Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
Kingston Area Birds 16 November 2024 – 22 November 2024
Kingston Field Naturalists (KFN) maintain records in a 50km radius of
MacDonald Park, Kingston. Birders using eBird are encouraged to share their
sightings with ‘Kingston FN’. Alternatively, please email records directly
to me – contact details below. Please note that some sightings may require
review and remain unconfirmed unless stated otherwise. Species in bold type
require completion of a rare bird report available on the KFN website or
directly from me. If indicated, an OBRC report may be required instead (
http://www.ofo.ca/site/Obrcreport). Some iPhone users report that bold type
may be replaced by asterisks.
*Overview*: It was a quiet week overall, with cooler temperatures and rain
to end it off. This led to very few reports coming in over the last few
days. Hopefully the weather will work in our favour this week and we have
the opportunity to get out and find some more great birds.
Please be aware that the Amherstview Sewage Lagoons
construction is now completed and they are now open to members of the
Kingston Field Naturalists again.*
* Please be advised that the Owl Woods on Amherst Island will be closed
to visitors during the deer hunting season, which runs from Monday 18
November to Sunday 8 December. These dates are at the request of the
property owners of the Owl Woods.*
*Please respect these requests, both for personal safety reasons, but for
continued access to these sites.*
SNOW GOOSE – 2 were seen on Wolfe Island on Nov. 16; 5 were seen at
Cressy-Lake Ontario off Kaiser Crossroad (PEC) on Nov. 16, 5 on Nov. 21
BRANT – 1 bird was seen at Three Mile Bay, NY (JC) on Nov. 17; 1 was seen
on the Invista Property on Nov. 20
TRUMPETER SWAN – 2 birds were seen at Cataraqui Bay on Nov. 16; 5 were seen
at Crystal Spring Farms on Nov. 17; 5 were seen at 104 Hardwood Lane on
Nov. 17; 2 were seen on Round Island, NY (JC) on Nov. 19; 7 were seen on
the K&P Trail in Verona on Nov. 21
WOOD DUCK – 1 bird was seen on Marble Rock Road (L&G) on Nov. 19
REDHEAD – 6 birds were seen in Cataraqui Bay on Nov. 16, 20 on Nov. 17, 47
on Nov. 19, 120 on Nov. 20; 200 were seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC)
on Nov. 16; 12 were seen at Belle Park on Nov. 17; 1 was seen at 1193 King
Street West on Nov. 17; 16 were seen in Elevator Bay on Nov. 18, 5 on Nov.
20; 100 were seen at Doug Fluhrer Park on Nov. 20
GREATER SCAUP – Plentiful in the Kingston Area this week.
LESSER SCAUP – 2 birds were seen in Cataraqui Bay on Nov. 16, 10 on Nov.
17, 11 on Nov. 19, 50 on Nov. 20; 40 were seen at Belle Park on Nov. 17; 7
were seen at Halsteads Bay (L&G) on Nov. 18, 4 on Nov. 20; 2 were seen in
Collins Bay on Nov. 19; 5 were seen at Doug Fluhrer Park on Nov. 20
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER – 1 bird was seen in Cataraqui Bay on Nov. 16; 2 were
seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on Nov. 16; 1 was seen on Lake
Ontario between Snake Island and Salmon Island on Nov. 17; 2 were seen on
Long Point Road/Gravelly Bay Road (PEC) on Nov. 17
BLACK SCOTER – 1 bird was seen at Halsteads Bay (L&G) on Nov. 18; 1 was
seen in Cataraqui Bay on Nov. 19
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE – 1 bird was continuing in Cataraqui Bay on Nov. 16 and
continued through the week and was last reported on Nov. 21
RED-THROATED LOON – 1 bird was reported from Amherst Island (L&A) on Nov.
17; 1 was seen at Portsmouth Olympic Harbour on Nov. 20; 10 birds were
reported on two separate occasions in Dexter, NY (JC) on Nov. 20
COMMON LOON – Still plentiful in the Kingston Circle this week.
PIED-BILLED GREBE – 1 bird was seen at the Ashland Flats WMA, NY (JC) on
Nov. 19
HORNED GREBE – 11 birds were seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on Nov.
