No rarities to report from this past week. Large flocks of black birds, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS and both KINGLETS continued to move through during the past week. The first notable numbers of DARK-EYED JUNCOS arrived. More and more waterfowl were on the move.
City of Kingston An EASTERN PHOEBE and a BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER were at Lemoine Point Conservation Area. The Invista Lagoons at Cataraqui Bay had a similar assortment of birds to the Amherstview Sewage Lagoons (see below), but also had AMERICAN COOT, 1 SEMIPALAMATED SANDPIPER and 2 CASPIAN TERNS. There was a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, 1 VIRGINIA RAIL, 1 CASPIAN TERN, 3 COMMON RAVENS and 1 GRAY CATBIRD at the Marshlands Conservation Area. There was also an assortment of WARBLERS there including COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, NASHVILLE, PALM and BLACK-THROATED BLUE. Belle Isle Park had lots of common waterfowl along with 3 RUDDY DUCKS and two WARBLERS: 1 NASHVILLE and 1 MAGNOLIA. Amherst Island Resident RING-NECKED PHEASANT and RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER were seen, as was a good sample of migrating species, including YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, WHITE-THROATED, WHITE-CROWNED, SAVANNAH and LINCOLN’S SPARROWS, EASTERN TOWHEE, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, AMERICAN PIPIT, PALM WARBLER, HERMIT THRUSH, BROWN THRASHER, WINTER WREN, and GRAY CATBIRD. On the Martin Edwards Reserve (formerly the KFN Property) there was GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 1 DUNLIN, SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, GREAT EGRET, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, GADWALL, AMERICAN BLACK DUCK and AMERICAN WIGEON. A search of the wetlands on the reserve yielded 1 NELSON’S SPARROW as well as SWAMP SPARROW, a COMMON YELLOWTHROAT and several MARSH WRENS. Offshore were both SCAUP species and REDHEAD as well as COMMON MERGANSER, HORNED GREBE, and BONAPARTE’S GULL. Raptor numbers remained low this past week with only RED-TAILED HAWK, NORTHERN HARRIER and a single ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK being reported. Please note that you must be a member of the Kingston Field Naturalists (KFN) or be accompanied by a member to access the Martin Edwards Reserve. Amherstview Sewage Lagoons Waterbirds at the lagoons included GADWALL, AMERICAN WIGEON, BLUE-WINGED and GREEN-WINGED TEAL, NORTHERN SHOVELER, NORTHERN PINTAIL, REDHEAD, RING-NECKED DUCK, LESSER SCAUP, BUFFLEHEAD and BONAPARTE’S GULL. Please note that you must be a member of the KFN or otherwise obtain permission from the municipality to access the lagoons. Opinicon Road Waterfowl numbers are building around Chaffey’s Lock and the Queen’s University Biological Station (QUBS) with WOOD DUCK, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, RING-NECKED DUCK, and HOODED MERGANSER among the species reported. There was a MERLIN and BARRED and GREAT HORNED OWLS could be heard nightly at QUBS. Wolfe Island There were 8 TUNDRA SWANS at Reeds Bay as well as lots of AMERICAN PIPITS and 2 AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS elsewhere on the island. Other Observations An EASTERN MEADOWLARK was at the Gananoque Golf Course. A RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER was at Elginburg. Thanks to all those who submitted observations this past week. For more information on birding in the Kingston Region please visit http://kingstonfieldnaturalists.org/birding/birdinginfo.html 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: 613-533-6617 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 including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup
