In what might have been a slow week because of all the seasonal activity there
have been a lot of local reports and some very good birds. Bald Eagles are now
regular wherever there is open water, the Peregrine was seen again on the
Queen's campus and a Red-shouldered Hawk was at Bedford Mills
Last weekend both the Prince Edward and the Kingston Christmas counts were
completed in relatively good conditions. Prince Edward tallied 68 species;
there were singletons of Surf Scoter, N. Flicker and Evening Grosbeak as well
as a Ross's Goose in a flock of Canadas on Hay Bay. Kingston had
A couple of relatively rare birds were the highlights this week; a Pacific Loon
at Prince Edward Point (PEPt) last Saturday and a Lesser Black-backed Gull in
the Kingston harbour yesterday.
Waterfowl numbers remain quite high in all the usual locations; noteworthy were
34 White-winged Scoters
Most of the recent reports are of the large concentrations of waterfowl in the
city. The Greater Cataraqui River has its usual large number of puddle ducks,
divers and coots but 4 Mute and 46 Tundra Swans was a bit unexpected at that
location. In Elevator Bay both swans can be found but there
The Owl Woods on Amherst Island wii be closed to the public from Nov. 19 to
Dec. 11 because of deer hunting.
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The Kingston Field Naturalists did their annual fall round-up last weekend. It
turned out to be mainly waterfowl viewing as land birds were relatively scarce.
The largest concentrations of ducks and geese were in the Cataraqui River near
Belle Island (several Ruddy Ducks), Elevator Bay (a pair
Large numbers of loons are concentrated in the Amherst ferry channel. Other
areas are reporting groups of loons including 17 on Lake Opinicon yesterday
along with a Red-throated; very unusual in the back lakes north of Kingston.
There were several grebes at Prince Edward Point on Hallowe'en
The cold weather this week has given us a start on winter birding with an
influx of northern species; everything from N. Goshawks to Snow Buntings.
Waterfowl numbers, likewise, have increased. Two hundred Common Loons were off
Amherst Island last Sunday and another 90 were at Prince Edward
Most of the migrants seen this week were Yellow-rumped Warblers, White-crowned
and White-throated Sparrows as well as huge flocks of blackbirds. One of these
last Sunday, near Lansdowne, lasted over an hour and contained an estimated
40,000 Common Grackles, 5000 Red-winged Blackbirds, 3000
Despite the spectacular long weekend when we all thought we were back in
August, migration is moving along quite nicely. A White-winged Scoter on Lake
Opinicon last Saturday and a concentration of 30 Common Loons in the Amherst
Island ferry channel Sunday were noteworthy. Four Tundra Swans
Local waterfowl populations are starting to change. Numbers in Elevator Bay
have increased; besides the widely reported Greater and Lesser Scaup and
Ring-necked Ducks there were 3 Ruddy Ducks and 2 Am. Coots there on Wednesday.
There were 5 Snow Geese on Wolfe Island on Saturday, then two more
It seems we are into phase three of the fall migration. The early shorebirds
are all but gone and the warbler migration has passed its peak with the variety
somewhat diminished and the number of Yellow-rumped on the rise. White-throated
sparrows have arrived in abundance and a few
Warbler migration continues with good numbers and variety, although the number
of Yellow-rumped is on the increase. Lots of vireos were seen this week with
Blue-headed being the most abundant and widespread. Ruby-crowned Kinglets were
reported from four different locations and sightings of
Migrating warblers, flycatchers and vireos are still abundant; a
Yellow-throated Vireo was at Bedford Mills last Saturday and an Eastern
Kingbird at Gananoque yesterday. Eastern Wood-Pewees were widespread all week.
There was a significant overflight of thrushes in the wee hours of Sept.
It has been a good week for fall migrants. Bald Eagles, both adults and
immatures, appeared at four different locations this week. A Peregrine Falcon
was on Amherst Island last Friday and Saturday. There has also been a good
movement of warblers and vireos on a few of the days this week.
Fall migration is picking up steam and we're finally starting to get a few good
birds. There have been up to three Ruddy Ducks at the lagoons and a Red-necked
Grebe was seen off Amherst Island a week ago Wednesday. Thirteen Mute Swans in
Hay Bay is a large number for the Kingston area.
A
Shorebird migration started locally with both yellowlegs reported on July 7th.
