Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
Kingston Area Birds 20 April 2024 – 26 Apr. 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.
SNOW GOOSE – 1 was seen on Craigen Road (L&A) on Apr. 21; 1 was seen on
Nugent Road (L&A) on Apr. 25
SURF SCOTER – 18 birds were seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on Apr.
20, 4 on Apr. 21, 6 on Apr. 22, 10 on Apr. 23, 1 on Apr. 24, 6 on Apr. 25,
20 on Apr. 26
BLACK SCOTER – 1 bird was seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on Apr. 20;
1 was seen at Long Point/Gravelly Bay Road (PEC) on Apr. 21
PIED-BILLED GREBE – 2 birds were seen at the Moscow Marsh (L&A) on Apr. 21;
1 was seen at Camden Lake Provincial Wildlife Area (L&A) on Apr. 21; 3 were
seen at Little Cataraqui CA on Apr. 25; 1 was seen on the K&P Trail (McIvor
to Burbrook) on Apr. 26; 3 were seen on Florida Road on Apr. 26; 1 was seen
on Downing Street on Apr. 26
HORNED GREBE – 35 birds were seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on Apr.
20, 3 on Apr. 21, 2 on Apr. 22, 2 on Apr. 24; 1 was seen on Longpoint Road
on Apr. 21, 3 on Apr. 22, 6 on Apr. 23, 3 on Apr. 25, 1 on Apr. 26
RED-NECKED GREBE – 5 birds were seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on
Apr. 20
*LITTLE GULL *– 7 birds were seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on Apr.
20, 3 on Apr. 21, 1 on Apr. 25
*GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL* – 1 bird was seen at Prince Edward Point NWA
(PEC) on Apr. 25
*COMMON TERN* – 2 birds were seen on Stone Street South, Gananoque (L&G) on
Apr. 22, 2 on Apr. 23, 14 on Apr. 25; 6 were seen in Rockport (L&G) on Apr.
26; 6 were seen on the Gananoque Waterfront (L&G) on Apr. 26
*SPOTTED SANDPIPER* – 1 bird was seen the Lemoine Point on Apr. 21; 1 was
seen at 125 Nina’s Lane on Apr. 21
*GREATER YELLOWLEGS* – 1 bird was seen on Wolfe Island on Apr. 20, 2 on
Apr. 24, 3 on Apr. 26; 6 were seen off Florida Road on Apr. 20; 16 were
seen on Lekx Road (L&G) on Apr. 20, 16 on Apr. 21, 18 on Apr. 22, 23 on
Apr. 23, 36 on Apr. 24, 4 on Apr. 25, 18 on Apr. 26; 8 were seen on County
Road 27 (L&A) on Apr. 21; 10 were seen on Craigen Road (L&A) on Apr. 21; 2
were seen on Unity Road on Apr. 24; 3 were seen in Morton on Apr. 25; 10
were seen on Nugent Road (L&A) on Apr. 25; 30 were seen on Stagecoach Road
on Apr. 26; 10 were seen in Sydenham on Apr. 26
UPLAND SANDPIPER – 1 bird was seen on County Road 32 (L&G) on Apr. 20; 2
were seen on Amherst Island (L&A) on Apr. 25; 2 were seen on Wolfe Island
on Apr. 26
*PECTORAL SANDPIPER* – 6 birds were seen on Wolfe Island on Apr. 20, 4 on
Apr. 26; 9 were seen at the Milburn Creek NCC Property on Apr. 24; 1 was
seen on Lekx Road (L&G) on Apr. 24
*LESSER YELLOWLEGS* – 1 bird was seen on Lekx Road (L&G) on Apr. 20, 3 on
Apr. 21, 3 on Apr. 22, 2 on Apr. 23, 4 on Apr. 24, 4 on Apr. 26; 2 were
seen on Craigen Road (L&A) on Apr. 21; 2 were seen on Wolfe Island on Apr.
24
SANDHILL CRANE – 1 was seen in Tree Frog Woods on Apr. 21; 1 was seen on
Florida Road on Apr. 23; 1 was seen on Bethel Road (L&A) on Apr. 23
AMERICAN BITTERN – 1 bird was seen on McIntyre Road (L&A) on Apr. 20; 1 was
seen on Hogs Back Road (L&A) on Apr. 20; 1 was seen at the Moscow Marsh
(L&A) on Apr. 21; 1 was heard at The Marshlands on Apr. 22; 1 was seen on
Florida Road on Apr. 23; 1 was seen on the K&P Trail (south of Petworth
Rd.) on Apr. 26
*LEAST BITTERN* – 1 bird was heard on Wolfe Island on Apr. 24
GREEN HERON – 1 bird was seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on Apr. 21;
1 was seen at the Resource Road Pond on Apr. 26
GREAT EGRET – 1 bird was seen on the K&P Trail (McIvor to Burbrook) on Apr.
