This week it seems that the migration has come to an end. It has been a long time since those first Horned Larks showed up in February. The last of the shorebirds were 10 Dunlin, 6 Least and 2 Semipalmated Sandpipers on Amherst last Sunday and 5 Dunlin and 6 Semipalmated on Tuesday. The last sighting of a Marbled Godwit was last Friday. Also on Amherst last Tuesday were 3 Brant and 3 male Greater Scaup.
Some of the less common local breeders reported this week included a pair of Blue-winged Teal on Amherst Island (these ducks seem to be much harder to find than in years past), Yellow-throated Vireo and Golden-winged Warbler on a breeding bird survey near Bellrock, a Black-crowned Night-Heron at Millhaven, 3 Common Nighthawks south of Newburgh, as well as 2 Orchard Orioles, 3 Willow and 1 Alder Flycatcher on Amherst. I will give this report a summer holiday and return in August when the whole process repeats in the opposite direction. Have a great summer. Cheers, Peter Good Kingston Field Naturalists 613 378-6605 _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdssetup.php ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdsguide.php
