Report to OntBirds, from the week's sightings for the Kingston Region, as
reported the compiler.
Page numbers and location Quadrants noted in square brackets [...], are for
named sites. They refer to the MapArt Publishing "Ontario Road Atlas, 2003
Edition".
Page numbers and Quadrants in Open Brace brackets {.....} are for locations
requiring more detail. They refer to MapArt Deluxe Street Atlas of Eastern &
Northern Ontario, 1st Edition.
This is a copy of the Oct. 18, '03 KFN Phone Line script, with added detail
for locations:
AMHERST I. [page 36, quad E54 & E55]
Several KFN members went to the KFN property on Oct. 11. They saw 50 COM.
LOON on the calm water from the ferry & a large flock of 400 BRANT. At the
ponds were 2 HUDSONIAN GODWIT, 1 AM. AVOCET, 20 LAPLAND LONGSPUR and lots of
AM. PIPITS.
Bruce DiLabio reported: "On October 12th I birded the east end of Amherst
Island (KFN
property) and had an excellent assortment of shorebirds. A total of 13
species were observed including the AM. AVOCET ( present since October 3rd)
2 HUDSONIAN GODWIT, 1 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, 1 BAIRD'S SANDPIPER & 2
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER. In the field beside the ponds there were 125 AM.
PIPITS, 32 LAPLAND LONGSPURS, 22 HORNED LARKS and numerous SAVANNAH
SPARROWS. One BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON flushed up from the reeds near the
gravel point. The "Owl Woods" had one LONG-EARED OWL roosting, but no
SAW-WHET OWLS were located"
Bruce Ripley reported, Oct. 15: "Birded Amherst today to see what the wind
might blow in. Had 1 HUDSONIAN GODWIT feeding along side the AMERICAN
AVOCET, 12 DUNLIN, 5 PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 12 SANDERLING, 3 BLACK-BELLIED
PLOVER, 5 SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, 1 KILLDEER and lots of HORNED LARK, LAPLAND
LONGSPUR and AMERICAN PIPITS. No owls in the woods and just a few
passerines."
DIRECTIONS: The ferry to Amherst I. leaves from a dock at the western side
of Millhaven. It is reached from the 401 by taking exit 593 south to
Millhaven. Jog right about 100 m. On Hwy 33 to the dock. The ferry fare is
$5.00 Cdn return. The earliest ferry leaves @ 6:20 a.m. The next is 7:30
a.m. and thereafter hourly. The KFN property is to the east of Lower Road. A
stile over the fence at the south end of Lower Rd. allows access to the path
along the east lake shore and to the berms containing the ponds. The gravel
bar is farther north.
PRINCE EDWARD POINT [page 35, quads G52 & G53]
On Oct. 13, some KFN members and others birded the Point on the way to the
Point Harbour. Some of the birds seen en route there and back, were GREAT
HORNED OWL, SAW-WHET OWL, SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS,
BLUE-HEADED VIREO, BROWN CREEPER, NASHVILLE, PALM & YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS
and SPARROWS: WHITE-THROATED, WHITE-CROWNED, CHIPPING and JUNCOS
MAIN DUCK ISLAND
>From Pr. Edw. Pt. Harbour to Main Duck I. Harbour is 20 km. due east. A 90
min. Ride each way. Hundreds of gulls followed our wake as we threw out
bread, cereal etc.. No JAEGERS appeared. We were on George and Susan Yankoo'
s steel hulled divers' vessel. Sightings en route included WHITE-WINGED &
SURF SCOTERS, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER.
On Main Duck Island, Terry Sprague briefed us on Island history and led us
on 4 km. of trails through fields and wooded areas to the beach where the
Queen and Prince Philip had picnicked a few years ago and to the Foster
Dulles house and the nearby Lighthouse. On the trail to the lighthouse was
the body of a recently deceased juv. PEREGRINE FALCON. Sightings included
several C. LOON, a HORNED GREBE, several BLACK DUCKS, 5 SEMIPALMATED PLOVER
and 1 BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, 2 E. PHOEBE, several BLUE-HEADED VIREO,
WHITE-BREASTED and RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES, BROWN CREEPERS, a WINTER WREN
and both KINGLET species, several HERMIT THRUSHES, E. TOWHEES and SPARROWS:
CHIPPING, FIELD, SONG, SAVANNAH, LINCOLN'S, WHITE THROATED, WHITE-CROWNED
and DARK-EYED JUNCO. MEADOWLARKS, PURPLE FINCH, HOUSE FINCH and GOLD
FINCHES. The wind freshened on the way back to Pr. Edw. Pt. & we had no
gulls in our wake.
OTHER SIGHTINGS
At Cartwright Point we saw a RUFFED GROUSE Oct. 12. Today, Oct. 18 we saw 2
HERMIT THRUSHES and several YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, 1 NASHVILLE WARBLER & a
BLUE-HEADED VIREO. A CAROLINA WREN was seen singing this afternoon near 14
The Point Rd. Directions: MapArt Ont. Rd. Atlas [P36, D56] & E. Ont. Street
Atlas {page 48 & 49, quad N20 & M21}.
Compiled by Bob Sachs, Kingston, Ont.
"Bob Sachs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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