16; 1 was seen at Cressy-Lake Ontario off Kaiser Crossroad; 2 were seen on
Amherst Island (L&A) on Nov. 16; 37 were seen at Long Point Road/Gravelly
Bay Road (PEC) on Nov. 17
BONAPARTE’S GULL – 15 birds were seen in Adolphustown (PEC) on Nov. 16; 38
were seen at Belle Park on Nov. 17; 2 were seen at Long Point SP, NY (JC)
on Nov. 17; 1 was seen at Point Peninsula, NY (JC) on Nov. 17; 8 were seen
at the Montreal Street Apartments on Nov. 18; 3 were seen at Halsteads Bay
(L&G) on Nov. 18; 5 were seen at Green Bay Park on Nov. 19; 20 were seen at
Doug Fluhrer Park on Nov. 20
GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL – 1 was seen on Amherst Island (L&A) on Nov. 16; 1
was seen in Sackets Harbor, NY (JC) on Nov. 16; 1 was seen at Three Mile
Bay, NY (JC) on Nov. 17; 1 was seen at Point Peninsula, NY (JC) on Nov. 17;
1 was seen at Portsmouth Olympic Harbour on Nov. 20; 2 were seen at Long
Point/Gravelly Bay Road (PEC) on Nov. 20; 1 was seen at Heritage Point,
Bath (L&A) on Nov. 20, 3 on Nov. 21, 1 on Nov. 22; 1 was seen in Dexter, NY
(JC) on Nov. 20
KILLDEER – 2 birds were seen at Belle Park on Nov. 17
WILSON’S SNIPE – 2 birds were seen at Grass Point State Park, NY (JC) on
Nov. 16; 1 was seen at Point Peninsula, NY (JC) on Nov. 17
WESTERN CATTLE EGRET – 1 bird was continuing at Resort Road on Nov. 16,
Nov. 17
GREAT BLUE HERON – 1 bird was seen in Sackets Harbor, NY (JC) on Nov. 16; 1
was seen on Amherst Island (L&A) on Nov. 17; 2 were seen at Three Mile Bay
Boat Launch, NY (JC) on Nov. 17; 1 was seen at Parrott’s Bay CA (L&A) on
Nov. 19
AMERICAN COOT – 2 birds were seen in Cataraqui Bay on Nov. 16, 11 on Nov.
17, 20 on Nov. 19, 2 on Nov. 20; 100 were seen at Belle Park on Nov. 17; 15
were seen in Elevator Bay on Nov. 18; 50 were seen at Doug Fluhrer Park on
Nov. 20
RING-NECKED PHEASANT – 2 birds were seen at Three Mile Bay, NY (JC) on Nov.
17; 2 were seen at Point Peninsula, NY (JC) on Nov. 17
TURKEY VULTURE – 5 birds were seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on Nov.
16; 3 were seen at the Ashland Flats WMA, NY (JC) on Nov. 19
OSPREY – 1 late bird was reported from 3084 Ernie Lane on Nov. 16
GOLDEN EAGLE – 1 bird was seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on Nov. 16
RED-SHOULDERED HAWK – 5 birds were seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on
Nov. 16
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK – 14 birds were seen on Amherst Island (L&A) on Nov. 16,
3 on Nov. 17, 1 on Nov. 18; 1 was seen in Cape Vincent, NY (JC) on Nov. 16;
1 was seen at Belle Park on Nov. 17; 7 were seen at Three Mile Bay, NY (JC)
on Nov. 17; 5 were seen at Point Peninsula, NY (JC) on Nov. 17; 1 was seen
in Chaumont, NY (JC) on Nov. 17; 1 was seen at Lemoine Point CA on Nov. 19;
1 was seen on Modler Road (L&G) on Nov. 19; 2 were seen at the Ashland
Flats WMA, NY (JC) on Nov. 19
CAVE SWALLOW – 1 bird was seen at 590 Stone Street South, Gananoque (L&G)
on Nov. 17
BELTED KINGFISHER – 1 bird was seen on Amherst Island (L&A) on Nov. 16; 1
was seen at Cataraqui Bay on Nov. 17, 1 on Nov. 19; 1 was seen on the
Cataraqui Trail (McFadden Road to Hogan Road) on Nov. 18; 1 was seen at
Elevator Bay on Nov. 18; 1 was seen on Old Front Road on Nov. 19; 1 was
seen at the Dexter Marsh, NY (JC) on Nov. 19; 1 was seen on Bath Road near
Canatara Court on Nov. 20
YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER – 1 bird was seen at Balsam Grove on Nov. 21
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER – 1 bird was seen at 104 Hardwood Lane on Nov. 21
NORTHERN FLICKER – 1 bird was seen on Marble Rock Road (L&G) on Nov. 17, 1
on Nov. 18, 1 on Nov. 19; 2 were seen at Point Peninsula, NY (JC) on Nov.
17; 1 was seen on the Blue Mountain Field Trail (L&G) on Nov. 19; 1 was
seen at the Dexter Marsh, NY (JC) on Nov. 19; 1 was seen at the Invista
Property on Nov. 20
FISH CROW – 1 bird was seen Wellington at Earl Street on Nov. 20
NORTHERN SHRIKE – 1 bird was seen at Three Mile Bay, NY (JC) on Nov. 17; 1
was seen at Point Peninsula, NY (JC) on Nov. 17; 1 was seen on Warburton
Road (L&G) on Nov. 19; 1 was seen at Perth Road and Tett Crescent on Nov. 20
EASTERN BLUEBIRD – 1 bird was seen on Sand Hill Road on Nov. 16, 6 on Nov.
18; 1 was seen on Florida Road on Nov. 16; 2 were seen at Prince Edward
Point NWA (PEC) on Nov. 16; 3 were seen at 4560 Davidson Road on Nov. 18; 7
were seen on Cunningham Road (L&G) on Nov. 18; 5 were seen on Morrison
Point Road (PEC) on Nov. 19; 3 were seen on Warburton Road (L&G) on Nov.
