The most notable bird this week was a RED-NECKED PHALAROPE at the Amherstview Sewage Lagoons. Songbirds and shorebirds continued to move through. Warbler numbers were building with a good diversity of species reported from several locations around the region.
Amherst Island GADWALL, AMERICAN BLACK DUCK, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, HOODED MERGANSER, BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, SANDERLING, SEMIPALMATED, LEAST and PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, MERLIN, PEREGRINE FALCON as well as an assortment of warblers were all on the island this past week. Amherstview Sewage Lagoons Birds reported from the lagoons included WOOD DUCK, AMERICAN BLACK DUCK, GADWALL, NORTHERN PINTAIL, BLUE-WINGED and GREEN-WINGED TEALS, NORTHERN SHOVELER, 1 female COMMON GOLDENEYE, HOODED MERGANSER, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, both YELLOWLEGS, SOLITARY, SEMIPALMATED, PECTORAL, STILT, and LEAST SANDPIPERS, WILSON'S PHALAROPE, WILSON'S SNIPE, BONAPARTE'S GULL and MERLIN. A RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was in the northwest cell. Also of note was a female LESSER SCAUP with a brood of 8 young; possibly the first breeding record for the Kingston Region. Please note that you have to be a Kingston Field Naturalist club member to access the lagoons. Opinicon Road One TRUMPETER SWAN remained at Opinicon Lake. SHARP-SHINNED, COOPER'S, BROAD-WINGED and RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS, BARRED OWL, RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, five species of VIREOS including YELLOW-THROATED, many CEDAR WAXWINGS, BLACK-AND-WHITE, GOLDEN-WINGED, TENNESSEE, YELLOW-RUMPED, PINE, CERULEAN, BLACKBURNIAN, MAGNOLIA, BAY-BREASTED, CAPE MAY, WILSON'S, BLACKPOLL, CHESTNUT-SIDED, BLACK-THROATED BLUE, BLACK-THROATED GREEN and CANADA WARBLERS, AMERICAN REDSTART, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, OVENBIRD, WOOD THRUSH and a few PURPLE FINCHES were all reported. Prince Edward Point Among the more interesting birds at Prince Edward Point were BONAPARTE'S GULL, OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, CAPE MAY WARBLER, PALM WARBLER, BLACKPOLL WARBLER, CLAY-COLOURED SPARROW, ORCHARD ORIOLE and PURPLE FINCH. Other Observations A BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO and a MERLIN were near Battersea. There was a GREAT EGRET near Camel Lake in Frontenac Provincial Park. A COMMON NIGHTHAWK was flying over Churchill Park in Kingston. Two REDHEADS were near Amherstview. 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/
