No rare birds to report this week but there are lots of lingerers that winter listers might be interested in tracking down.
City of Kingston Notable birds around the city this week include 1 MERLIN, 1 NORTHERN FLICKER and 4 GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS at Lemoine Point Conservation Area. The Invista Lagoon and Cataraqui Bay had GADWALL, 3 AMERICAN WIGEONS, 40 AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS, 3 CANVASBACKS, 150 REDHEAD, 50 RING-NECKED DUCKS, GREATER SCAUP, LONG-TAILED DUCK, BUFFLEHEAD, COMMON GOLDENEYE, all three species of MERGANSER, AMERICAN COOT, 1 BALD EAGLE and 1 AMERICAN KESTREL. A COMMON LOON was off Sibbet Park. The resident PEREGRINE FALCON continues to be seen downtown; look for it in the vancinity of Queen's University or on the large appartment building at the corner of Princess and Division Streets. Adolphustown area A couple of DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS off Bayshore Drive, a BELTED KINGFISHER at Morven Creek, 200 SNOW BUNTINGS on Stores Road, 17 PURPLE FINCHES (the highest count lately) on South Shore Road and 15 TUNDRA SWANS near Adolphustown. Amherst Island Waterfowl around the island and Millhaven ferry dock include both SCAUP species, LONG-TAILED DUCK, BUFFLEHEAD and COMMON GOLDENEYE. This week NORTHERN HARRIER, RED-TAILED HAWK, ROUGH-LEGGD HAWK and SHORT-EARED OWL were all reported from the island. Bedford Mills area Some interesting species on Hardwood Lane (south of Bedford Mills on Perth Road) were SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, GREAT HORNED OWL, 1 FIELD SPARROW being seen daily and 1 RUSTY BLACKBIRD. The blackbird was last seen yesterday. Opinicon Road Up to 31 TRUMPETER SWANS can be seen fairly reliably at Chaffey’s Lock. BALD EAGLES are a common sight with 4 scavenging from a white-tailed deer carcass on Lake Opinicon. Two SONG SPARROWS are lingering at Queen’s University Biological Station. Other waterfowl at Chaffey’s this week included a pair of RING-NECKED DUCKS, 2 COMMON GOLDENEYES and COMMON MERGANSER. Surprising numbers of BROWN CREEPERS and GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS have remained in the backcountry this winter, especially along the Cataraqui Trail near Chaffey's Lock. Wolfe Island There are still good numbers of waterfowl at Wolfe Island including MUTE SWAN, 52 TUNDRA SWANS, GADWALL, 60 AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS, GREATER SCAUP, LONG-TAILED DUCK, BUFFLEHEAD, COMMON GOLDENEYE, all 3 MERGANSER species. Raptors: BALD EAGLE, NORTHERN HARRIER, RED-TAILED HAWK, 10 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, 1 AMERICAN KESTREL and 4 SNOWY OWLS. Other birds of note were 3 COMMON RAVENS, 1 NORTHERN SHRIKE and 2 RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS. Other Sightings >From Blue Mountain Road (south of Charleston Lake Provincial Park) there were reports of 2 TRUMPETER SWANS, 1 RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER and 3 BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS. The Landsdown Dump had 2 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS and 1 ICELAND GULL in addition to the usual landfill patrons. Nine CEDAR WAXWINGS were the only waxwings reported this week. A RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER and a YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER continue to visit an Elginburg feeder. Thank you to all those who submitted sightings this week. 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: 613-359-6558 email: 7m...@queensu.ca or mcon...@lakeheadu.ca 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 birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
