FIELD NOTES 

This is an example of a Field Notes article from the January 1998 Bulletin.

These notes are for the SPNC area (Peel and Halton south of Derry Road). They mainly list the earliest and latest dates for the period plus anything thought to be unusual. They also concentrate on the less common birds.

The first initials refer to the place seen, as follows: AD=Adamson Estate, CW=Cawthra Woods, C/D=Cawthra & Dundas, CV=Credit Valley Conservation HQ, DK=Dickson Road, JD=Jack Darling Park, LA=Lakefront Prom., LD=Lindsay Drive, Oakville, LP=Lorne Park Estate, NSD=North Service Road/Dixie Road, PD=Patricia Drive, Oakville, RA=Rattray Marsh, TC=Turtle Creek, WP=Wildwood Park.

The initials in brackets refer to the person reporting, as follows: AW=Anne Wootton, BL=Bob Laker, DS=Donna Sheppard, KL=Hans and Trisha Kluge, LH=Lenore Hamilton, MB=Mary Buck, MC=Mark Cranford, MKB=Mike Boyd, RA=Roy Allen

WR=Winter Resident, SR=Summer Resident, f=Female

Common Loon - September 7 RA(KL)
Horned Grebe - September 7X20 RA(KL)
Red-Necked Grebe - August 24 RA(BL), September 3 JD(BL), September 7X5 RA(KL), September 20 LA(BL)
Double-Crested Cormorant - September 7 RA(BL) SR.
Great Blue Heron - August 24 RA(BL), September 4X5 fly-over C/D(KL), September 7 RA(KL), September 28X2 RA(BL) SR.
Great Egret - August 6 RA(MC), August 22 RA(MKB), August 24 RA(BL), August 25X2 RA(RA), August 21 RA(DS), September 7 RA(KL), September 28 RA(BL)
Green Heron - August 24 TC(BL), September 3 TC(BL)
Black-Crowned Night-Heron - August 24 TC(BL), August 30X2 AE(BL), August 31X2, 1 imm. AE(KL), August 21X6, 3 imm. RA(DS), September 7X2, 1 imm. RA(KL), September 24 imm. LA(BL), September 28 AE(KL)
Green-Winged Teal - September 28 RA(BL)
Black Duck - August 24X2 RA(BL)
Gadwall - September 28X4 RA(BL), September 28 KE(KL)
American Wigeon - September 28 pr RA(BL)
Turkey Vulture - August 15-22 WP(DS), September 14X2 WP(DS), September 21 RA(KL), September 29X3 WP(DS)
Osprey - August 11-September 27, imm. WP(DS)
Bald Eagle - September 14 WP(DS)
Northern Harrier - September 21 RA(KL)
Sharp-Shinned Hawk - August 22 WP(DS), August 20 DK(BL), September 5 DK(BL)
Broad-Winged Hawk - September 21 RA(KL)
Killdeer - July 14 CW(BL), September 24X3 LA(BL) SR.
Spotted Sandpiper - August 11 WP(DS), August 31 AE(KL), August 31 LA(KL) SR.
Bonaparte's Gull - August 30X16 AE(BL)
Greater Black-Backed Gull - July 3X2 LA(BL), September 7 RA(KL)
Caspian Tern - September 3 JD(BL), September 7 RA(KL), September 28X2 RA(BL) SR.
Common Tern - August 1X2 LA(BL) SR.
Screech Owl - July 4X2 calling LP(MB)
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird - August 6 LP(MB), August 31 RA(DS), September 1 RA(KL), September 7 PD(AW), September 21 RA(KL), September 27 PD(AW), September 30 LD(DS)
Belted Kingfisher - August 11-22 WP(DS), August 24 TC(BL), August 31 LA(KL), September 7 pr RA(KL), September 21-27 WP(DS), September 28 RA(BL)
Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker - September 21 WP(DS), September 28X3 imm. AE(KL)
Northern Flicker - August 6 PD(AW), August 30 AE(BL), September 1 RA(KL), September 3 JD(BL), September 7 RA(KL), September 11 PD(AW), September 22X4 DK(BL), September 28 AE(KL), September 30X2 LD(DS), SR.
Pileated Woodpecker - August 15X3, 2 imm. WP(DS), September 1 RA(KL), September 14X3, 2 imm. WP(DS), September 26 WP(DS)
Eastern Phoebe - August 30 PD(AW)
Great Crested Grebe - July 5 DK(BL), July 25 DK(BL), August 26 WP(DS), September 1 RA(KL) SR.
Eastern Kingbird - August 1 LA(BL), August 1-7 DK(BL), August 15 WP(DS), September 1 RA(KL) SR.
Red-Breasted Nuthatch - July 5 DK(BL), August 15 PD(AW), August 15 WP(DS), September 25 PD(AW), September 28 AE(KL)
White-Breasted Nuthatch - July 5 DK(BL), September 22 DK(BL), September 28 AE(KL)
Carolina Wren - July 1-September 2X2 DK(BL)
House Wren - August 7 DK(BL), August 15 WP(DS), September 1 RA(KL)
Golden-Crowned Kinglet - September 28 AE(KL)
Ruby-Crowned Kinglet - September 27 PD(AW)
Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher - August 25X4, 2 imm. RA(RA)
Gray Catbird - August 1-September 27 DK(BL), August 30 AE(BL), September 1 RA(KL), September 7 RA(KL) SR.
Northern Mockingbird - July 3 LA(BL), August 1X2 LA(BL), August 27 JD(BL)
Brown Thrasher - August 21 DK(BL)
Cedar Waxwing - July 4X3 CV(BL), September 1 RA(KL)
Warbling Vireo - August 22 WP(DS)
Red-Eyed Vireo - July 14 CW(BL), August 29 DK(BL), September 3 JD(BL), September 21 RA(KL)
Yellow Warbler - September 9 PD(AW) SR.
Chestnut-Sided Warbler - August 31 RA(DS), September 1 RA(KL)
Magnolia Warbler - August 31 RA(DS), September 2 DK(BL), September 15 PD(AW), September 28 AE(KL)
Black-Throated Blue Warbler - September 24-26 WP(DS)
Yellow-Rumped Warbler - September 20X7 LA(BL), September 24 WP(DS)
Black-Throated Green Warbler - September 23-25 DK(BL)
Blackburnian Warbler - September 1 RA(KL)
Palm Warbler - September 24 WP(DS)
Bay-Breasted Warbler - August 31 LA(KL)
Black-and-White Warbler - September 1 RA(KL)
American Redstart - September 1 RA(KL), September 1-2 DK(BL), September 3 JD(BL), September 17-25 DK(BL), September 21 PD(AW)
Northern Waterthrush - August 31 AE(KL)
Common Yellowthroat - August 21 PD(AW), September 7 RA(KL), September 8 LD(DS), September 13 PD(AW) SR.
Wilson's Warbler - August 31 RA(DS), September 1 RA(KL), September 14 LD(DS)
Canada Warbler - August 21 DK(BL), September 1 RA(KL), September 7 RA(KL)
Chipping Sparrow - July 1 DK(BL) SR.
Savannah Sparrow - July 19 NSD(KL) SR.
White-Throated Sparrow - September 17 PD(AW), September 24X20 LP(MB), September 27 NSD(KL)
White-Crowned Sparrow - September 24X5 LP(MB), September 27 NSD(KL)
Dark-Eyed Junco - September 24X8 WP(DS), September 27 NSD(KL)
Red-Winged Blackbird - August 1X5 DK(BL), August 21X4 PD(AW), September 28 RA(BL) SR.
Common Grackle - September 21X12 DK(BL), September 24X175 LD(DS), September 25X100 DK(BL), September 27 DK(BL), SR.
Baltimore Oriole - July 1 DK(BL), August 15 WP(DS), August 25 DK(BL)

MAMMALS
Red Fox - SR DK(BL), August 20 21X3, 2 imm. DK(BL)
Beaver - August 25X2 RA(RA)
Red Squirrel - July 10 DK(BL)
White-Tailed Deer - July 5 DK(BL)

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