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 1200 at Lemoine Pt. on Wednesday. There were N. Shovelers at the Amherstview sewage lagoons and at the KFN property on Amherst Island. The lagoons also had a male Ruddy Duck on Sunday.
All three local terns were reported this week; 2 Caspian and 9 Black at the lagoons on Sunday and 2 Common on the Cataraqui River on Wednesday. All the expected herons are back; a Least Bittern at Collin's Creek last Friday, a Black-crowned Night-Heron at Hillview Marsh on Sunday and a Green Heron at Gananoque yesterday. The shorebird migration is barely underway; a Lesser Yellowlegs at the lagoons along with a few Least Sandpipers, more Least at the Wilton Creek and on Amherst Island, 6 Dunlin on Amherst Wednesday and the resident Wilson's Phalarope now number about fifteen. Lots and lots of warblers: 2 Am. Redstart on Amherst last Saturday, a Canada at Little Cat on Sunday, another at Lemoine Pt. on Wednesday along with Bay-breasted, N. Parula, and 2 Lincoln's Sparrows. Most of the White-throated Sparrows seem to have moved on but White-crowned are still abundant. It seems to be a good spring for Orchard Orioles with 2 seen on Amherst last Saturday and another at Lemoine Pt. on Wednesday. The finch movement continues with a Pine Siskin at Elginburg on Wednesday and two pair of Evening Grosbeaks, the first at Elginburg last Friday and the second out Montreal Street on Saturday. Other arrivals that will stick around include Chimney Swift, Whip-poor-will, and Common Nighthawk. Another sighting of note was a Peregrine Falcon on Amherst last Saturday. Cheers, Peter Good Kingston Field Naturalists 613 378-6605 _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdssetup.php ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdsguide.php
