The best birds of the week were two NELSON'S SPARROWS on Amherst Island. Details below. Warbler and shorebird migration has begun to subside. Widespread migrants during this past week included WOOD DUCK, YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, NORTHERN FLICKER, some lingering EASTERN PHOEBES, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, SWAINSON'S and GREY-CHEEKED THRUSHES, both KINGLET species, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, DARK-EYED JUNCO, SONG, SWAMP, WHITE-CROWNED and WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS.
City of Kingston One RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD as well as RED-EYED VIREO, HOUSE WREN, NASHVILLE, MAGNOLIA, BLACKBURNIAN and WILSON'S WARBLER and 1 SCARLET TANAGER were all seen in the city's east end. Waterbirds at the Invista Plant included GADWALL, AMERICAN WIGEON, AMERICAN BLACK DUCK, REDHEAD, RING-NECKED DUCK, LESSER SCAUP, HOODED MERGANSER, AMERICAN COOT and CASPIAN TERN. Amherst Island 4 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS, NORTHERN HARRIER, BALD EAGLE, SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, SANDERLING, BONAPARTE'S GULL, RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, 1 EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, 2 RED-EYED VIREOS, HOUSE and MARSH WRENS, HERMIT THRUSH, AMERICAN PIPIT, ORANGE-CROWNED, MAGNOLIA, BLACKPOLL, BLACK-THROATED BLUE and PALM WARBLERS, PURPLE FINCH and PINE SISKIN were all observed. The 2 NELSON'S SPARROWS were near the ponds on the Kingston Field Naturalitst's (KFN) property on the island's east end. You must be a KFN member or be accompanied by a member to access this property. Charleston Lake Provincial Park RING-NECKED DUCK, SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, BARRED OWL, RED-EYED VIREO, WINTER WREN, OVENBIRD, TENNESSEE, MAGNOLIA and BLACKBURNIAN WARBLERS, NORTHERN PARULA and AMERICAN REDSTART were present. Elginburg A RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER had begun patronizing a bird feeder. Also of note in the area were WILSON'S WARBLER, PHILADELPHIA VIREO and LINCOLN'S SPARROW. Opinicon Road BARRED OWLS could be heard nightly. RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH could be reliably found at Queen's University Biological Station (QUBS). Other species at QUBS included BALD EAGLE, NORTHERN PARULA, ORANGE-CROWNED, TENNESSEE, NASHVILLE, BLACKBURNIAN, CHESTNUT-SIDED, BLACK-THROATED BLUE and PINE WARBLERS. There were 3 NORTHERN CARDINALS and 1 INDIGO BUNTING near Camelot Marsh on Opinicon Road. Waterbird numbers on Lake Opinicon and at Chaffey's Lock were still low aside from COMMON LOONS, CANADA GEESE, MALLARDS and HOODED MERGANSERS. Russell Road Birds of note included 2 RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, FOX and LINCOLN'S SPARROWS and 8 PURPLE FINCHES. Other Observations There was a MERLIN in Amherstview and a COMMON TERN at Heritage Park off Bath Road. CLAY-COLOURED SPARROW, COOPER'S HAWK and PURPLE FINCH were all reported from Prince Edward Point. A MUTE SWAN was reported in an unusual location near Bedford Mills. An EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL and 2 BARRED OWLS were also near that location. Two GADWALL, 4 AMERICAN WIGEONS, 1 COMMON MERGANSER, PIED-BILLED GREBE, EASTERN BLUEBIRD, BLACKPOLL and PALM WARBLERS and PURPLE FINCH were all reported from the Crosby area. A RED-NECKED GREBE and a flock of 28 COMMON LOONS were on Big Rideau Lake. One VIRGINIA RAIL, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT and MAGNOLIA WARBLER were reported near Odessa. 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/
