The Eurasian Wigeon remains at Elevator Bay but the hybrid American/Eurasian has not been seen since first reported last Monday. A single Brant is lingering on the east end of Amherst Island and among the many other waterfowl at that location were 15 Redheads and 10 Black Scoters on Sunday. There were 2 Mute Swans in Elevator Bay on Monday and a single Ruddy Duck. Ruddy Ducks were also reported from Hay Bay and Amherst Island.
Hawk sightings included 3 Rough-legged on Wolfe Island on Sunday and another near Odessa yesterday. Two N. Goshawks were reported; one on Wolfe last Sunday and another on Amherst on Monday. There was also a Red-shouldered Hawk on Amherst that same day. Owl numbers are not yet spectacular (only Saw-whet and Long-eared mentioned) and we have not had a Snowy to date. Their average arrival is Nov. 5th but they have been here as early as Oct. 11th. Shorebird numbers continue to drop, as expected, but five species; Black-bellied Plover, Semipalmated Plover, Greater Yellowlegs, Dunlin, and Am. Woodcock were reported. Winter finches continue to move through. Pine Siskin numbers vary from day to day at local feeders and the feeder at Camden East had 2 more Evening Grosbeaks last Saturday but none all week. Common Redpolls are trickling southwards; 4 on Amherst on Monday and another 2 yesterday. A singleton visited a feeder out Montreal Street on Monday. A Pine Grosbeak on Amherst yesterday was a welcome sight as there were none around at all last winter. Sixty Snow Buntings on Amherst last Monday was a taste of things to come but a late Blackpoll Warbler in the same location yesterday must have been a bit of a surprise. Cheers, Peter Good Kingston Field Naturalists 613 378-6605 _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdshow.htm ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm
