Kingston Field Naturalists (KFN) maintains records in a 50km radius of MacDonald Park, Kingston. Birders already using eBird are encouraged to share their sightings with 'Kingston FN'. Alternatively, please email, phone or post records directly to me - contact details below. Note: some sightings may require review and remain unconfirmed unless stated otherwise.
Highlights: Other than increasing numbers and diversity of shorebirds, it has again been a rather quiet couple of weeks here in the Kingston region. Highlights include; COMMON GOLDENEYE, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, PEREGRINE FALCON, CAROLINA WREN, and PINE SISKIN. City of Kingston One of the 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS seen last week at Lemoine Point CA was seen again on 4th but none have been seen since. Surprisingly, 2 HERMIT THRUSHES were seen at the site on 7th. One of the city's resident PEREGRINE FALCONS provided spectacular viewing at FORT HENRY on 6th when COMMON TERN was also noted. A number of CAROLINA WRENS have been seen or heard over the last week, including 1 on Beverly Street on 3rd, 1 at Collin's Creek on 4th and another at Faircrest Blvd on 5th. Also seen at Collin's Creek on 4th were 2 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLERS, 9 AMERICAN REDSTARTS, WOOD THRUSH, SCARLET TANAGER and a couple of INDIGO BUNTINGS. Four COMMON GOLDENEYE were on Cataraqui Bay on 3rd and 4th (at least) but none appeared to be young of the year. Amherstview Sewage Lagoons The lagoons remain too high for shorebirds but 140 BONAPARTE'S GULL, singles of LEAST SANDPIPER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER and both YELLOWLEGS were seen there today (8th). Please note that you must be a member of KFN or otherwise obtain permission from the municipality to access the lagoons. Wolfe Island With very few records this year, the 2 VESPER SPARROWS seen on the central roads on 3rd are significant for the area. Other Sightings South-east of Napanee, along Wilton Creek (also known as Gray's Wetland), shorebird numbers remain fairly stable with highlights being PECTORAL SANDPIPER (1 on 5th) and the first SEMIPALMATED PLOVER on 6th. Other shorebirds include SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, LESSER and GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LEAST SANDPIPER, KILLDEER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER and WILSON'S SNIPE. On Mud Lake Road, near Odessa, a surprising find was 2 PINE SISKINS seen on 2nd. Just north of the city, near Elginburg, RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER and GREEN HERON continue to be regularly seen. In order to minimise disturbance to wildlife and property, the KFN Executive will no longer be reporting owl sightings via the Internet. To maintain records for conservation purposes, sightings are welcomed through all the normal channels. As always, thanks to all those who submitted sightings over the last week. Mark. Mark D. Read 47 Ellerbeck Street, Unit 1, Kingston, Ontario K7L 4H5 Canada Mobile: +1 (613) 217-1246 Email: markdr...@gmail.com Blog: "Confessions of a Global Birder" http://markdread.blogspot.com <http://markdread.blogspot.com/> Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/markdread/ eBird Guidelines for Reporting Sensitive Species <http://help.ebird.org/customer/portal/articles/1006789-guidelines-for-repor ting-sensitive-species> _______________________________________________ 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 Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
