There have been only a few reports submitted to me in the past two weeks, with many naturalists turning their attention to other things while they await the coming migration season. Nothing really out of the ordinary to report here, perhaps with exception of a CAROLINA WREN at the Amherst Island ferry dock. Shorebirds continue to be found at numerous locations.
Amherst Island Shorebirds at the Kingston Field Naturalists' property included both YELLOWLEGS, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, SANDERLING, SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER and WILSON'S SNIPE. Other species included 2 GADWALL, GREEN HERON, BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, GREAT HORNED OWL, 4 SHORT-EARED OWLS and 1 CLAY-COLOURED SPARROW. A CAROLINA WREN was at the ferry dock on the mainland. Amherstview Sewage Lagoons Notable birds were GADWALL, AMERICAN WIGEON, AMERICAN BLACK DUCK, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, NORTHERN SHOVELER, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, LESSER SCAUP, GREEN HERON, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, both YELLOWLEGS, SEMIPALMATED, LEAST, PECTORAL and STILT SANDPIPERS, WILSON'S PHALAROPE and 140 BONAPARTE'S GULLS. Opinicon Road Birding had slowed right down along Opinicon Road. A TRUMPETER SWAN was still on Lake Opinicon. COMMON NIGHTHAWKS and EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILLS were still active and tending to fledglings along the Cataraqui Trail. Salmon Island A rare visit to Salmon Island (off shore of Kingston) by several birders found SPOTTED SANDPIPER, 4 RUDDY TURNSTONES, 1 SANDERLING and 1 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER. Thank you to those who contributed observations this week. All bird sightings reported to me are included in the Kingston Field Naturalists’s long term records database which has over 60 years of observations on file and is an invaluable conservation resource. Mark -- Mark Andrew Conboy Operations & Research Assistant and Outreach Coordinator Queen’s University Biological Station 280 Queen's University Road Elgin, Ontario, Canada K0G 1E0 phone: 613-359-5629 fax: 613-359-6558 email: [email protected] or [email protected] QUBS website: http://www.queensu.ca/qubs/index.html QUBS blog: http://opinicon.wordpress.com/ _______________________________________________ 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/
