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: The week has been fairly typical for the time of year with a smattering of late migrants and an increasing number of winter arrivals. Highlights of the week include; SURF SCOTER, LITTLE GULL, YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL, several ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS, and increasing numbers of PINE SISKIN. City of Kingston The best bird of the week was a (locally rare) SURF SCOTER, seen off Portsmouth Olympic Harbour on 5th. Other than that things have been somewhat quiet but today (9th) brought 2 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS, a PINE WARBLER, HERMIT THRUSH and YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER to one birder's downtown suburban garden. On Faircrest Blvd, to the east of the city, 25 PINE SISKINS were seen on 7th along with a couple of BLUE-HEADED VIREOS. Wolfe Island Big Sandy Bay Conservation Area has been popular this week with several reports coming in. Last weekend (4th), 'late' BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER and RED-EYED VIREO were observed, as well as a couple of SWAINSON's THRUSHES, 6 DUNLIN, a SANDERLING and good numbers of SWAMP (60), WHITE-THROATED (200) and WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS (100) along with singles of LINCOLN'S SPARROW and DARK-EYED JUNCO. On 6th, 4 SANDERLING were present as well as 3 WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, 8 HORNED GREBE and a GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL. On 4th Line, 3 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER were present on 4th as well as 7 EASTERN MEADOWLARKS; 60 AMERICAN PIPITS were seen there today (9th). Amherstview Sewage Lagoons Today (9th), 2 RUDDY DUCKS were seen at the lagoons along with an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER. Last weekend (5th) good numbers of NORTHERN SHOVELER (28) and GREEN-WINGED TEAL (26) were noted as well as a few LESSER SCAUP, AMERICAN WIGEON and AMERICAN BLACK DUCK. 60 or so BONAPARTE'S GULLS were also seen. Please note that you must be a member of KFN or otherwise obtain permission from the municipality to access the lagoons. Prince Edward Point Reports have been somewhat scarce from the Point but a LITTLE GULL was seen there on 4th. Also seen the same day were GREY-CHEEKED THRUSH, RED-NECKED GREBE and over 20 HORNED GREBES. 100 PINE SISKINS were seen there today, as well as 7 (commoner) warbler species. Other Sightings East of the city, near Adolphustown, a NORTHERN PARULA and an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER were seen along Bayshore Road on 5th. Today, at the same location, 20 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS and a LINCOLN'S SPARROW were observed. At Camden East, 2 YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOOS were seen (and photographed) on 5th. Another ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was seen, also on the 5th, just north of Bath, on Townline Road. At Heritage Point, in Bath itself, a DUNLIN was noted the same day. At Elbow Lake Environmental Education Centre, north of the city, an EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL was still singing on 6th. On Washburn Road, a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER was seen on 5th, as were a couple of YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS, 10 CHIPPING SPARROWS and a few PURPLE FINCHES, the latter being seen quite widely of late. 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
