Ontbirders There has been a small (so far ) fallout of shorebirds today. Highlites include 100+ Ruddy Turnstones, 300+ Semipalmated Sandpipers, 30+ Red Knots and other shorebirds including 2 Whimbrel and 1 Wilson's Phalarope.
Presqu'ile is located south of Brighton and the way to the park is well-signed south of Brighton. Bill Gilmour From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Jun 1 19:21:11 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from heracles.kos.net (heracles.kos.net [64.201.45.10]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1101863A4D for <[email protected]>; Thu, 1 Jun 2006 19:21:11 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 11059 invoked from network); 1 Jun 2006 23:21:02 -0000 X-Mail-Scanner: Scanned by qSheff 1.0-r5 (http://www.enderunix.org/qsheff/) Received: from unknown (HELO D3ZD7M31) (64.201.46.27) by heracles.kos.net with SMTP; 1 Jun 2006 23:20:59 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Terry Sprague" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ontbirds" <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 19:18:58 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 Subject: [Ontbirds] Quinte Area Bird Report for week ending Thursday, June 01, 2006 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 23:21:11 -0000 WEEKLY BIRD REPORT FROM PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY AND THE QUINTE AREA FOR THE WEEK ENDING Thursday, June 01, 2006 Although the Birding Festival is over, and the well worn paths in the Point Traverse Woods are springing back to life with plant growth, there is still plenty to see down there, despite the thick foliage. On May 29th, there were good numbers of BLACKPOLL WARBLERS. Among the 13 species of warblers observed were TENNESSEE, CHESTNUT-SIDED, MAGNOLIA, BLACKBURNIAN, BLACK-THROATED GREEN, WILSON'S, as well as OVENBIRD, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT and one lonely YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER. Also present were OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, and quite a few thrushes, mainly SWAINSON'S and a couple of GRAY-CHEEKED. The big sighting this past week was a bit out of the Quinte area, when a PAINTED REDSTART appeared in a birder's backyard in Sudbury on May 26th. A bit closer to home, apparently unattached singles of NORTHERN HARRIER and AMERICAN KESTREL continue to be seen near the west end of Big Island, where 60 CANADA GEESE (mostly young birds) can be seen daily in Muscote Bay. A kayak paddle down the Sawguin Creek near Huff's Island on the 30th resulted in 5 AMERICAN BITTERNS, 12 GREAT BLUE HERONS, 2 MUTE SWANS, and several CANADA GEESE, SWAMP SPARROWS, MARSH WRENS and YELLOW WARBLERS turning up. The Quinte Area Bird Report regrets that a number of significant sightings from the Prince Edward Point and Point Traverse area, e-mailed to me for last week, got overlooked. On May 20, an EARED GREBE in breeding plumage, and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL were both seen off Point Traverse. Among the other notable sightings recorded that weekend in the Prince Edward Point area were an immature BALD EAGLE, SEDGE WREN (seen near the banding station on the 21st), and among the 26 species of warblers, an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, MOURNING WARBLER, CANADA WARBLER and a late PALM WARBLER. The above birds were seen during the Kingston Field Naturalists May 20/21 Spring Bird Round-up. The Prince Edward Point Bird Observatory reports that the DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS are still increasing and up to 2000 have been seen roosting on the shoal offshore. A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON was seen in the harbour on the 30th, while overhead a few flocks of migrating CANADA GEESE can be seen as they move north to moult. A single BRANT flew past on the 27th no doubt wondering where the rest of his kind are. A male GREATER SCAUP was swimming in the harbour on the 30th and the last WHITE-WINGED SCOTER was seen on the 26th. A BROAD-WINGED HAWK flew over on the 29th. The KILLDEER on Babylon Road have at least three young running around and there were three SPOTTED SANDPIPERS on the beach on the 28th and there were three SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS flying past on the 29th. Six BONAPARTE'S GULLS were sitting among the other gulls on the beach on the 28th and are the first seen here since the 4th of May. Up to three BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS are present and a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO was trapped on the 29th. Eight CHIMNEY SWIFTS were flying around the Point on the evening of the 26th and a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER continues to be seen occasionally. Two PILEATED WOODPECKERS put in an appearance on the 28th. Flycatchers are starting to move through and the 29th saw a small arrival of them with the following being present, EASTERN WOOD PEWEE 30, YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER 30, TRAILL'S FLYCATCHER 45. A YELLOW-THROATED VIREO was seen around the harbour on the 29th and RED-EYED VIREOS continue to be seen daily in small numbers (35-50). Late RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS put in an appearance on the 28th (one) and 29th (two). Thrushes are also continuing to be seen with peak counts of GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSHES (20) on the 26th and (50) today, 45 SWAINSON'S THRUSHES were seen on the 26th and 20 to 30 are being seen in a day since then. Two different late HERMIT THRUSHES were seen on the 29th and 30th. The Point is quite noisy, now that the EUROPEAN STARLINGS have all fledged their young and are roaming around clamouring for food from their parents. Warblers are starting to decrease now but most species are continuing to trickle through. Seven MOURNING WARBLERS were noted on the 28th and an ORANGE-CROWNED was trapped today. The last WHITE-THROATED SPARROW was seen on the 27th and late WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS were seen on the 28th, and today, NORTHERN CARDINALS were seen on the 31st after being missing for just over a month. INDIGO BUNTINGS continue to be seen with two females trapped today. The amazing run of HOODED WARBLERS continues with three trapped during the week, this brings the spring capture total up to five for the spring, the previous best was only one in a spring. The Observatory will close down for the spring this weekend and with over 6200 birds of 107 species having been banded. It is yet another excellent record breaking spring. With the close of the Observatory, and the migration winding down, this also marks the last of the reports for the Ontbirds listserv, until September when the fall migration commences. However, the Quinte Area Bird Report will continue in a more scaled down version, and will appear regularly every Thursday night on the NatureStuff website, UNDER BIRDING, and will continue to be forwarded weekly to a separate list of subscribers. And that's it for this week from Prince Edward County and the Quinte area. Our thanks to Michael Runtz, Ron Weir, David Okines, Keith Williams, Lloyd Paul, Stephen Monet, Rosemary Kent, Fred Chandler, and Henri Garand for their contributions to this week's report. As stated above, this report will be updated on a more local basis on Thursday, June 15th, but will not appear on the OntBirds listserv again until September, due the expected lack of significant sightings over the summer months. A more scaled down report will continue to be e-mailed to local subscribers, and will appear on the NatureStuff website under BIRDING where this week's photo titled "One 'down' and One To Go" is by the author. Have a great summer everyone! Terry Sprague Prince Edward County [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.naturestuff.net
