Report to OntBirds, from the week's sightings for the Kingston Region, as
reported to the compiler.
Map Page numbers and location Quadrants noted in square brackets [...] below
are for named sites. They refer to the MapArt Publishing "Ontario Road
Atlas, 2000 Edition".
Map Page numbers and Quadrants in Open Brace brackets {.....} below are for
locations requiring more detail. They refer to MapArt Deluxe Street Atlas of
Eastern & Northern Ontario, 1st Edition.
This is a copy of the Jan. 19, '03 KFN Phone Line Announcement, with added
detail for locations:
AMHERST I. [page 36, quad E 54 & 55]
Bruce DiLabio reported, Saturday, January 11th birding Amherst Island. Had
enough time to bird the "Owl Woods" and east point of the island. (KFN
property) Could not drive down road to Owl Woods due to snow drifting but
walking conditions were good. Had 5 live LONG-EARED OWLS and one recently
killed. Didn't find any SAW-WHETS and searched hard. At the east end saw one
SNOWY OWL and one SHORT-EARED OWL. Checked fields south of Stella no
SHORT-EARED and one SNOWY hunting. Bad viewing - windy and cold at dusk.
PR. EDW. PT. [page 35, quads G52 & G53]
January 11th, Martha and Curry Grant OF Belleville saw a mature BALD EAGLE
high in the trees on the edge of the bay on the road to Pr. Edw. Pt. There
continue to be large numbers of over-wintering waterfowl, including CANADA
GEESE, C. MERGANSERS, SCAUP, BUFFLEHEAD, LONG-TAILED DUCK, WHITE-WINGED
SCOTER and MALLARD. A WINTER WREN was seen near the lighthouse at Point
Traverse.
WOLFE I. [page 36, quads E56, 57 & 58]
On Sunday January 12th, Bruce DiLabio spent the day birding Wolfe Island.
Waterfowl variety was good with 391 TUNDRA SWANS along the south side of
Carpenter Point Rd. Also seen was 1 male AM. WIGEON, 1 male N. PINTAIL, 1
male GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 1362 C. MERGANSERS and 2 adult BALD EAGLES. At the
east end of the island 4 BALD EAGLES (3 ad, 1 imm) were observed. A total of
105 WILD TURKEYS in two flocks (50) + (55) were seen feeding in the fields
along Hwy. 95 near the cemetery and another flock towards the east end of
the island. A few flocks of LAPLAND LONGSPURS were found (6,12 & 9) in the
farm fields with HORNED LARKS and SNOW BUNTINGS. A total of 3 SNOWY OWLS
were seen including a very white male along 7th Line Rd.
Mike Jaques on Jan. 16 reported "Today we birded Wolfe Island from 11 am to
2.30 p.m. we saw: BALD EAGLE 1, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS 2, RED-TAILED HAWKS 2,
AM. KESTREL 4, WILD TURKEYS 45, SNOW BUNTINGS 10, HORNED LARKS 260+ in 8
flocks of 2 to 100. No OWLS.
OTHER SIGHTINGS
At Cartwright Point {page 49, quad N20} on Jan. 16 and 18, 2 CAROLINA WRENS
were at our suet feeders at 14 The Point Rd. The SCREECH OWL was seen
basking in the box on Woodpecker Lane by Don McCallum on Jan. 15. (Don lives
across the Lane from box).
Mike Evans forwarded the following: "At Otter Lake yesterday, 12 January,
Nick Gazendam saw an adult BALD EAGLE. Several c. RAVENS are seen there
daily."
Mike and Liz Evans had 4 E. BLUEBIRDS feeding on bittersweet berries in
their yard in
Elginburg on Jan. 11.
Nittaya & Paul Mackenzie drove out highway 15 north to Pine Grove Road, then
east to the Pine Grove. On the way there were 2 HORNED LARKS on the road,
and just in the low swamp before climbing up to the stand of pines, there
was a ROBIN and about 40 AM. TREE SPARROWS. Several more flocks of tree
sparrows were seen suggesting more have moved in since the snowfall. At the
junction of a side road to the north in the pine stand a flock of
CHICKADEES. contained one RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH. They seem scarce this
winter.
Compiled by,
Bob Sachs Kingston Ont.
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