B Rail Trail, Brantford 22 Oct L (BL).Scarlet Tanager: Three at Hendrie Valley 8 Sep (PT,BCo); five at Dundas Valley 10 Sep (JL); two at Erindale Park [PL] 1 Oct (BA,GA); two at Shoreacres Park [HL] 1 Oct (JWa); two at Ruthven Park [HD] 2 Oct (BL) and one there 7 Oct L (BL); one at Oxbow Rd [BR] 3 Oct (BL,SMc).

Rose-breasted Grosbeak: Nine at Hendrie Valley 8 Sep (BCo,PT) and 14 there 21 Sep (PT,AlD,BCo); eight at Riverwood Conservancy [PL] 10 Sep (PH); seven at Marlatt Dr, Oakville (SB); three at Fifty Point C.A. 30 Sep (RD); three at River & Ruins Trail, Lowville [HL] 1 Oct (BO) and one there 5 Oct (BO); five at Ruthven Park [HD] 2 Oct (BL); three at Dundas Valley 2 Oct (JL); one at Moffatt Lane, Guelph 4-6 Nov L {photo} (EGr,KH).

Indigo Bunting: Four at Dundas Valley 14 Sep (JL); two at Oxbow Rd [BR] 27 Sep (BL); one at Hendrie Valley 1 Oct (SR); one at River Rd, off Fawcett Rd [BR] 3 Oct (BL,SMc); one at Beach Rd, Brantford 6 Oct L (BL).

Black-throated Green Warbler at Bronte Harbour - 23 October 2020 - photo Mark Jennings.

Scarlet Tanager at Shalebank Hollow Park - 28 September 2020 - photo Pat Hare.

Rose-breasted Grosbeak at Erindale Park - 11 September 2020 - photo Gil Aburto-Avila.

Eastern Wood Pewee fledgling at Guelph Arboretum - 12 September 2020 - photo Jay Solanki. A very late

nesting record for this common species. This bird was likely an egg on 20 August which is probably one of

the latest egg dates ever for the province.

Noteworthy Bird Records Fall (September to November) 2020

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