Almost all the records this week are from the KFN property on Amherst Island.
Shorebirds continue to more through, not in particularly large numbers, but
certainly in good variety. The rarest was a breeding plumaged Purple Sandpiper
last Friday. The Tricolored Heron put in a return appearance on Saturday. That
same day there were about 200 Semipalmated Sandpipers, 5 Semipalmated and a
Black-bellied Plover, 3 Ruddy Turnstones, a Whimbrel and a Willet. There were
also over a hundred Brant. On Tuesday a Red Knot and a Sanderling were new
species for the year and by Wednesday most of the birds had flown; only a
Short-billed Dowitcher and a few Semipalmated Sandpipers and Plovers remained.
Still on the island, the Owl Woods Road had a Grasshopper Sparrow, Willow
Flycatcher and Black-billed Cuckoo.
North of the city, the Opinicon Road continues to produce its specialities;
Golden-winged and Cerulean Warblers, Yellow-billed Cuckoo and Yellow-throated
Vireo.
Cheers,
Peter Good
Kingston Field Naturalists
613 378-6605
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