Seen: July 26th @ approx. 1:47pm to 2:10pm by Owen Weir & Teresa Weir At the Amherstview Sewage Lagoons on North west side off Taylor Kidd Rd. in a tree believed To be a dead Elm. Temp. 20 degrees Celsius with BLUSTERLY N.W. winds Seen with Bausch & Lomb Elite binoculars at a distance of approx. 40-50 feet maximum First realized differences by Large black bill and a black mask - then the notch in tail & NO white Feathers on tip of tail-all black tail with whitish grayish throat and chest to tail-next when flying after several different Poses by bird the straight squaretail-- well displayed during flight. Very Stocky build while sitting. Contacted another birder: Howard Bridger and drove to Amherstview Lagoons and sure enough had Returned to original tree where first spotted. This tree is the elm closest to the locked gate at entrance To N.W. side of ponds. Time approx. 3:45pm we both watched with binoculars for approx. 17-20 minutes @ 40-60 feet Of GRAY KINGBIRD. We verified all of the previous identifications plus-the lighter gray back of bird showed Indicated a visible (however slight) wing bar. When he finally flew to the south east - straight tail with no white On tail. Similar Birds: Eastern Kingbird. We both tried to locate the bird on Sunday @ 11:10am but unsuccessful at which time we notified several other Kingston Field Naturalist club members who also tried to locate the bird - but unsuccessful. People whom I made contact with: Ron Weir, Peter Good, Irwin Batella, Bob Sacks, Chris Grooms
Owen Weir Teresa Weir 101-9 Centre St.S. Napanee, on. K7R 3X3 613-354-1877 Howard Bridger 295 McMahon Ave. Kingston On. K7M 3H5 613-549-1208 "Owen Weir" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm for information on leaving and joining the list. As well as general information and content guidelines.
