The Marbled Godwit was still present at the KFN property on Amherst Island, today, May 3. In the same pond were 6 Least Sandpipers, 2 Pectoral Sandpipers, 1 Lesser Yellowlegs and 1 Semipalmated Plover. 2 pairs of Wilson's Phalaropes were seen nearby. Three Black Terns flew over.
Directions: Due to the insurance policy, you MUST be a member of the Kingston Field Naturalists to access this location. The property is at the east end of the island. The entrance is at the SE corner of Lower 40 ft Rd. and South Shore Rd. The ferry is now $8.00 return and leaves Millhaven hourly on the half hour. Scope is recommended, along with a mask to keep the hordes of flies out of your mouth and nose. (Wish we had one!!!) Anne Anthony (and Tony Bigg) Peterborough. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu May 3 17:33:01 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from bay0-omc2-s2.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc2-s2.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.138]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B3D5634B2 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 3 May 2007 17:33:00 -0400 (EDT) Received: from hotmail.com ([65.54.224.75]) by bay0-omc2-s2.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Thu, 3 May 2007 14:33:01 -0700 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 3 May 2007 14:33:01 -0700 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from 67.70.19.103 by BAY105-DAV3.phx.gbl with DAV; Thu, 03 May 2007 21:32:56 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [67.70.19.103] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 17:32:46 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: MSN 9 X-MimeOLE: Produced By MSN MimeOLE V9.50.0034.2000 Seal-Send-Time: Thu, 3 May 2007 17:32:46 -0400 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 May 2007 21:33:01.0357 (UTC) FILETIME=[A02D1DD0:01C78DCA] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]marg irwin X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 May 2007 21:33:01 -0000 Just to help, the osprey building nests on the lights. In Georgina Township (york region north) a pair of osprey nested in the baseball lights. The nest was moved with a crane and nesting pole erected, by the town parks department, The pair returned this year and have continued to nest on the new platform. Only to have the wind storm blow it off. BUT they have rebuilt, on the new pole, and seem to be ready to start a new family. \ From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu May 3 18:57:30 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from fep1.cogeco.net (smtp.cogeco.net [216.221.81.25]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20D1C63491 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 3 May 2007 18:57:30 -0400 (EDT) Received: from dadspc (d150-132-112.home.cgocable.net [24.150.132.112]) by fep1.cogeco.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 3A78E787 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 3 May 2007 18:57:31 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Phil Moreau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 18:58:41 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3028 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Merritt Trail St. Catharines X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 May 2007 22:57:30 -0000 Today May 2, we went birding at merritt trail in St. Catharines and my husband and l saw a white throated sparrow and a few chipping sparrows. It was a pretty quiet adventure except for the tons and tons of red wing blackbirds. This trail is located on westchester ave right near the corner of oakdale. Ronda From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu May 3 19:42:51 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from helios.kos.net (helios.kos.net [64.201.45.11]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AA5096347E for <[email protected]>; Thu, 3 May 2007 19:42:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 20272 invoked from network); 3 May 2007 23:42:50 -0000 X-Mail-Scanner: Scanned by qSheff-II-2.1-r1 (http://www.enderunix.org/qsheff/) Received: from unknown (HELO D3ZD7M31) (64.201.47.133) by helios.kos.net with SMTP; 3 May 2007 23:42:50 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Terry Sprague" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ontbirds" <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 19:40:10 -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 6.00.2900.3028 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 Subject: [Ontbirds]Quinte Area Bird Report for week ending May 03, 2007 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 May 2007 23:42:51 -0000 WEEKLY BIRD REPORT FROM PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY AND THE QUINTE AREA FOR THE WEEK ENDING Thursday, May 03, 2007 Warmer days, more birds making their appearance in the Quinte area. A BLUE-HEADED VIREO was singing in the woods at Moira Ridge Farms off Leslie Road, just south of Roslin yesterday, where both HOUSE WRENS and WINTER WRENS were singing enthusiastically. A SPOTTED SANDPIPER was found along the Moira River there. The first RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, and currently, the only one to be reported, was seen on Ridge Road, southwest of Picton, on April 30th. The first EASTERN KINGBIRD of the season was reported from the west end of Big Island on April 30th, and other sightings came in from Harmony Road, north of Belleville, and also along Glenora Road, east of Picton, on May 1st, and another was seen the following day at Jackson's Falls Road, east of Milford. Other new arrivals this week have been ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS reported from several areas on May 1st, with a female seen on Harmony Road today. A CHIMNEY SWIFT and a BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER were seen at Waupoos. WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS began appearing in the Quinte area on April 30th, and their plaintive songs can be heard in most backyards these days. The first BLACK TERN of the spring season was seen at the H.R. Frink Centre north of Belleville on April 28th. At Prince Edward Point, it has been a quieter time this week with none of the large arrivals of last week. On the 2nd several parties of CANADA GEESE totaling 215 flew north, while offshore up to a 1000 LONG-TAILED DUCKS can be found when the water is calm enough to see them. Mixed in with them are up to 300 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS. Twenty SURF SCOTERS were found off of Point Traverse on the 29th while 30 - 40 BUFFLEHEADS are still to be found around the harbour entrance. NORTHERN HARRIERS were drifting past on the 2nd and 3rd when up to 6 were seen in a day. Three BROAD-WINGED HAWKS seen on the 29th were the first of the year and a MERLIN was seen on the 30th. Mixed among 30 TURKEY VULTURES on the 30th were 10 RED-TAILED HAWKS. Two SANDHILL CRANES were calling out in the field on the 29th. BONAPARTE'S GULLS are still feeding offshore with up to a 1000 being found off the point. The CASPIAN TERNS are being seen daily with three being found on the 30th. The numbers of YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS has dropped with only one or so being seen in a day now, the PILEATED WOODPECKER returned for a visit on the 2nd. The first GREAT-CRESTED FLYCATCHER of the year was calling on the 29th but has not been seen since. BLUE JAYS are just starting to move with a peak of 6 being seen on the 2nd and they should increase dramatically in the next week or so. A small passage of AMERICAN CROWS occurred on the 29th when 15 were recorded. A single PURPLE MARTIN flew over on the 30th and the first BANK SWALLOW was seen on the 2nd. Over at the lighthouse the CLIFF SWALLOWS are energetically rebuilding their nests. BROWN CREEPERS have almost finished their migration while HOUSE WRENS are just starting theirs with the first one being seen on the 27th. KINGLETS are only trickling through this week with RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS peaking at 80 on the 29th, the same day that the first BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER appeared in the nets. HERMIT THRUSHES and AMERICAN ROBINS are still moving, although not in large numbers. But May is the time for the warblers to appear and the first YELLOW WARBLER was singing on the 27th, 6 NASHVILLE WARBLERS were trapped on the 1st, there are 20 - 50 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS being seen every day and the occasional PINE WARBLER is found singing in the bushes. A few WESTERN PALM WARBLERS are being found and BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLERS are starting to sing. The resident EASTERN TOWHEES are singing away as are the FIELD SPARROWS. A late FOX SPARROW appeared in the nets on the 1st and had been banded a week earlier but had not been seen since banding. WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS are continuing in good numbers with a peak of 60 being seen. WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS first appeared on the 29th while the first ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS were on the feeders on the 28th. RUSTY BLACKBIRDS were on the move on the 29th and 30th when 125 and 180 were counted flying over. That rare bird at the point, the HOUSE SPARROW, was found on the 27th followed three days later by two males and a female. The best sighting of the week was a GREAT EGRET on the 27th which is only the second observatory record. Elsewhere across the Quinte region, an AMERICAN THREE TOED WOODPECKER was found yesterday in the Richardson's Campground of Sandbanks Provincial Park's West Lake Sector. The bird was found working away on a dead spruce in the area of the recycling bins. No doubt this is the same individual that was initially found November 29th of last year just a short distance away along the main entrance road. A NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was in a Ridge Road backyard for en entire day on Tuesday, much to the delight of the homeowners who were working outside. Two SANDHILL CRANES were seen in flight on April 29th, near the Highway 62 and County Road 1 intersection. Waterfowl is still very much in evidence as seen in the Prince Edward Point synopsis. Muscote Bay at Big Island still has LESSER SCAUP, COMMON GOLDENEYE, RING-NECKED DUCKS, COMMON MERGANSERS, MALLARDS, GADWALLS, AMERICAN WIGEON and MUTE SWANS, but most in lesser numbers than last week. On May 1st there was a scattered flock of COMMON GOLDENEYE that stretched from the east end of Consecon Lake, in a westerly direction for over a kilometre. Bird feeders are still doing brisk business, but mostly with summer clientel now, including high numbers of AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES at several feeders, and RED-BELLIED WOODPECKERS at Glenora, Wilson Road, and Waupoos. CHIPPING SPARROWS number about 20 at one feeder east of Picton, newly arrived ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS are visiting many of the feeders, and at one location in Trenton, about a dozen WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS have forsaken the feeder scene for the taste of grass seed. Four tardy AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS are still at a feeder on Maitland Drive north of Belleville. This is a condensed version of the Quinte Area Bird Report, containing only the significant sightings for Prince Edward County and the Quinte area. The full version can be found on the NatureStuff website, under BIRDING from the Main Menu. Terry Sprague Prince Edward County [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.naturestuff.net
