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 Dec.. 19, '03 KFN Phone Line script, with added detail
for locations:
RARE BIRD
A RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD has been at feeders at #24 King Pitt Rd. From Nov. 21
to Dec. 19 and counting? See Kingston East, below for detailed directions.
AMHERST I. [page 36, quads E54 & 55]
Mark Conboy, on Dec. 18, reported: "Philina English, Andrew Cirtwill, Martha
Dowsly and I visited Amherst Island this afternoon. Here are sightings that
may be of interest for your regional report: 13 RED-TAILED HAWK, 3 N.
HARRIER, 20 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, 1 AM. KESTREL, 1 SNOWY OWL (on KFN Property),
20 LONG-EARED OWL (in Owl Woods jack pines), 1 N. SAW-WHET OWL (in a white
spruce in Owl Woods), 3 GR. BLACK-BACKED GULL, 2 RING-NECKED DUCK (at
Millhaven ferry dock), 15 TUNDRA SWAN (off the Front Rd.), 2 GREEN-WINGED
TEAL (near the swans).
KINGSTON EAST
The juv. male RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD at 24 King Pitt Rd. about 3 km. East of CFB
Kingston. was seen this morning Dec. 19 by Sylvia Naylor: "I went to look
for the bird at 8.45 and saw it at 9:00 a.m. It took a very quick feed, then
to the cedar tree for about 2 min. then back for a very quick feed then back
to the cedar tree for another couple of min. then to the feeder for about 5
seconds. After that it sat in the cedar tree where I watched it for 15 min.
before I moved a little at which point it flew higher in the cedar and then
off to another tree."
CONDITIONS: The owners are birder-friendly. They request that visiting
birders not block any streets or driveways nearby Please visit in small
groups, 5 or 6 persons at a time are welcome to watch the hummingbird feeder
on the south side of the house from a distance of 20 ft.
WOLFE ISLAND [page 36, quad E57]
On Dec. 19 Eleanor Sachs and I went to Wolfe I. to check out owls reported
around a house and Barn on Base Line Rd. About 2 km. West of Hwy #95. We
found 7 SHORT-EARED OWLS mostly in a grove of evergreens on the west side of
the house and a flock of 25 C. REDPOLL. We found 17 WILD TURKEY on a field
south of Stevenson La., about 10 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, 8 RED-TAILED HAWK & 2
AM. KESTREL, a flock of 200 SNOW BUNTING flew over us on the 8th Line Rd. 51
TUNDRA SWANS were scattered around Barrett's Bay and the Road Atlas [Pge 36,
Quad't E56, 57 & 58]
Wolfe I. is across the St.. Lawrence River from Kingston and it is reached
by a free car ferry which leaves from the Kingston terminal on Ontario St..
at the bottom of Barrack St.. and lands at Marysville on Wolfe I..
Kingston C. B. C. Sunday, Dec. 14, '03
Selected Highlights of the Kingston C. B. C.
The Species Count is 100 to date. A few additional reports from feeders etc.
may still trickle in.
Weather provided a handicap for the 45 observers who were in the field. The
clear cloudy conditions of the morning with the brisk cold NE winds gave way
to snow by late morning. Visibility fell to near zero.
New high numbers for the following species were: 754 REDHEAD, 558
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, 68 WILD TURKEY, 1032 BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE, 134
DARK-EYED JUNCO, 86 N. CARDINAL. Other high tallies, although not record
breaking, were the 24,046 CANADA GEESE, 14,601 MALLARD.
The one Snowy Owl found makes this the 52nd consecutive year the species has
been found on the Kingston Christmas Count.
Other finds were the 13 BALD EAGLE, 67 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, 8 RED-BREASTED
NUTHATCH, 80 WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH, 21 AM. ROBIN, 359 SNOW BUNTING, 73
REDPOLL, and 20 PINE SISKIN. The rarest was the male RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD.
Other unusual species are these singles: HARLEQUIN DUCK, PEREGRINE FALCON,
PURPLE SANDPIPER, DUNLIN, LITTLE GULL and C. YELLOWTHROAT.
CARTWRIGHT POINT [P36, D56], {page 48 & 49, quad N20 & M21}
At Cartwright Point on Dec. 15, Don McCallum reported that the E. SCREECH
OWL was sunning in the nesting box across the road from #3 Woodpecker Lane
and I heard the CAROLINA WREN calling. On Dec. 16, a COOPER'S HAWK flew over
our feeders @ 14 The Point Rd. And we saw a GREAT BLUE HERON flew over the
Vimy Gates.
Compiled by
Robert Sachs, Kingston Ontario
"Bob Sachs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm for information on leaving
and joining the list. As well as general information and content
guidelines.
