Report to OntBirds, from the reported week's sightings for the Kingston
Region.
Page numbers and location Quadrants noted in square brackets [...], are for
named sites. They refer to the MapArt Publishing "Ontario Road Atlas, 2003
Edition".
Page numbers and Quadrants in Open Brace brackets {.....} 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 Mar. 12, '04, KFN Phone Line script, with added detail
for locations:
AMHERST I. [page 36, quads E54 & 55]
Reports from the Owl Woods at Amherst I. have been discouraging, with few if
any sightings of SAW-WHET or LONG-EARED OWLS.
I have had no recent reports of SNOWY OWLS on the KFN Property and in the
fields.
HOWE I. [Page 36, Quad D57]
Sharon David reported on Mar. 8, from Howe I.: "With the warm weather the
water opened up between Howe and Wolfe Islands between Hickey's Point and
Holiday Bay, attracting several hundred waterfowl to now use it. C.
MERGANSERS and C. GOLDENEYE are most abundant.
"A few CANADA GEESE are also using it. Two BARRED OWLS are frequenting my
road
and I witnessed what appeared to be courtship behaviour on February 26. 150
C. REDPOLLS are frequenting the nyger feeder, but no HOARY.
"RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS (only males so far) are now here in numbers, about
175 today and in the flock there were 4 C. GRACKLE. The pair of RED-BELLIED
WOODPECKERS are
daily visitors to the suet feeders."
WOLFE ISLAND [page 36, quad E57]
On Mar. 10 Clare Muller reported a flock of 60 to 80 SNOW GEESE flying north
over the Island.
I birded Wolfe Island on the morning of Mar. 10. It was still icebound with
some distant open water along the ferry path and downstream towards Howe I.
Between the 3rd and 9th Line Roads there were 13 RED-TAILED and 20
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS. Several small flocks of SNOW BUNTINGS in flight and many
HORNED LARKS now on the bare fields. Many RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS everywhere
and a scattering of C. GRACKLES and 1 AM. ROBIN at the north end of the 8th
Line. A flock of 4 or 5 thousand CANADA GEESE arose from fields near the
south end of Hwy 95. No SNOW GEESE were with them. The open water in the
ferry path had 30 C. MERGANSER and 200 MALLARD. Gull numbers had increased,
with about 30 RING-BILLED, 20 HERRING and 6 GR. BLACK-BACKED.
DIRECTIONS: Wolfe I. is across the St.. Lawrence River from Kingston and it
is reached by a free car ferry which leaves from the Kingston terminal on
Ontario St.. at the bottom of Barrack St.. and lands at Marysville on Wolfe
I..
OTHER SIGHTINGS
Paul Mackenzie on Mar. 6 reported: "Two CANVASBACK were with a flock of
about 200 diving ducks on the Cataraqui River behind the quarry off highway
15 where there is now plenty
of open water. (The area is private and gated, so I am not promoting the
viewpoint, however this flock cannot be seen from Lilla Burke Park. After
going under the gate, I took the road that goes past the buildings and then
left down to the water.) The flock consisted of 1 AM WIGEON, about 100 GR.
SCAUP, a few LESSER SCAUP, 100 RING-NECKED DUCK, 30 REDHEAD,
and scattered COM. GOLDENEYE."
At Cartwright Point [page 36, quad D56] {page 48 & 49, quads N20 & M21}
Don McCallum reported that the EASTERN SCREECH OWL basked in the nesting box
entry most of the day, Mar. 10. The nest box is just across the road from
Don's house at #3 Woodpecker Lane.
At #14 The Point Rd., both COMMON and HOARY REDPOLLS were still coming to
our Nyger feeder from Mar. 1 to Mar. 9. Two CAROLINA WRENS have been seen
and heard most days.
Compiled by: Robert Sachs, Kingston, Ontario
"Bob Sachs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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