Since then it has been steady but not spectacular. Black-bellied and
Semipalmated Plover, Short-billed Dowitcher and Semipalmated Sandpiper have
been seen on several occasions and there have been lots of Least
Most local birders quit chasing migrants last weekend so we have to be content
with Breeding Bird Surveys and observing those birds that want to hang around
for the summer. Some of these include another Prairie Warbler north of Sydenham
at the Helen Quilliam Sanctuary, seen last Friday, Alder
With most passerine migrants already gone and the shorebird migration on the
wane, there were still some good birds locally this week. High water levels
have reduced habitat at the usual spots but flooded fields have been a bonus.
Near Amherstview there were 3 Whimbrel, 5 Red Knots and a
The Brant migration has been in full swing this week. One hundred flew over
Amherstview last Sunday, two flocks were near Bath and over 200 were on Amherst
on Wednesday and a mere 5 remained on Amherst yesterday. Great Egrets have been
regular on Amherst all week as have Black-crowned
Warblers, vireos and sparrows continue to move through in good numbers. The
weather has not been conducive to birding or any other outdoor activity so
reporting has been somewhat reduced this week. There were 4 Blackpoll Warblers
at PEPt last Friday (sometimes a sign that warbler migration is
With so many new arrivals I'll concentrate on the early and the unusual. At
PEPt there have been up to 6 Harlequin Ducks and on May 7th an impressive 85
Surf Scoters. The Brant migration is in full swing with several hundred seen
this week off the east end of Amherst Island and north of the
The KFN did their annual 24 hour spring round-up last weekend and tallied
close to 180 species despite the fact that the shorebird migration has yet
to begin in earnest. Highlights included: a Red-throated Loon, 2 Red-necked
Grebes, a Red-bellied Woodpecker, 3 Loggerhead Shrikes, all 5 expected
Despite the fact that many local birders spend a lot of time at Prince
Edward Point this time of year there has been a considerable number of
sightings in the more immediate Kingston area. The movement of Brant has
started with a single flock of 2000 birds over Camden East last Sunday and
another
There has been a whole slew of new migrants this week, lots of interesting
sightings and at least two that were totally unexpected. There was an Am.
Bittern at the Queen's University Biological Station(QUBS) on the 25th and a
Green Heron at Bedford Mills the next day. Virginia Rails were reported
Another week of atypical April weather and the birds have not disappointed.
The focus has almost completely shifted from waterfowl and overwintering
raptors to new arrivals. The last Common Redpoll reported was at Camden East
on Monday and there were only 2 Rough-legged Hawks on Wolfe Island that
What a glorious week weatherwise and not so bad in the migration department
either. Common Loons and Osprey have moved onto the back lakes in spite of
the fact that they are not yet completely free of ice. Double-crested
Cormorants are back in numbers and the Bonaparte's Gull migration is in full
Spring is reluctantly moving into eastern Ontario. Most of the back lakes
and swamps are still frozen but the birds seem to have their own timetable
and are returning nonetheless. Thousands of Canada Geese were on the move
yesterday morning taking advantage of the southwest winds. There were 4
Despite the lingering winter there is some open water at this end of Lake
Ontario. The south shore of Amherst Island is completely ice-free and there
is a large section from the Lennox Generating Station west towards Sandhurst
that is open. Both of these areas are loaded with hundreds of
It has been a week of spring migration locally despite the wintry appearance
of the landscape. Flocks of Am. Robins and Red-winged Blackbirds are
everywhere and most observers have seen at least a few Common Grackles.
There were singleton Brown-headed Cowbirds at Glenburnie on the 14th and at
Daylight saving time and a few migrants are almost the only signs of spring
what with three feet of snow still on the ground and snowbanks that go to
the moon. Cardinals, Mourning Doves, and House Finches are singing. Canada
Geese and Mallards are moving inland looking for open water. Flocks of
Winter is still very much with us and more is on the way. Open water and
bare ground are very hard to find. Ducks are in only a few locations and
Horned Larks are having a tough time as even the shoulders of the roads as
not as exposed as they should be. There are a half dozen species of
waterfowl
At -25C it is very hard indeed to think of spring although it is the time of
year when things should start to happen. I can't imagine that there is any
open water so those few foolhardy waterfowl that are still around will be
confined to the Dupont lagoon or the ferry channels to Amherst and
Things are very much frozen up in the Kingston area. There were several
waterfowl off the south shore of Amherst Island last weekend, including 6
Mute Swans, however yesterday there were only great piles of ice stacked up
along the shore, some of them quite spectacular, and the lake was frozen as
There have been no reports from Amherst or Wolfe Island this week; I suspect
nothing much has changed over there except that the snowbanks are probably
so high that to bird from a vehicle would be very difficult. Everything is
pretty much frozen up so small areas of open water tend to attract
It seems the winter weather is reducing birding activity. I've had no
sightings from Amherst Island and one report from Wolfe Island; last
Saturday there were the usual hawks and owls; Rough-legged, Red-tailed, Am.
