No rarities were reported this past week. Wood-warblers and other songbirds are starting to move through the region in low but increasing numbers and with ever greater diversity of species. Some shorebirds and waterfowl were also on the move.
City of Kingston SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS and SANDPIPERS were at Lemoine Point Conservation Area. Amherstview Sewage Lagoons WOOD DUCK, BLUE-WINGED and GREEN-WINGED TEALS, NORTHERN SHOVELER, LESSER SCAUP, HOODED MERGANSER, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, both YELLOWLEGS, LEAST SANDPIPER, WILSON'S SNIPE, BONAPARTE'S GULL and MERLIN were all present. You must be a Kingston Field Naturalist club member to access the lagoons. Amherst Island Birds of note included GADWALL, AMERICAN WIGEON, both TEALS, BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SEMIPALMATED, LEAST and PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, SANDERLING, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, BONAPARTE'S GULL, BLACK-AND-WHITE, NASHVILLE, CAPE MAY, MAGNOLIA, BLACKBURNIAN, YELLOW, CHESTNUT-SIDED, YELLOW-RUMPED, BLACK-THROATED GREEN, CANADA and WILSON'S WARBLERS, as well as AMERICAN REDSTART. Gananoque Area Notable birds in this area were MUTE SWAN, WOOD DUCK, GREEN HERON, SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, COMMON GALLINULE, BONAPARTE'S GULL, YELLOW and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS and BOBOLINK. Also of interest for those who like to check off feral species were 2 HELMETED GUINEAFOWLS reported to be "running wild" on Keyes Road. Opinicon Road RED-SHOULDERED, BROAD-WINGED and SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, BARRED OWL, YELLOW-THROATED and BLUE-HEADED VIREOS, CEDAR WAXWING, BLACK-AND-WHITE, GOLDEN-WINGED, YELLOW-RUMPED, BAY-BREASTED, MAGNOLIA, CHESTNUT-SIDED, BLACK-THROATED BLUE, BLACK-THROATED GREEN, CANADA and TENNESSEE WARBLERS, AMERICAN REDSTART, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT and several PURPLE FINCHES were all at Queen's University Biological Station this morning. Prince Edward Point One YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, 1 SWAINSON'S THRUSH, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, BLACK-AND-WHITE, TENNESSEE, MAGNOLIA and BLACK-THROATED BLUE, BAY-BREASTED, YELLOW and CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLERS, AMERICAN REDSTART and PURPLE FINCH were all at Prince Edward Point Other Observations An EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL was singing at Lynch Lake in Frontenac Provincial Park. A dozen COMMON NIGHTHAWKS and 2 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS were near Battersea. A GREAT HORNED OWL and a CANADA WARBLER were near Odessa. GOLDEN-WINGED, MAGNOLIA and BLACKBURNIAN WARBLERS were all reported moving through an Elginburg yard. 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/
