June 1, 2006
Things were very quiet at Rattray's Marsh today, but I was surprised to
find a flock of 30 Red-necked Grebes feeding offshore close to where their is
an opening in the sandspit on the lake side of the marsh. They were making
their courtship "braying" sounds and seemed to be having great success in
fishing as well. It might be interesting to see if any will attempt to nest in
the marsh. Was at Carden yesterday with mixed results. No shrikes seen but
found a Rufous-sided Towhee nest with eggs and had excellent views of Sedge
wrens, heard several Golden-winged warblers, and got excellen photos of a snipe
on a fencepost, all along Wylie Rd.
Rattray's Marsh is easily accessible from the end of Bexhill Rd. which
is just south off Lakeshore Blvd. between Mississauga Rd. and Southdown Rd.
Peter Wukasch
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It has been a rather interesting week in the Kingston area as the migration
season winds down. All the oohing and aahing over the warblers has been
replaced by a concerted effort to sort out all the shorebirds as they all
seem to land in one place and in mixed flocks with a variety of plumages.
But first some history; I have received the summary of the KFN round-up (May
20/21) and it was quite a list despite the weather: 13 species of shorebird,
9 flycatchers, 5 vireos, 5 wrens, and 28 warblers. Highlights included an
Eared Grebe, a Peregrine Falcon on the Canoe Lake Rd.(an unusual place for a
Peregrine), a Little Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, and an Olive-sided
Flycatcher in the Owl Woods on Amherst Island.
The OFO trip on May 27th (previously reported) found an impressive 20
Cerulean and 12 Golden-winged Warblers as well as 2 Short-billed Dowitchers,
a White-rumped Sandpiper, and a Whimbrel.
A Great Egret was found on Amherst on Wednesday, along with 3 Common Terns.
Shorebirds included 18 Black-bellied Plover, 24 Ruddy Turnstone, and 60
Semipalmated Sandpipers. In hopes that the egret was still around, a few
birders braved the rain and thundershowers to walk to the gravel bar
yesterday. The egret was there, but the shorebird numbers had changed
considerably: 1 Black-bellied Plover, 15 Semipalmated Plover, 30 Ruddy
Turnstone, 12 Sanderling, 2 White-rumped Sandpipers, 200 Semipalmated
Sandpipers and 35 Red Knots.
The last sighting to report: a Snowy Owl on a pole on Wolfe Island on May
30th.
Cheers,
Peter Good
Kingston Field Naturalists
613 378-6605