Kestrel, Snowy and Short-eared as well as 60 Horned Larks, 30 Am. Robins, 4
N.
There has been considerable freeze-up of late and consequently waterfowl
numbers are down. With Elevator Bay frozen many ducks have moved into the
Dupont lagoon; mostly Mallards, Blacks, Gadwall and Am. Coots but enough of
other species to make it worth a look. There was also a large group in the
Now that winter has settled in, waterfowl numbers are down. Hardy Mallards
and Blacks and a few Common Mergansers make up most of the ducks but there
were still about 60 Tundra Swans on Wolfe Island last Sunday, although even
those will be forced to move on when their long necks can't reach the
The best local concentration of waterfowl is in Elevator Bay with 11 species
reported on Wednesday. There is nothing particularly rare but the mix of
ducks seems to change from day to day and the task of sorting through a
flock of a thousand sleeping scaup to find something different is more than
Until the big freeze yesterday the variety of waterfowl was quite good. A
Canvasback and 2 N. Pintails were on Wolfe Island a week ago as was a Ruddy
Duck in Elevator Bay. There were 2 Ring-necked Ducks at Treasure Island on
New Years Day and a good number of Gadwall, Am. Wigeon, Hooded
The cancellation of the Kingston Christmas count last Sunday was a
disappointment to many and certainly had an impact on the number of birds
reported this week. No one seems to be looking at waterfowl; the only duck
mentioned was a male Hooded Merganser at the Millhaven ferry dock last
Saturday.
There are still good numbers of waterfowl in Elevator Bay and on Wolfe
Island although the cold weather is rapidly filling in the bays with ice.
The Eurasian Wigeon was not reported this week and there are no other
unusual winter ducks. However there are good numbers of scaup, merganser,
and
The local winter listers have been out in force so there were a considerable
number of sightings reported this week.Waterfowl highlights included 10
Hooded Mergansers, 2 Ruddy Ducks, a N. Shoveler, a Ring-necked Duck, and the
Eurasian Wigeon still in Elevator Bay last weekend. There were 50 Tundra
There was very little mention of waterfowl this week and only a few reports
of raptors. There are apparently lots on Wolfe Island; more than on Amherst.
Specific sightings include a Sharp-shinned at an Elginburg feeder last
Friday, a Bald Eagle near Roblin on Wednesday and only moments ago an
Several hundred Tundra Swans were in Button Bay on Wolfe Island last
weekend; their main area of concentration, but there were also 9 on Amherst
Island on Tuesday and 5 in Elevator Bay prompting more than a few
non-birders commuting into the city to ask, What are those big white
birds?. Still at
Waterfowl numbers have been good all week. The annual fall build up of
Tundra Swans has started in Button Bay on Wolfe Island and there was a
significant raft of Redheads there on Tuesday as well. The lone Brant was
still on Amherst last Saturday and the Eurasian Wigeon in Elevator Bay was
last
The Kingston Field Naturalists did their annual Fall Roundup last weekend
within the Kingston 50km circle. A lot of the good birds were in Prince
Edward County (see Terry Sprague's report) but we had some good sightings in
the more immediate Kingston area as well. A single Brant is hanging around
The Eurasian Wigeon remains at Elevator Bay but the hybrid American/Eurasian
has not been seen since first reported last Monday. A single Brant is
lingering on the east end of Amherst Island and among the many other
waterfowl at that location were 15 Redheads and 10 Black Scoters on Sunday.
There
There are excellent concentrations of waterfowl in all the usual places;
Elevator Bay, Cataraqui River, Hay Bay and the east end of Amherst Island.
Some of the more interesting sightings included 30 Ruddy Ducks in Hay Bay
and 70 Brant off Amherst on Wednesday. There was also a Common Tern at Hay
It has been an interesting week of new arrivals. Five Tundra Swans were on
Wolfe Island last Sunday, along with 9 Snow Geese, 400 Redheads and a single
Long-tailed Duck. By Wednesday the number of Snow Geese had increased to 28
and yesterday there was a single white Snow Goose in a flock of
The second Cackling Goose of the fall was reported last Saturday from just
east of the city along the St. Lawrence River and the annual build-up of
waterfowl in the Cataraqui River continues. Last weekend there were 40 Am.
