Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
Kingston Area Birds 14 December 2024 – 20 December 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 good week for bird sightings. Multiple Christmas Bird
Counts meant lots of reports coming in throughout the week. Some fantastic
sightings. It is great to have to say there were too many reports of birds
like Trumpeter Swans, Northern Shrikes and Greater Black-backed Gulls to
submit a full report.
There has been a higher than normal number of checklists
submitted this past week; as well as being a participant in multiple
Christmas Counts, so if I have missed any submissions I apologize.
SNOW GOOSE – 1 bird was seen on Wolfe Island on Dec. 14, 1 on Dec. 18; 1
was seen at Point Peninsula Bird Conservation Area, NY (JC) on Dec. 19; 50
were seen at Robert G. Wehle SP, NY (JC) on Dec. 19
CACKLING GOOSE – 3 birds were seen on Wolfe Island on Dec. 15, 2 on Dec.
18; 2 were seen at Parrott’s Bay CA (L&A) on Dec. 19
TRUMPETER SWAN – Multiple sightings from throughout the Kingston Area this
week.
NORTHERN SHOVELER – 1 bird was seen on the Wolfe Island Ferry Crossing on
Dec. 15; 4 were seen at Belle Park on Dec. 15, 4 on Dec. 18
NORTHERN PINTAIL – 9 birds were seen at the Invista Property on Dec. 14, 5
on Dec. 15; 2 were seen at Grass Creek Park on Dec. 15; 3 were seen on
Wolfe Island on Dec. 15, 6 on Dec. 15; 1 was seen at Fort Henry on Dec. 15;
2 were seen at Doug Fluhrer Park on Dec. 15; 2 were seen in Cataraqui Bay
on Dec. 16; 1 was seen in Elevator Bay on Dec. 18; 1 was seen in Elgin
(L&G) on Dec. 18
AMERICAN WIGEON – 6 birds were seen at Landon Bay (L&G) on Dec. 18; 1 was
seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on Dec. 18, 2 on Dec. 19; 2 were seen
at Clark’s Woods (L&G) on Dec. 20
GREEN-WINGED TEAL – 1 bird was seen in Chaumont, NY (JC) on Dec. 20
REDHEAD – 2 were seen on Noxon Road, Napanee (L&A) on Dec. 14; 250 were
seen on Wolfe Island on Dec. 15; 6 were seen on the Invista Property on
Dec. 15; 50 were seen in Cataraqui Bay on Dec. 16; 1 was seen at the
Waupoos Marina (PEC) on Dec. 18; 1 was seen at the Gananoque Golf and
Country Club (L&G) on Dec. 20; 1 was seen in Chaumont, NY (JC) on Dec. 20
LESSER SCAUP – 175 were seen on Wolfe Island on Dec. 15; 9 were seen in
Cataraqui Bay on Dec. 15; 2 were seen at Colonel By Lake on Dec. 15
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER – 2 birds were seen at Colonel By Lake on Dec. 15; 30
were seen at Long Point/Gravelly Bay Road (PEC) on Dec. 16; 25 were seen at
Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on Dec. 17, 12 on Dec. 18, 2 on Dec. 19
BLACK SCOTER – 1 bird was seen in Cataraqui Bay on Dec. 16
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT – 4 birds were seen on Wolfe Island on Dec. 15, 6
on Dec. 16; 1 was seen on Howe Island on Dec. 15; 2 were seen at Kingston
Mills on Dec. 15; 2 were seen on Kingston Mills Road on Dec. 15; 1 was seen
in Alexandria Bay, NY (JC) on Dec. 17; 1 was seen at Prinyers Cove (PEC) on
Dec. 18
COMMON LOON – 1 bird was seen on Buck Lake on Dec. 14; 2 were seen at
Parrott’s Bay CA (L&A) on Dec. 15; 1 was seen at Robert G. Wehle SP, NY
(JC) on Dec. 16; 1 was seen on Amherst Island (L&A) on Dec. 18
HORNED GREBE – 1 bird was seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on Dec. 15;
5 were seen at Long Point/Gravelly Bay Road (PEC) on Dec. 16; 2 were seen
at Cressy-Lake Ontario off Kaiser Road (PEC) on Dec. 18; 2 were seen on
Amherst Island (L&A) on Dec. 18
BONAPARTE’S GULL – 1 was seen on Concession Road 3 (L&A) on Dec. 14; 4 were
seen on Staples Lane (L&A) on Dec. 14
GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL – Multiple sightings in the Kingston Circle this
week.
