No rarities to report from this past week. Shorebirds continued to move through and waterfowl numbers and diversity seemed to be on the increase.
Amherstview Sewage Lagoons Water and shorebirds included WOOD DUCK, AMERICAN BLACK DUCK, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, LESSER SCAUP, 1 early COMMON GOLDENEYE, HOODED MERGANSER, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, both YELLOWLEGS, SEMIPALMATED, LEAST and SOLITARY SANDPIPERS, and up to 125 BONAPARTE'S GULLS. A MERLIN was also present. Charleston Lake Provincial Park BROWN CREEPER, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART, YELLOW WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER were all reported from the park. Opinicon Road A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was at Queen's University Biological Station. A BONAPARTE'S GULLS was on Opinicon Lake. Elginburg A yard in Elginburg had a few warblers pass through early in the past week: NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, PINE, MAGNOLIA, BLACKBURNIAN and CANADA WARBLERS. Also here was 1 SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, 1 COOPER'S HAWK, 8 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS and 1 GREAT HORNED OWL. Other Observations A TRUMPETER SWAN was the Elbow Lake Environmental Education Centre. A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was near Westport. There were 2 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS near Battersea and 2 SANDERLINGS on Amherst Island. BLACKBURNIAN and PINE WARBLERS were reported at Buck Lake. 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/ _______________________________________________ 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/