Coots, 20 Pied-billed Grebes, 50 Ring-necked Ducks, and 450 American
There has been an excellent movement of thrushes, warblers and sparrows this
week. Highlights included a Mourning Warbler in the city last Thursday and
two N. Parula, one on Amherst Island on Friday and another at Dupont on
Sunday. A Lincolns Sparrow was found on Amherst on both Friday and
The Northern Wheatear found last Thursday stayed until Saturday allowing
several people to see and photograph the bird. It did however disappoint
those who showed up on Sunday. Other birds on Wolfe Island included 65 N.
Harriers and 73 Am. Kestrels the same day the wheatear was found. The next
I just received a report from Jerry Smith, that he and another New York
State birder found a Northern Wheatear on Wolfe Island at noon today. It was
located at the intersection of Baseline Rd. and the 4th Line, about 50
metres north both at the side of the road and in an adjacent field of round
A good week in the Kingston area just got a whole lot better. There was good
movement of warblers and vireos north of the city all week and shorebirds on
Amherst Island have been better than average. However, they have all been
upstaged by a Northern Wheatear found at noon today on Wolfe Island by
On the passerine front there's not much to report; flocks of Goldfinch and
Bluejays visiting feeders and garden sunflowers, lots of Ruby-throated
Hummingbirds and a few Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, but very little mention of
warblers or vireos. New for the fall were about 20 Am. Pipits on Amherst on
After only one report all summer it seems as if Common Nighthawks have all
of a sudden become visible and numerous. Ten were at Lake Opinicon last
Friday, another 6 near Gananoque on Saturday and then on Sunday, 8 near
Camden East and an impressive 140 on Howe Island. Five more hawked near
Camden
Since my last report in early June there have been a few noteworthy
sightings in the Kingston area; some rarities, some anomalies, and in the
last week a significant movement of shorebirds and the beginnings of the
passerine migration.
The best birds of the summer; a Sandhill Crane near Sydenham
It seems the spring migration is just about done for another year. All the
migrant passerines seem to have moved on and the last of the shorebirds was
a small flock of about 10 Semipalmated Sandpipers on the east end of Amherst
Island on Wednesday. As late as last weekend there were still Dunlin,
Almost all local reports this week were from Amherst Island and as expected
most of these were shorebirds. Last Friday; 2 White-rumped Sandpipers and
100 Ruddy Turnstones; on Sunday a single Whimbrel. Monday had 3
Black-bellied Plover, 8 Semipalmated Plover, 80 Dunlin, 5 Ruddy Turnstones,
350
What a week. The emails of bird sightings are arriving almost as fast as the
birds. In no particular order, I had reports from several sites of
Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak,
Baltimore Oriole, Eastern Kingbird, Bobolink, Wood Thrush, Veery, Least and
There is a Marbled Godwit on the KFN property at the southeast corner of
Amherst Island. It is in short grass at the south end of the pond behind the
berm. The bird was found at 8:15 this morning.
Amherst Island can be reached by ferry from the village of Millhaven west of
Kingston. It leaves the
It has been a good week in the Kingston area. Birds that were too numerous
to report specific sightings included Yellow- bellied Sapsucker, both
kinglets, Hermit Thrush, Brown Thrasher, E. Towhee, Winter Wren,
Yellow-rumped Warbler and many of the sparrows including Field, Chipping,
Fox,
With summer and winter all in one week you might think the birding would be
interesting but migration came to a grinding halt and few new birds moved
into the Kingston area. Common Loons have returned to some of the lakes
north of the city, in many cases before the ice was all gone.
Despite the cold and damp it has been an interesting week. The Blue-winged
Teal that we waited for last week was already here . A late report had one
at Adolphustown on April 3rd. Another was seen on Wolfe Island last Sunday.
Ring-necked Ducks seem to be everywhere in good numbers; other ducks
Well, a few days of mild weather was all that was needed. Red-winged
Blackbirds, Grackles, and Cowbirds returned in large numbers. Canada Geese
have moved north of the 401 to forage in now-exposed cornfields and check
out the rapidly thawing wetlands north of Lake Ontario. Hooded Mergansers
seem
This week has been a bit of a pre-spring deep freeze and birding reports
were few and far between. There are very few gulls along the ferry channels;
numbers usually increase as the days get longer; the number of leads of open
water off the south shore of Amherst Island has shrunk as has the
With very little open water, only the Dupont lagoon, the ferry channels to
Wolfe and Amherst Islands and variable amounts off the south shore of
Amherst, waterfowl are quite concentrated and appearing in surprisingly good
numbers. On Monday a flock of about 50 Greater Scaup were off Amherst,
Last weekend there was an excellent variety of waterfowl on Amherst Island
with every opening in the ice chock-a-block with everthing from Buffleheads
to Tundra Swans. By Tuesday the open water had disappeared and so had the
birds. A group from Montreal reported 11 species of duck and 2 species of
It has been a relatively quiet week; lots of snow cover and a bit of a deep
freeze have put a damper on the activity of both birds and birders. The only
waterfowl reported were 8 Tundra Swans on Amherst Island last Tuesday. The
ducks at Dupont and the hawks and owls on Amherst went unreported with
Despite the very cold week there remains a good variety of waterfowl albeit
in smaller numbers. The Eurasian Wigeon was still present on Wednesday but
the 33 Am. Wigeon last Saturday had dwindled to 3. Gadwall, Ring-necked
Duck, Lesser Scaup, Pintail, and Redhead as well as a Pied-billed Grebe and
Despite the cold weather there have been some interesting sightings this
week. There is still a good variety of waterfowl in Elevator Bay and the
Dupont pond but the number of species and individuals is declining.
Elsewhere there were 2 Lesser Scaup on Amherst Island last Sunday, a Hooded
Winter has arrived and as expected, waterfowl numbers are going down and
feeders are getting busier. There is still some open water at Dupont but the
only ducks reported this week were the female Canvasback and 3 Ring-necked
Ducks. Last Sunday the Snow Goose was seen on the penitentiary property
The mild weather continues and with it an abundance and variety of
waterfowl. Elevator Bay seems to have the greatest concentration locally;
along with the usual including the Eurasian Wigeon ( first found on Oct.
12th ) there were 6 Common Loons on Jan 7th. There was a Hooded Merganser at
the
It has been a week of limited birding activity, but there have been a few
good sightings nonetheless. The Eurasian Wigeon was still present at Dupont
on Christmas Day along with a Pied-billed Grebe. On Christmas Eve there was
a Canvasback and an immature Iceland Gull at the same location. There is
The Eurasian Wigeon remains in Elevator Bay, the only rarity in this week's
report. Hay Bay near Sillsville is full of all sorts of waterfowl and there
are significant concentrations at the bar on Amherst Island and in Elevator
Bay. Each of these areas reported a Canvasback on the 21st. There was
A single Purple Sandpiper was found today at the Horne's Ferry dock on Wolfe
Island. Wolfe Island is a 20 min. ferry ride from downtown Kingston. Horne's
Ferry is at the southern end of HWY 95 on the island.
We seem to be in the midst of loon and grebe migration this week. Over 100
Common loons and 42 Horned Grebes were seen from Amherst Island on the 10th,
then another 40 C. Loons and 2 Red-throated on Wolfe Island Wednesday. A
third Red-throated Loon was seen yesterday off the Bath Road near
The KFN did their annual fall roundup within the Kingston 50 km circle last
weekend and tallied a respectable 126 species. Since the circle includes
some of Prince Edward County I'll try not to repeat those sightings already
mentioned in Terry Sprague's report. In total we had 29 species of
Last Sunday's field trip to Wolfe Island was very successful; the weather
cooperated, which is more than can be said for the rest of the week.
Highlights included 13 Black-bellied Plover in a flooded field, 3 Mute
Swans, a blue phase Snow Goose, and a N. Mockingbird. Huge numbers of
Greater Scaup
It has been an excellent week for birds locally. To start, there were two
Surf Scoters in the Amherstview sewage lagoons last Friday. Four more were
seen off the west end of Amherst Island Oct. 3rd and three White-winged
Scoters did a fly-by at the east end the same day. Two Ruddy Ducks showed up
A curious week of observations indeed, many of which had little to do with
fall migration. An immature Bald Eagle was seen near Enterprise; not a hot
spot for raptor migration. A Peregrine Falcon reduced the city's population
of Bluejays by one, yesterday and I received a late report of an albino
It has not been a busy birding week in the Kingston area but a few
interesting records are worth reporting. Some diving ducks are starting to
appear; a Ring-necked Duck was on Amherst Island on the 25th and 3 Lesser
Scaup joined the female Bufflehead at the Amherstview sewage lagoons on the
27th.
