Here are the Kingston Area birds for the past week. Nothing very rare to report.
Amherst Island Highlights included 2 AMERICAN WIGEONS, 14 COMMON MERGANSERS, 4 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS, AMERICAN BITTERN, NORTHERN HARRIER, SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, WILSON'S PHALAROPE, WILSON'S SNIPE, 7 SHORT-EARED OWLS and 45 BOBOLINKS. Amherstview Sewage Lagoons A SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER was at the lagoons last Sunday. Charleston Lake Provincial Park RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, BARRED OWL, RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, 3 BLUE-HEADED VIREOS, 1 CERULEAN WARBLER, PURPLE FINCH and 2 PINE SISKINS were among the birds present this past week. Opinicon Road Highlights from along Opinicon Road were 2 TRUMPETER SWANS, 1 AMERICAN BITTERN, RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, BROAD-WINGED HAWK, both CUCKOOS, BARRED OWL, GREAT HORNED OWL, EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL, RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW, VEERY, BLUE-GREY GNATCATCHER, WINTER WREN, CERULEAN WARBLER, GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER, 1 MAGNOLIA WARBLER and INDIGO BUNTING. Wolfe Island A GREEN HERON was at George Merry Conservation Area. Other sightings There was a GREAT EGRET near Parrott's Bay Conservation Area and another at Landsdowne. A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was at Collin's Creek. COMMON TERNS were on nests on Halliday Shoal between Wolfe and Howe Islands. A PURPLE FINCH and 4 EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILLS were near Battersea. A MERLIN was seen along Highway 2. Thank you to those who contributed observations this week. All bird sightings reported to me are included in the Kingston Field Naturalists’s long term records database which has over 60 years of observations on file and is an invaluable conservation resource. Mark -- Mark Andrew Conboy Operations & Research Assistant and Outreach Coordinator Queen’s University Biological Station 280 Queen's University Road Elgin, Ontario, Canada K0G 1E0 phone: 613-359-5629 fax: 613-359-6558 email: [email protected] or [email protected] QUBS website: http://www.queensu.ca/qubs/index.html QUBS blog: http://opinicon.wordpress.com/ QUBS flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/qubsoutreach/ _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
