Mant thanks to Kurt Hennige and Gary Ure for a great OFO fieldtrip today to the Kingston area and Amherst Island.
A special thankyou to the Kingston Field Naturalists for allowing us to access their wonderful grassland and shorebird habitat on Amherst Island. Car pooling enabled 29 birders to use 14 cars for the outing. A group total of 107 species included many highlights: 7 Wilson's Phalarope (4 females) on Amherst, Short-billed Dowitcher, Brant flock + one injured goose onshore, a flock of White-winged Scoter, Common and Red-throated loons from the ferry, Least Bittern, Black Tern, both Cuckoos, 5 woodpecker species including Pileated, Loggerhead Shrike, 2 Golden-winged and 2 Cerulean warblers, a Scarlet Tanager singing from the top of a pine tree, and Grasshopper Sparrow. Dave Milsom [email protected] _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
