Almost all the early migrants have returned. There was a Pied-billed Grebe at
Little Cat on the 19th and a Double-crested Cormorant in the Cataraqui River on
the 21st. N. Shovelers were at the Kaiser X-Rd in Prince Edward County last
Friday and there was another at the sewage lagoons on Wednesday. Four Wood
Ducks were at QUBS on the 20th and another at Elginburg on the 25th. The large
number of Common Goldeneye off the south shore of Amherst Island had been
largely replaced by Bufflehead on Wednesday. Eight White-winged Scoters were
off PEPt a week ago, there were 5 Ring-necked Ducks near Inverary on Tuesday
and 4 Canvasbacks were off Wolfe Island on Wednesday.
There was a large influx of Killdeer last Friday with 15 being reported from
Kingston to PEPt. Great Blue Herons were at Elginburg on Monday and in the city
on Tuesday. Turkey Vultures have been widespread; singletons from Bedford
Mills, Jones Falls, Joyceville and Newburgh this week and 5 on the K&P Trail on
Wednesday.
There has been a significant increase in the number of N. Harriers on Amherst;
18 were tallied on Wednesday along with an equal number of Short-eared Owls.
There were still at least 2 Rough-legged Hawks on Amherst but no Snowy Owls
were reported this week. A N. Goshawk was seen at Jones Falls last Friday and a
Red-shouldered Hawk at Charleston Lake on Saturday.
Eastern Bluebirds have come back (we had none overwinter this year); at PEPt
and Sydenham on the 19th, another at Battersea on the 20th and a pair on the
Sydenham Road on the 24th. Eastern Meadowlarks were at Adolphustown on the
19th, Elginburg on the 22nd and on Amherst on the 24th. The first Tree Swallow
was seen on the 19th and there was a flock of 10 north of Millhaven on
Wednesday. An Eastern Phoebe was at Bedford Mills yesterday. The second
Carolina Wren of the season has started to sing in downtown Kingston.
Two Brown Creepers were at Battersea on Saturday and were replaced by a pair of
Purple Finches on Sunday. Two Pine Siskins made a short stopover at a Camden
East feeder on Tuesday.
The last(?) N. Shrike was at PEPt on Friday and the first returning Loggerhead
Shrike was northeast of Newburgh yesterday.
Cheers,
Peter Good
Kingston Field Naturalists
613 378-6605
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