BARROW'S GOLDENEYE POMARINE JAEGER FRANKLIN'S GULL ARCTIC TERN FISH CROW WHITE-EYED VIREO Brant Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Black Scoter Long-tailed Duck Common Goldeneye Common Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Ruddy Duck Dunlin Greater Yellowlegs Red-necked Phalarope Bonaparte's Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Great Black-backed Gull Common Tern Red-throated Loon Common Loon Great Egret Green Heron Turkey Vulture Golden Eagle Peregrine Falcon Common Raven Eastern Bluebird Gray-cheeked Thrush Swainson's Thrush Hermit Thrush American Tree Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Fox Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Tennessee Warbler Northern Parula Palm Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler It's been a busy couple of weeks here in the Hamilton Study area as we gear up for the annual Alan Wormington Fall Bird Count this Sunday, November 3rd. There is a good list at the top considering the time of year and with the wild weather, still lots to be found. Today a male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was seen off Green Road and later moved down to Gray's Road. This is tied for the earliest fall date for this species. The lake is still the best place to be for easterly winds as on Wednesday a dark juvenile POMARINE JAEGER was seen from Lakeland Centre and later in the day a juvenile ARCTIC TERN was seen with a group of Common Terns off Fifty Point Conservation Area. The week before last, a great find was a FRANKLIN'S GULL as a one day wonder at the Hagersville Quarry Ponds. A single FISH CROW was seen at Coronation Park in Oakville on October 29th. Lastly a WHITE-EYED VIREO was found on Monday at Sedgewick Park in Oakville, seen last on Wednesday. Now that the weather is growing colder, this will be a good spot to check for lingering birds. The lake as is always this time of year is filling up with ducks. All three scoters were seen from Grays Road today, Long-tailed Ducks have come in with force, Common Goldeneye are arriving in numbers as well as flights of Common and Red-breasted Mergansers. Today there was a flight of up to 180 Dunlin along the lakeshore as well as a late Greater Yellowlegs. Other birds recorded along the west end of the lake include Bonaparte's Gull, an adult Lesser Black-backed Gull (seen from Green Road today), Great Black-backed Gull, Red-throated and Common Loon. In the odds and sods this week a Brant was present down at Bronte Harbour on Wednesday, tough to see amongst the rocks so may still be in the area. Ruddy Ducks are gathering at Tollgate Pond with 240 seen here on the 29th. A nice late find here at Tollgate last weekend was a Red-necked Phalarope which stayed from October 26th-28th. Great Egrets are still being seen in Cootes Paradise with 14 being seen earlier in the week and 6 being recorded on Wednesday. A late Green Heron was seen in the Hendrie Valley on October 27th. Golden Eagles were seen over Dundas at Governors Road at Over field on October 30th and at the King and Benton Quarry in Brantford on October 25th. A group of 65 Turkey Vultures were likely birds moving through today after a stall over the past days. Two Peregrines were seen off the Hamilton Beach strip, these could be local birds. Common Ravens are still doing well in the HSA with a bird seen low over Reg. Rd. 97 at Valens Rd. on Monday October 28, 2019 and two Ravens at Confederation Park on Oct. 28. A group of 12 Eastern Bluebirds were seen at Gates of Heaven Cemetery today. Thrushes are still moving through, frequenting berry vines and trees in neighbourhood yards. In South Burlington, Gray-cheeked, a late Swainson's and several Hermit Thrushes were feeding. At Sedgewick Park in Oakville late migrants included Northern Parula, Palm and Yellow-rumped Warbler. A first of season American Tree Sparrow was present on Wednesday. A Tennessee Warbler was recorded at Ruthven Park on October 24th. A late Vesper Sparrow was noted at McPherson School in Glen Morris. Lastly, stock those feeders as there are birds that need to eat with the cold. White-crowned Sparrow, Fox Sparrow and Dark-eyed Juncos were all feeder birds reported this week. The Fall bird count is on Sunday, but please send along sightings from Saturday and Monday as well. The Fall Bird Count includes the entire circle so please let us know what you see. Good birding, Cheryl Edgecombe Back at it again, thanks to Rob Dobos for the coverage! -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus