Some Hamilton Birds from October

[katrae]

Please forgive me if I do this wrong.  This is my first post here although I have been "lurking" for a bit  

I was going through some of my older photos and came across a few from my trip to Bayfront Park in Hamilton back in October that I realize I never actually officially ID'd and was wondering if I could get some assistance from you kind folks  (hopefully I do this right!)

Best guess for this is a Yellow-rumped warbler:


Possibly a Field Sparrow??


Probably another type of Sparrow (there were several nesting boxes around that these little guys were enjoying)


Some type of shorebird - Sandpiper maybe?


I think this is a Juvenile Red-Winged Blackbird?


And this big fella....


(I apologize if I have posted this incorrectly.)

Thank you!

Kat

[Shortsighted]

I see what appears to be a female (young) House Sparrow.
The sandpiper looks like a juvenile Western Sandpiper (very long bill and long body shape)
I don't know gulls at all.
Hope this helps.

[katrae]

Thanks Shortsighted - that does help

I don't know why half the photo of the sparrow on the nesting box is cut off

And I think you are correct about the Western Sandpiper.

Thanks!!

[thouc]

1. Yellow-rumped Warbler
2-3. Female House Sparrow
4. Dunlin (Western Sandpiper is very rare in Ontario)
5. immature male Red-winged Blackbird
6. juvenile Great Black-backed Gull

/Thomas

[Shortsighted]

Yes, I agree that the shorebird is indeed a non-breeding Dunlin, rather than
the far less likely accidental visitation of a juvenile Western Sandpiper.
Perhaps if I had taken my glasses off and looked at the screen closer
(shortsighted) I would have better appreciated the very long bill length
(longer than I first thought) and also the rounded head.
A juvenile Dunlin would have shown some darker colour on its form than a
non-breeding adult bird. There is no substitute for experience and "thouc"
exercises that facility with alacrity. I tend to plod through the act of
identification.

[Paul O'Toole]

Thanks Shortsighted - that does help

I don't know why half the photo of the sparrow on the nesting box is cut off

And I think you are correct about the Western Sandpiper.

Thanks!!

Its best to post images of around 800 x 600 med size IE: Flickr, some of the larger sizes will show up cut off.

[Dinusaur]

4. Dunlin (Western Sandpiper is very rare in Ontario)
/Thomas

Though this is indeed what appears to be a Dunlin, there was one Western Sandpiper reported last year towards end of Sept and beginning of Oct in Toll Gate Pond, Hamilton. I visited the location on Oct 1st  and took a picture of what I thought was a Western (sitting on the rock in the picture below) at that time, though it hasn't made my life list as I am not completely sure.

[katrae]

Thanks Shortsighted - that does help

I don't know why half the photo of the sparrow on the nesting box is cut off

And I think you are correct about the Western Sandpiper.

Thanks!!

Its best to post images of around 800 x 600 med size IE: Flickr, some of the larger sizes will show up cut off.

Thanks for the tip!  I'll check more carefully next time

[katrae]

1. Yellow-rumped Warbler
2-3. Female House Sparrow
4. Dunlin (Western Sandpiper is very rare in Ontario)
5. immature male Red-winged Blackbird
6. juvenile Great Black-backed Gull

/Thomas

Thanks Thomas!!