Migration is well underway but there have been no extraordinary sightings in
the Kingston area this week. Three Bald Eagles, 2 Immatures, and 1 adult put
in an appearance on Aug. 20th, one on Wolfe Island, the other two north of
Elginburg. Six Northern Harriers were also seen on Wolfe that same
It seems the fall shorebird migration started locally with 5 Lesser
Yellowlegs at the Amherstview sewage lagoons on June 30th. Since then there
has been a good selection of common species on Amherst Island, in the Wilton
Creek at Morven, as well as at the lagoons. These included Semipalmated
The first week of June, although well past the peak of songbird migration,
is often an excellent time to see large numbers of shorebirds on their way
to nesting grounds in the Arctic. The bar on Amherst Island hosts many of
these birds but the numbers of birds and mixture of species changes
Last Friday seems to have had the largest movement of Brant, with 4 flocks
reported from Amherst Island and one from north of the 401.Another flock of
40 was seen on Amherst on Tuesday along with 8 Ruddy Turnstones. These were
the only shorebirds mentioned.
Warbler viewing has been terrific all
We started off the week well with a Cattle Egret on Amherst Island May 5th
but it disappeared and three subsequent trips to the island failed to
relocate the bird. There were 1000 Red-breasted Mergansers off the south
shore of Amherst on Saturday but this had dwindled to a few dozen by
Wednesday.
The time of year has finally arrived when one has to be somewhat selective
in what to report. The number of first arrivals is significant this week but
there have been no rarities and not very much of an unexpected nature.
Common Loons are on most of the back lakes but very few were seen on Lake
The rate of migration is picking up a little in the Kingston area but we are
not yet overwhelmed with new arrivals. It seems the weather has been such
that migrants just seem to show up on breeding territory with very little
sign of those birds going farther north actually passing through. Here is
There are very few signs of winter in the bird world. Some Tree Sparrows and
Pine Siskins remain at a few local feeders and a single Snowy Owl was seen
on Amherst Island last Sunday. The excitement of the waterfowl migration is
waning in anticipation of the April/May songbird influx. Nevertheless,
There are still many waterfowl about. Among the significant concentrations
were 24 Tundra Swans and 1100 Ring-necked Ducks in Hay Bay and 40
Canvasbacks on Wolfe Island on April 2nd.The only expected species not yet
making an appearance are Ruddy Duck and Blue-winged Teal. The first Common
Loon
What a glorious week it has been! Most observers in their enthusiasm simply
reported lots of ducks. There seem to be large rafts of divers in most large
expanses of water and with the mild weather, marshes and swamps are opening
up.Some of the more significant sightings included 450 Canvasbacks in
It has been a very cool week with persistent NW winds so migration has been
a bit of a trickle. New arrivals included a Rusty Blackbird near Elginburg
March 18, a Great Blue Heron in Collin's Creek on the 19th, and an Eastern
Meadowlark on Amherst Island the same day.An Am. Woodcock was heard
What a difference a week makes. Last Friday was +10C and there was an
inundation of Red-winged Blackbirds and Common Grackles. This morning
it's -10C and migration is on hold. March is such a fickle month.Last
weekend continued mild and prompted a fairly large movement of waterfowl.
Several large
Spring weather is in the forecast and the birds are more aware than we that
the season is about to change. Large concentrations of gulls and waterfowl
make for some interesting birding. West of the Lennox generating station are
many rafts of waterfowl with an especially large group of swans, geese
Despite the noticeably longer days and the warmth in the sun, the Kingston
area is still waiting for that influx of Killdeer and blackbirds that
indicates that spring has finally arrived. Other than reports of many Horned
Larks and one new sighting of robins all the submissions this week were
There seem to be changes afoot in the Kingston area bird population. Many
winter birds are still about but some new species and some old ones in new
locations indicate that we are in a state of flux.
With respect to waterfowl, new arrivals include 2 Lesser Scaup at the Dupont
lagoon, and a
A few interesting sightings occurred in the Kingston area this week and some
rather mundane ones as well. With respect to waterfowl even though the lake
hasn't frozen yet, most of the bays and inlets have, so numbers are down.
There were still eight or ten swans on Wolfe Island on Feb 13 (species
Looking out on this rainy Friday morning it seems that Wiarton Willy has
predicted only 6 hours of winter rather than the usual 6 weeks. There
haven't been too many signs of spring although Canada Geese are making
forays north of the 401 to look for open water and newly exposed cornfields.
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