Warblers and vireos continue to move through in good numbers both on the
islands and north of the city. As well as the warblers there was a good variety
of flycatchers on Amherst Island last Sunday. That same day 2 Yellow Warblers
and 1500 Tree Swallows on Wolfe Island were noteworthy. Palm warblers were the
most abundant on Amherst this morning.
There has been a significant increase in raptor movement this week. There were
5 species on Wolfe last Sunday including 3 Merlins and 2 young Bald Eagles. At
the Queen's Biology Station near Chaffey's Lock on Thursday 6 species; among
them several Red-shouldered, 2 Broad-winged and a N. Goshawk. Today the brisk
NE winds pushed several N. Harriers, Red-tails and Am. Kestrels to the west end
of Amherst Island. A few accipiters were seen soaring at considerable altitude.
There was a Solitary and a Spotted Sandpiper at QUBS on Tuesday but all other
shorebird sightings were from Amherst. Last Friday, 6 species including 2 Stilt
and a Baird's Sandpiper; on Sunday a Red Knot and a Sanderling; and today lots
of Semipalmated Plover, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, a few Least and
Semipalmated Sandpipers, at least 3 Baird's, 2 Pectoral and a Stilt Sandpiper.
A White-throated Sparrow was at Camden East on Tuesday and another was on
Amherst this morning. A single Lincoln's Sparrow was the highlight of a walk
through the Owl Woods and dozens of Am. Pipits flitted along the shore of the
KFN property.
Cheers,
Peter Good
Kingston Field Naturalists
613 378-6605
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