19; 5 were seen at the Lennox Generating Station (L&A) on Nov. 21
HERMIT THRUSH – 1 bird was seen at Tree Frog Farm on Nov. 16; 1 was seen at
Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on Nov. 16; 1 was seen at 104 Hardwood Lane
on Nov. 17, 1 on No; 2 were seen at Belle Park on Nov. 17; 1 was seen on
Marble Rock Road on Nov. 18; 1 was seen at the Invista Property on Nov. 20
TUFTED TITMOUSE – 2 birds were seen at a private reisdence on Montreal
Street on Nov. 16, 2 on Nov. 19, 1 on Nov. 20; 1 was seen on MacAlpine Road
on Nov. 17; 1 was seen at 943 McKnight Road on Nov. 19
WINTER WREN – 1 bird was seen on Gravelly Bay Road (PEC) on Nov. 16
CAROLINA WREN – 1 bird was seen at Cataraqui Bay on Nov. 16; 1 was seen on
Wolfe Island on Nov. 16; 1 was seen at a private residence on Montreal
Street on Nov. 16, 1 on Nov. 20; 2 were seen at Prince Edward Point NWA
(PEC) on Nov. 16; 2 were seen at Point Peninsula, NY (JC) on Nov. 17; 1 was
seen at 943 McKnight Road on Nov. 19; 1 bird was seen at Balsam Grove on
Nov. 21
NORTHERN PARULA – 1 late bird was seen at Heritage Point, Bath (L&A) on
Nov. 20
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER – 4 birds were seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC)
on Nov. 16; 1 was seen at Long Point Road/Gravelly Bay Road (PEC) on Nov.
17; 1 was seen on Marble Rock Road (L&G) on Nov. 17; 1 was seen at Heritage
Point, Bath (L&A) on Nov. 18, 2 on Nov. 20, 1 on Nov. 21, 1 on Nov. 22
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT – 1 late bird was seen at Invista on Nov. 18
AMERICAN PIPIT – 4 birds were seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on Nov.
16; 4 were seen at Cressy-Lake Ontario off Kaiser Cross Road (PEC) on Nov.
16; 1 was seen on Amherst Island (L&A) on Nov. 16; 1 was seen on Wolfe
Island on Nov. 17
HORNED LARK – 1 bird was seen on the Blue Mountain Field Trail (L&G) on
Nov. 19
SNOW BUNTING – 3 birds were seen at Cataraqui Bay on Nov. 16, 1on Nov. 22;
1 was seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on Nov. 16
FIELD SPARROW – 1 bird was seen at the Lennox Generating Station (L&A) on
Nov. 21
FOX SPARROW – 1 bird was seen on Marble Rock Road (L&G) on Nov. 17, 1 on
Nov. 18
SWAMP SPARROW – 1 bird was seen at the Lennox Generating Station (L&A) on
Nov. 21
EVENING GROSBEAK – 3 birds were seen on Chelsea Road on Nov. 16; 6 were
seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on Nov. 16; 1 was seen on Brock
Street (Sunnyside neighbourhood) on Nov. 18; 2 were seen at Tree Frog Farm
on Nov. 19
PINE GROSBEAK – An unconfirmed report of 1 bird came from Lemoine Point CA
on Nov. 19
RED CROSSBILL – 6 birds were seen on Wilmer Road on Nov. 17; 1 was seen at
Invista on Nov. 18
PINE SISKIN – 50 birds were seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on Nov.
16; 3 were seen on Edgewood Road (L&A) on Nov. 16; 40 were seen on Country
Club Drive, Bath (L&A) on Nov. 17; 1 was seen at Tree Frog Farm on Nov. 19
COMMON GRACKLE – 1 late bird was seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on
Nov. 16; 1 was seen at Long Point Road/Gravelly Bay Road (PEC) on Nov. 16;
1 was seen on Amherst Island (L&A) on Nov. 17; 1 was seen at 164 Liddell
Crescent on Nov. 18; 1 was seen on the Gananoque Waterfront Trail (L&G) on
Nov. 21
BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD – 2 birds were seen in Amherstview (L&A) on Nov. 16; 3
were seen in Clayton, NY (JC) on Nov. 16; 1 was seen at Belle Park on Nov.
17; 2 were seen on Country Club Drive, Bath (L&A) on Nov. 22
RUSTY BLACKBIRD – 2 birds were seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on
Nov. 16
In order to minimize disturbance to wildlife and property in the recording
area, Kingston Field Naturalists has adopted the KFN Sensitive Sightings
Policy
<https://kingstonfieldnaturalists.org/wildlife/kfn-sensitive-sightings-policy/>.
Please note that you must be a card-carrying member of Kingston Field
Naturalists (KFN), or be accompanied by a member, to access both the Martin
Edwards Reserve and Amherstview Sewage Lagoons. Permits are being checked
on a regular basis at Amherstview and those without are being evicted. KFN
members wishing to enter the Invista property must enter through the west
gate and show their membership card to security.
As always, a big thank you goes to all those who have submitted sightings
directly or via eBird.
Darren Rayner
Perth Road, Ontario
Email: birds@kingstonfieldnaturalists.org
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