21, 1 on Apr. 24, 1 on Apr. 26; 1 was seen on Centennial Drive on Apr. 21;
1 was seen on Creekside Valley Drive on Apr. 21; 1 was seen at Centennial
Drive and the K&P Trail on Apr. 22, 1 on Apr. 26; 1 was seen on the K&P
Trail (Sydenham to McIvor) on Apr. 24; 1 was seen at Prince Edward Point
NWA (PEC) on Apr. 25; 1 was seen on Downing Street on Apr. 26
VIRGINIA RAIL – 1 bird was seen at the Helen Quilliam Sanctuary on Apr. 20;
2 were seen at the Unity Road Marshes on Apr. 21; 1 was seen at Lemoine
Point on Apr. 21; 2 were seen at the Moscow Marsh (L&A) on Apr. 21; 1 was
seen on Oclean Lane on Apr. 23; 1 was seen on the K&P Trail (Godfrey to
Fish Creek Road) on Apr. 23; 2 were seen at the Gananoque Provincial
Wildlife Area (L&G) on Apr. 23; 2 were seen on Wolfe Island on Apr. 24; 3
were seen on the Coronation Boulevard Trail on Apr. 25; 1 was heard on the
K&P Trail in Verona on Apr. 25; 1 was seen in Sydenham on Apr. 26
SORA – 1 bird was seen at Centennial Drive and the K&P Trail on Apr. 22, 1
on Apr. 23; 1 was seen at the Resource Road Pond on Apr. 24; 2 were heard
on the Coronation Boulevard Trail on Apr. 25
COMMON GALLINULE – 1 bird was seen on the Burbrook Road Trail on Apr. 23
RING-NECKED PHEASANT – 1 bird was seen on Amherst Island (L&A) on Apr. 20,
1 on Apr. 22
*BLACK VULTURE* – 1 bird was seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on Apr.
20
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK – 1 bird was seen on Bedford Road on Apr. 20; 1 was seen
on Holsgrove Lane on Apr. 20; 1 was seen on County Road 32 (L&G) on Apr.
20; 1 was seen at 5545 Perth Road Crescent on Apr. 21; 1 was seen on Middle
Road on Apr. 21; 1 was seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on Apr. 21, 1
on Apr. 23, 1 on Apr. 25; 1 was seen on the K&P Trail (south of Petworth
Rd.) on Apr. 26; 1 was seen at the Amherstview Golf Course (L&A) on Apr. 26
COOPER’S HAWK – 1 bird was seen near Slide Lake Loop on Apr. 20; 1 was seen
at 1038 Dillingham Street on Apr. 20; 1 was seen at Prince Edward Point NWA
(PEC) on Apr. 20, 1 on Apr. 21; 1 was seen near Buck Lake on Apr. 21; 1 was
seen at Lemoine Point on Apr. 22; 1 was seen on Montreal Street on Apr. 24
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK – 1 bird was seen on Amherst Island (L&A) on Apr. 20, 3
on Apr. 22, 5 on Apr. 25; 1 was seen on Wolfe Island on Apr. 24
PEREGRINE FALCON – 1 bird was seen on Wolfe Island on Apr. 21; 1 was seen
at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on Apr. 21; 1 was seen on Lekx Road (L&G)
on Apr. 25; 1 was seen on the K&P Trail (McIvor to Burbrook) on Apr. 26; 1
was seen on Florida Road on Apr. 26; 1 was seen on Downing Street on Apr. 26
*EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL *– 1 bird was hear on Marble Rock Road (L&G) on
Apr. 23
PURPLE MARTIN – 8 birds were seen on Amherst Island (L&A) on Apr. 20, 2 on
Apr. 23, 7 on Apr. 25, 6 on Apr. 26; 1 was seen at Prince Edward Point NWA
(PEC) on Apr. 22, 1 on Apr. 25; 5 were seen at the Holleford Crater Farm on
Apr. 26
*BANK SWALLOW* – 1 bird was seen at Lime Lake (L&A) on Apr. 23
CLIFF SWALLOW – 2 birds were seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (L&A) on Apr.
