No rarities to report from this past week. A few interesting birds did show up at feeders here and there. Not many winter finches were reported but there was a smattering of AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES and COMMON REDPOLLS at least.
City of Kingston Among the more seasonally common species of waterfowl at Cataraqui Bay this past week was 1 CANVASBACK and 1 HOODED MERGANSER. A FOX SPARROW was visiting a feeder in the Barriefield Area and a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW was visiting a Westbrook feeder. Amherst Island Island birds included RED-TAILED HAWK, 7 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, 1 BALD EAGLE, 4 SNOWY OWLS, 1 BARRED OWL, 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS, 3 AMERICAN KESTRELS, 1 RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, 1 NORTHERN FLICKER, 1 BELTED KINGFISHER, 2 NORTHERN SHRIKES, COMMON RAVEN, 9 HORNED LARKS, 1 LAPLAND LONGSPUR and 1 EASTERN MEADOWLARK. Waterfowl included 85 TUNDRA SWANS, AMERICAN BLACK DUCK, LESSER SCAUP, BUFFLEHEAD and COMMON GOLDENEYE. Howe Island The waters off the island hosted 34 TRUMPETER SWANS, GADWALL, AMERICAN BLACK DUCK, LONG-TAILED DUCK, COMMON GOLDENEYE as well as COMMON and RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS. Three BARRED OWLS and 7 BALD EAGLES were also there. Violet Dump The most notable gulls at the dump this past week were 1 ICELAND, 3 GLAUCOUS and 2 GREAT BLACK-BACKED. Wolfe Island 50+ TUNDRA SWANS, NORTHERN HARRIER, RED-TAILED HAWK, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, 2 SNOWY OWLS, 1 AMERICAN KESTREL, 1 NORTHERN SHRIKE and 1 HORNED LARK were the highlights. Other Observations A PINE WARBLER continued to patronize a feeder north of Verona. A RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER and a COMMON GRACKLE were visiting a yard near Bedford Mills. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was at the intersection of Rutledge Road and Perth Road and another near Battersea. A BALD EAGLE was at Gananoque. A COOPER'S HAWK was at Napanee. A BELTED KINGFISHER was along Big Creek Road. An AMERICAN ROBIN was at Hay Bay. Thanks to all those who submitted their sightings. 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/ QUBS flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/qubsoutreach/ _______________________________________________ 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/
