No major rarities to report from this past week. A NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD at Amherst Island and a BAIRD'S SANDPIPER at the Amherstview Sewage Lagoons were our best birds. Songbirds continue to press south with widespread observations of migrant PHILADELPHIA VIREO, BLACK-AND-WHITE, TENNESSEE, NASHVILLE, MAGNOLIA, BAY-BREASTED, BLACKBURNIAN, CHESTNUT-SIDED, BLACKPOLL, BLACK-THROATED BLUE, PALM, BLACK-THROATED GREEN, YELLOW (still a few here and there), YELLOW-RUMPED and WILSON'S WARBLERS, AMERICAN REDSTART, NORTHERN PARULA, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT and SCARLET TANAGER.
City of Kingston Lemoine Point Conservation Area hosted NORTHERN HARRIER, COOPER'S HAWK and a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. Amherst Island GADWALL, AMERICAN WIGEON, AMERICAN BLACK DUCK, BLUE-WINGED and GREEN-WINGED TEALS, 1 REDHEAD, 1 GREATER SCAUP, COMMON MERGANSER, 2 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS, 1 AMERICAN BITTERN, NORTHERN HARRIER, SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, BLACK-BELLIED, AMERICAN GOLDEN and SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SEMIPALMATED, PECTORAL and LEAST SANDPIPERS, PEREGRINE FALCON, MERLIN, OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, MARSH WREN, AMERICAN PIPIT, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, CANADA WARBLER, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, PURPLE FINCH were among the many species found on the island. Amherstview Sewage Lagoons WOOD DUCK, AMERICAN BLACK DUCK, BLUE-WINGED and GREEN-WINGED TEALS, NORTHERN SHOVELER, NORTHERN PINTAIL, LESSER SCAUP and HOODED MERGASNER were among the waterfowl at the lagoons. Shorebirds included SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, both YELLOWLEGS, SEMIPALMATED, LEAST, at least 1 BAIRD'S, PECTORAL and STILT SANDPIPERS and SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER. You must be a Kingston Field Naturalists club member to access the lagoons. Opinicon Road WOOD DUCK, RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, a singing EASTERN SCREECH-OWL, BARRED OWL, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, OVENBIRD and PINE WARBLER were all at Queen's University Biological Station. Two LINCOLN'S SPARROWS were at Hebert's Bog. A SANDHILL CRANE flew over Post Office Gate Lane. Other Observations A road-killed GREAT HORNED OWL was found near Battersea and an EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL was heard singing from the same area. Two immature BALD EAGLES were at the Elbow Lake Environmental Education Centre. The Seeley's Bay area had GREEN HERON, SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, PURPLE FINCH and 2 MERLINS. A COMMON RAVEN was on Garden Island. 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/