AMERICAN HERRING X GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL – 1 bird was seen at Prince
Edward Point NWA (PEC) on Dec. 18
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL -1 bird was seen at the Lansdowne Dump (L&G) on
Dec. 17, 1 on Dec. 18
ICELAND GULL – 1 bird was seen at Heritage Point, Bath (L&A) on Dec. 14
SANDHILL CRANE – 2 birds were seen on Short Point Road (L&G) on Dec. 18
GREAT BLUE HERON – 2 birds were seen at Treasure Island on Dec. 15; 1 was
seen at 714 Newmarket Lane on Dec. 17; 1 was seen at Thousand Island
National Park-Landon Bay Centre (L&G) on Dec. 17; 1 was seen at Halsteads
Bay (L&G) on Dec. 18; 1 was seen in Sydenham on Dec. 20
AMERICAN COOT – 20 were seen in Cataraqui Bay on Dec. 15, 5 on Dec. 16; 1
was seen at the Wolfe Island Ferry Dock (Kingston Side) on Dec. 15; 10 were
seen at Doug Fluhrer Park on Dec. 15; 1 was seen in Prince Edward Bay (PEC)
on Dec. 16; 2 were seen at the Waupoos Marina (PEC) on Dec. 18
TURKEY VULTURE – 6 birds were seen at 369 Morrison Point Road (PEC) on Dec.
14
AMERICAN GOSHAWK – 1 bird was seen at Fox Run-1000 Island Parkway (L&G) on
Dec. 17
RED-SHOULDERED HAWK – 1 bird was seen on Aley Street on Dec. 15; 1 was seen
at Robert G. Wehle SP, NY (JC) on Dec. 19
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK – Multiple sighting in the Kingston Circle this week.
PEREGRINE FALCON – 1 bird was seen on Wolfe Island on Dec. 15; 2 were seen
at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on Dec. 15; 1 was seen at Keewaydin SP, NY
(JC) on Dec. 17; 1 was seen in Elgin (L&G) on Dec. 18; 1 was seen on Marble
Rock Road (L&G) on Dec. 20
BELTED KINGFISHER – 1 bird was seen in Verona on Dec. 14; 1 was seen at
Round Lake on Dec. 14; 1 was seen at Invista on Dec. 14; 1 was seen on
Kingston Mills Road on Dec. 15; 1 was seen at the Millburn Creek NCC
Property on Dec. 19; 1 bird was seen at 1537 Sunbury Road on Dec. 20
YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER – 1 bird was seen at The Marshlands on Dec. 15; 1
was seen at the Cataraqui Cemetery on Dec. 15, 1 on Dec. 19; 1 was seen on
Marble Rock Road (L&G) on Dec. 15, 1 on Dec. 19, 1 on Dec. 20
NORTHERN FLICKER – 1 bird was seen at 369 Morrison Point Road (PEC) on Dec.
14; 2 were seen on Wolfe Island on Dec. 15; 1 was seen in Grenville Park on
Dec. 15; 1 was seen at Lemoine Point CA on Dec. 15, 1 on Dec. 19; 2 were
seen on Amherst Island (L&A) on Dec. 16; 1 was seen at Robert G. Wehle SP,
NY (JC) on Dec. 16; 1 was seen on Old Front Road on Dec. 17; 1 was seen on
Long Point Road (L&G) on Dec. 18; 1 was seen at Prince Edward Point NWA
(PEC) on Dec. 19; 1 was seen on Beach Road, NY (JC) on Dec. 19; 1 was seen
on Percy Crescent on Dec. 20
FISH CROW – 1 bird was seen in the City Park Area on Dec. 15
NORTHERN SHRIKE – Abundant in the Kingston Circle this week.
NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD – 1 bird was seen on Wolfe Island on Dec. 16
BROWN THRASHER – 1 bird was seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on Dec. 15
EASTERN BLUEBIRD – Still being reported consistently in the Kingston Circle
this week.
HERMIT THRUSH – 1 bird was heard in Meadowbrook Forest on Dec. 15; 1 was
seen at The Marshlands CA on Dec. 16
TUFTED TITMOUSE – 3 birds were seen at a private feeder near Treasure
Island on Dec. 15; 2 were seen on Maple Lawn Drive (Edgewood Entrance) on
Dec. 15; 1 was seen on Channelview Road on Dec. 15; 1 was seen at Otter
Creek Preserve, NY (JC) on Dec. 17; 1 was seen at Keewaydin SP, NY (JC) on
Dec. 17; 2 were seen at the Howe Island Ferry Dock-East (L&G) on Dec. 20; 1
was seen at the Gananoque Waterfront (L&G) on Dec. 20; 1 was seen at Loneys
Lane (L&G) on Dec. 20
WINTER WREN – 1 bird was seen on the Cataraqui Trail east of Maple Leaf
Road on Dec. 14; 1 was seen at Round Lake on Dec. 14; 3 were seen on Wolfe
Island on Dec. 15; 1 was seen at Kingston Mills on Dec. 15; 1 was seen at
Thousand Islands National Park-Landon Bay Centre (L&G) on Dec. 17; 1 was
seen at Cressy-Lake Ontario off Kaiser Road (PEC) on Dec. 18; 1 was seen at
Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on Dec. 19
CAROLINA WREN – 1 bird was seen at 943 McKnight Road on Dec. 15; 1 was
heard at Kingston Mills on Dec. 15; 1 bird was seen at Thousand Island
National Park-Landon Bay Centre (L&G) on Dec. 17; 2 were seen at
Cressy-Lake Ontario off Kaiser Road (PEC) on Dec. 18; 1 was seen at Prince
Edward Point NWA (PEC) on Dec. 19
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET – 1 bird was seen at Belle Park on Dec. 15
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER – 7 birds were seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC)
on Dec. 15, 1 on Dec. 17, 2 on Dec. 18, 7 on Dec. 19
HORNED LARK – 6 birds were seen on Wolfe Island on Dec. 15; 30 were seen on
Woodburn Road on Dec. 20
LAPLAND LONGSPUR – 2 birds were seen on Wolfe Island on Dec. 20; 1 was seen
on Marble Rock Road (L&G) on Dec. 20
SNOW BUNTING – 1 was seen at 4192 Duff Rod on Dec. 14; 200 were seen on
Florida Road on Dec. 14; 12 were seen at 3826 Greenfield Road on Dec. 14;
20 were seen on Butternut Creek Road on Dec. 15; 98 were seen on Wolfe
Island on Dec. 15, 150 on Dec. 20; 43 were seen in Cape Vincent, NY (JC) on
Dec. 15; 6 were seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on Dec. 19; 170 were
seen on Bear Creek Road on Dec. 20; 7 were seen on Leo Lake Road on Dec.
20; 7 were seen on Howe Island on Dec. 20; 30 were seen on Marble Rock Road
(L&G) on Dec. 20; 55 were seen on South Lake Road (L&G) on Dec. 20
CHIPPING SPARROW – 1 bird was continuing at a Private Residence on Stone
Street South, Gananoque (L&G) on Dec. 14 to Dec. 20
FOX SPARROW – 1 bird was seen at Lemoine Point CA on Dec. 15; 1 was seen on
Laura Avenue on Dec. 19
SAVANNAH SPARROW – 1 bird was seen on Hardscrabble Road, NY (JC) on Dec. 19
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW – 1 bird was continuing at a Private Residence West
of Gananoque (L&G) from Dec. 14 to Dec. 20; 1 was seen on Country Club
Drive, Bath (L&A) on Dec. 20
SONG SPARROW – Still multiple sightings in the Kingston Circle this week.
SWAMP SPARROW – 1 late bird was seen at Round Lake on Dec. 14; 1 was seen
at Little Cataraqui CA on Dec. 15; 1 was seen at Rotary Park on Dec. 15
EVENING GROSBEAK – 2 birds were seen on Beaver Road (L&G) on Dec. 20
REDPOLL – 2 birds were seen on Desert Lake Road on Dec. 14
PINE SISKIN – 2 birds were seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on Dec.
15; 1 bird was seen on Howe Island on Dec. 20
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD – 3 birds were continuing at 5545 Perth Road Crescent
on Dec. 14, 1 on Dec. 16, 1 on Dec. 17, 3 on Dec. 18, 3 on Dec. 19; 10 were
seen on Wolfe Island on Dec. 15; 3 were seen at Kingston Mills on Dec. 15;
1 was seen in Arbour Ridge Park on Dec. 15; 7 were continuing at Long
Point/Gravelly Bay Road (PEC) on Dec. 16; 1 was seen at Three Mile Bay, NY
(JC) on Dec. 19; 2 were seen on North Shore Road, Gananoque on Dec. 20
RUSTY BLACKBIRD – 9 birds were seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on
Dec. 15, 1 on Dec. 17
BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD – 1 bird was seen in Butternut Creek Park on Dec. 15;
1 was seen on Marble Rock Road (L&G) on Dec. 15, 2 on Dec. 19, 3 on Dec.
20; 1 was seen on Russell Road (L&G) on Dec. 17; 2 were seen on Lekx Road
(L&G) on Dec. 18
COMMON GRACKLE – 1 bird was seen at 2323 Howe Island Drive on Dec. 14; 1
was seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on Dec. 19
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
Darren Rayner
Perth Road, Ontario
Email: birds@kingstonfieldnaturalists.org
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