This morning at 8:45 a juvenile goshawk flew across Fairview Street towards the CNR train tracks. The location is between Brant Street and Guelph Line, Burlington just east of Holland Park. Interestingly, another(?) juvenile spent last winter in the Roseland area of Burlington, approximately 2 miles due south of this location. _________________________________________________________________ Be one of the first to try Windows Live Mail. http://ideas.live.com/programpage.aspx?versionId=5d21c51a-b161-4314-9b0e-4911fb2b2e6dFrom [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Dec 15 10:58:47 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from tomts25-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts25.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.188]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22180638EF for <ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org>; Fri, 15 Dec 2006 10:58:40 -0500 (EST) Received: from queens5kg564bn ([216.208.85.179]) by tomts25-srv.bellnexxia.netSMTP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org>; Fri, 15 Dec 2006 10:58:35 -0500 From: "Peter and Jane Good" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org> Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 10:58:00 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 Subject: [Ontbirds]Kingston area birds to Dec. 15, 2006 X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:58:47 -0000
The mild weather is encouraging large numbers of waterfowl to linger. Tundra Swans, Greater Scaup and Redheads are abundant. A few Cormorants and Coots as well as singletons of Snow Goose, Canvasback, and Pied-billed Grebe were present at Dupont on Tuesday. Amherst Island had a Common Loon, 4 N. Pintails and a Brant that same day. Three Harlequin Ducks were reported from the west end of Wolfe Island at the beginning of the week. Two Great Blue Herons were seen yesterday: one on Amherst, the other at Brewer's Mills. A flock of 8 Sandhill Cranes stayed briefly in a cornfield near Hay Bay on Wednesday but were nowhere to be found the next morning. Red-tail and Rough-legged Hawks as well as N. Harriers and Am. Kestrels continue to be reported from Amherst albeit in smaller numbers. Accipiters put on a bit of a show this week with a Sharp-shinned cruising the feeder circuit in the city and three Cooper's Hawks; one each near Camden East, Hay Bay, and north of Bath. An adult Bald Eagle was seen on Wolfe Wednesday. Owl numbers on Amherst seem to have stabilized with one reliable Snowy on the KFN property, a couple of dozen Long-eared in the Owl Woods and several Short-eared south of Stella. The only N. Shrike this week was also on Amherst. Other sightings of note include a Swamp and a White-throated Sparrow along with several Golden-crowned Kinglets near Hay Bay. A flock of Red-winged Blackbirds continues to patronize a feeder near Elginburg. There were two Carolina Wrens found in Cartwright Pt. this week along with the previously reported Red-bellied Woodpecker. Two more Red-bellied were seen; one at Conway, the other near Hay Bay. Maybe some movement of northern birds is about to start. Two Red-breasted Nuthatches were reported this week; one at Parrott Bay and a second near Delta. Also near Delta, but outside the Kingston 50km circle, was a flock of Pine Grosbeaks. Cheers, Peter Good Kingston Field Naturalists 613 378-6605
