Between Project FeederWatch and the winter listers there was an abundance of reports this week. Red-bellied Woodpeckers were seen in four different locations and several local feeders noted Pine Siskins, Red-breasted Nuthatches and Sharp-shinned Hawks. A White-crowned Sparrow continues to visit a Camden East feeder and an Am. Pipit was seen near Bath, a Golden-crowned Kinglet was at the lagoons on Tuesday and a Carolina Wren is just east of the city. Great Blue Herons were seen at Bedford Mills and Elginburg on the 28th and 2nd respectively. Raptor sightings included Bald Eagles at Bedford Mills and Westport, a Peregrine Falcon at Amherstview on Tuesday and a N. Goshawk at Bedford Mills yesterday. A late Turkey Vulture was over Amherst Island last Saturday. Waterfowl concentrations remain quite good as we haven't yey had a hard freeze. In Elevator Bay there are Ring-necked Ducks, Canvasbacks, Redheads, N. Pintails and lots of Am. Coots. The Cataraqui River has N. Shovelers, more Pintails and several Ruddy Ducks. The lagoons featured more Shovelers, Lesser Scaup and Green-winged Teal. In Hay Bay, again more Shovelers and Pintails, 20 Hooded Mergansers, 230 Tundra Swans and 180 Bonaparte's Gulls. There are 4 Wood Ducks in the river in Napanee and 19 Trumpeter Swans were at the Narrow's Lock on the Rideau Canal on Monday. 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 information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
