You know that warbler migration is on the wane when Yellow-rumped numbers
exceed everthing else put together. There were 16 species of warbler at PEPt on
Tuesday; a single Orange-crowned was the rarest and 100 Yellow-rumped were a
taste of things to come. At the lagoons two days later there were a couple of
Palm and another 30 Yellow-rumped Warblers. A N. Parula lingered near Elginburg
until Tuesday. Others in the "it's getting late for those" category included a
Whip-poor-will calling at Bedford Mills on Monday, a Black-billed Cuckoo at
Odessa and a Ruby-throated Hummingbird near Camden east on Wednesday, and 6
Rough-winged Swallows at the lagoons yesterday. There was a pair of Caspian
Terns at RMC on Monday and another two at the lagoons yesterday.
There were excellent passerine night flights on the 19/20 and 20/21.
Swainson's Thrushes were the most abundant but 100's of Gray-cheeked and Hermit
were heard as well.
Shorebird migration continues to be quite good locally. Last Friday a visit to
Snake and Salmon Islands tallied Black-bellied Plover, Lesser Yellowlegs, Ruddy
Turnstone, as well as Pectoral, Baird's and White-rumped Sandpipers. There was
a Solitary Sandpiper in a small pond near Camden East on Wednesday and among
six species of shorebird on Amherst yesterday were 19 Black-bellied Plovers and
a White-rumped Sandpiper. At the lagoons yesterday; Least and Pectoral as well
as 2 Stilt Sandpipers.
Other noteworthy sightings were Dark-eyed Junco at Elginburg on Monday, 2
Ruby-crowned and 4 Golden-crowned Kinglets at Bedford Mills on Tuesday, a
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker at Camden East on Wednesday, and a Peregrine Falcon
and 100's of Am. Pipits on Amherst yesterday.
Cheers,
Peter Good
Kingston Field Naturalists
613 378-6605
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