The best bird of the week was a JAEGER (species undetermined) off Prince Edward County. YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, SWAINSON'S and GREY-CHEKED THRUSHES, AMERICAN PIPIT, RUBY-CROWNED and some GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS were all on the move. Warbler numbers seem to have dropped off, but diversity is still pretty fair.
City of Kingston HERMIT THRUSH, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, CANADA WARBLER and LEAST FLYCATCHER were all reported from the Marshlands Conservation Area. Amherstview Sewage Lagoons The lagoons haven't been overly favourable for shorebirds lately, but GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS and LEAST SANDPIPER were all reported. In terms of waterfowl there were GADWALL, LESSER SCAUP, NORTHERN SHOVELER and a REDHEAD. Please note that you must be a KFN member or otherwise get permission from the municipality to access the sewage lagoons. Opinicon Road PIED-BILLED GREBE, RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, BARRED OWL, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, BROWN CREEPER, NORTHERN PARULA, CHESTNUT-SIDED, BLACK-AND-WHITE and BLACKPOLL WARBLERS, SCARLET TANAGER and FIELD SPARROW were all noted at Queen's University Biological Station but not elsewhere. Prince County The point had a good assortment of birds including WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, MERLIN, GREEN HERON, RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, EASTERN TOWHEE, BROWN THRASHER, GREY CATBIRD, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, AMERICAN REDSTART, 1 MOURNING, WILSON'S, CAPE MAY and MAGNOLIA WARBLERS as well as 1 YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER. A NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was at South Bay in the eastern part of Prince Edward County. Also at South Bay, was an unidentified JAEGER (Sep 16). Other Observations The pond on the west side of Perth Road just north of Glenburnie hosted 1-3 GREAT EGRETS among other water birds. A HORNED LARK was at the same location. There was a WINTER WREN at Rock Dunder. PALM and NASHVILLE WARBLERS as well as OVENBIRD and WHITE-THROATED SPARROW were at Jones Falls. BLACKBURNIAN and TENNESSEE WARBLERS, WARBLING VIREO and EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE were reported near Elgin, but nowhere else this past week. A BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER was reported from Charleston Lake Provincial Park. An EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL and a RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD were near Elginburg. An additional 3 EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILLS were still singing near Westport. A SNOW GOOSE was seen near Bath. Thanks to all those who submitted observations this past week. For more information on birding in the Kingston Region please see: http://kingstonfieldnaturalists.org/birding/birdinginfo.html 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: 613-533-6617 email: mark.con...@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 including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup
