Large numbers of loons are concentrated in the Amherst ferry channel. Other areas are reporting groups of loons including 17 on Lake Opinicon yesterday along with a Red-throated; very unusual in the back lakes north of Kingston. There were several grebes at Prince Edward Point on Hallowe'en including 2 Red-necked. A Great Egret was on Amherst on Wednesady, a Green Heron was at Davis Lake (near QUBS) yesterday and 3 Sandhill Cranes fed in a cornfield near Crosby last Tuesday. Waterfowl highlights included a large flock of Snow Geese on Amherst and a couple of Common Goldeneye in Navy Bay on Tuesday, 400 Ring-necked Ducks at Pothole Lake and a single Brant with Canadas on the penitentiary property yesterday. There were still four species of shorebird at the sewage lagoons but nothing rare or unexpected. It has been a good week for Northern Shrikes with 3 at PEPt on the 31st and then singletons on Amherst and the Orser Road. Pine Siskins and Purple Finches continue to trickle through in ones and twos. A lone Evening Grosbeak was near Morton last Saturday. As a final acknowledgment of approaching winter there were 8 Snow Buntings at the lagoons on Tuesday and 9 Rough-legged Hawks on Amherst on Wednesday. The KFN is doing their annual fall round-up this weekend. Cheers, Peter Good Kingston Field Naturalists 613 378-6605 _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
