The trek into the Owl Woods on Amherst will have become a lot more difficult
this week and if we don't get a thaw I suspect that the bird situation locally
will be somewhat static for the next few weeks. There were four species of owl
on Amherst last weekend, 2 Barred at Lemoine Point and another near Verona.
Four Bald Eagles at the Dupont lagoon was the largest group reported.
Noteworthy waterfowl were 15 Tundra Swans on Amherst, 6 Trumpeter Swans at
Devil Lake and a Hooded Merganser at the locks at Kingston Mills.
Many feeders are reporting increased numbers of Common Redpolls and it seems
that Pine Siskin numbers are down. The feeder at Bedford Mills tallies up to 75
Common Redpolls with one or two Hoary Redpolls in the mix. Other winter birds
this week were N. Shrikes at Bellrock and Gananoque and a flock of 60 Bohemian
Waxwings on the Florida Road.
Red-bellied Woodpeckers are regular on Amherst and Howe Islands and at a feeder
out Montreal Street. Four Am. Robins put in an appearance at this same feeder
on Saturday and another 18 were on the McKnight Road on Sunday. A feeder on
Howe Island is supporting two dozen Brown-headed Cowbirds and a Red-winged
Blackbird. The most unusual sighting this week was a Winter Wren at the Queen's
Biological Station near Chaffey's Lock on Wednesday.
Unrelated to local bird sightings but in the interest of the birds, there will
be a fund-raising reception and dinner for the Pelee Island Bird Observatory at
the Confederation Place Hotel in Kingston on Sunday Feb. 27, 2011 at 6:30 P.M.
It will be hosted by Wayne Grady and feature guests Margaret Atwood, Graeme
Gibson and Bridget Stutchbury. For information and tickets call 613 545-0446.
Cheers,
Peter Good
Kingston Field Naturalists
613 378-6605
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