20, 1 on Apr. 21, 2 on Apr. 22, 2 on Apr. 23, 2 on Apr. 24, 3 on Apr. 25, 1
on Apr. 26; 4 were seen at the Amherstview Sewage Lagoons (L&A) on Apr. 26
FISH CROW – 2 were seen in City Park on Apr. 26
*LEAST FLYCATCHER* – 1 bird was seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on
Apr. 26
*EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE* – 1 bird was heard at Lime Lake (L&A) on Apr. 23
LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE – 1 was reported from the Kingston Area on Apr. 21, 1 on
Apr. 22, 1 on Apr. 25
*SWAINSON’S THRUSH* – 1 bird was seen at the Marshlands on Apr. 21
TUFTED TITMOUSE – 1 bird was seen on Montreal Street on Apr. 21, 1 on Apr.
22, 1 on Apr. 24 and again on Apr. 26; 1 was seen on Marble Rock Road on
Apr. 26
HOUSE WREN – This little bird arrived in numbers throughout the Kingston
Circle this week.
CAROLINA WREN – 1 bird was seen at Glen Lawrence Woods on Apr. 20, 1 on
Apr. 22; 1 was seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on Apr. 20, 1 on Apr.
21, 1 on Apr. 26; 1 was seen on Amherst Island (L&A) on Apr. 22; 1 was seen
at the Marshlands on Apr. 23, 1 on Apr. 25, 1 on Apr. 26; 1 was seen at 943
McKnight Road on Apr. 23; 1 was seen at Balsam Grove on Apr. 25
*BLUE-HEADED VIREO* – 1 bird was seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on
Apr. 20; 1 was seen in Barriefield on Apr. 22
*LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH *– 1 bird was seen on Canoe Lake Road on Apr. 20, 1
on Apr. 26
*NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH* – 1 bird was seen at Tree Frog Farm on Apr. 20, 2 on
Apr. 23, 3 on Apr. 25; 1 was seen at Lime Lake (L&A) on Apr. 23; 1 was seen
on Wolfe Swamp Road on Apr. 26
*BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER* – 1 bird was seen at Prince Edward Point NWA
(PEC) on Apr. 25; 1 was seen at Depot Lakes CA on Apr. 26
*NASHVILLE WARBLER* – 1 bird was seen on the Burbrook Road Trail on Apr.
23; 1 was seen at Isabel Bader Centre on Apr. 25
*PALM WARBLER *– 1 bird was seen at Lemoine Point on Apr. 21; 3 were seen
at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on Apr. 21, 1 on Apr. 22; 1 was seen at
Parrot’s Bay CA (L&A) on Apr. 25
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER – 1 bird was seen at Prince Edward Point NWA
(PEC) on Apr. 23, 1 on Apr. 25
HORNED LARK – 3 birds were seen on Addington Road 1 (L&A) on Apr. 20
*LINCOLN’S SPARROW* – 1 bird was seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on
Apr. 26
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW – 1 bird was continuing at a Private Residence East
of Kingston (L&G) on Apr. 21, 1 on Apr. 22; 1 was seen at Prince Edward
Point NWA (PEC) on Apr. 21, 1 on Apr. 26; 1 was seen at 204 Simmons Road
(L&A) on Apr. 22, 1 on Apr. 24; 1 was seen at Lemoine Point on Apr. 25
VESPER SPARROW – 1 bird was seen on McIntyre Road (L&A) on Apr. 20; 1 was
seen on Lekx Road (L&G) on Apr. 22; 2 were seen on Kidd Road (L&G) on Apr.
23; 1 was seen on Eden Grove Road (L&G) on Apr. 24; 1 was seen at Prince
Edward Point NWA (PEC) on Apr. 24
*RED CROSSBILL** – *7 birds were seen at Tree Frog Farm on Apr. 22, 9 on
Apr. 23, 8 on Apr. 25; 2 were seen on Bedford Road on Apr. 23
PINE SISKIN – 1 bird was seen on Gravelly Bay Road (PEC) on Apr. 20; 2 were
seen at 104 Hardwood Lane on Apr. 21; 3 were seen at Tree Frog Farm on Apr.
22, 2 on Apr. 23; 1 was seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on Apr. 23, 1
on Apr. 26; 1 was seen at The Helen Quilliam Sanctuary on Apr. 24; 2 were
seen on the K&P Trail (south of Godfrey) on Apr. 24; 1 was seen at Lemoine
Point on Apr. 26
RUSTY BLACKBIRD – These birds continue to be plentiful in the Kingston
Circle.
In order to minimise 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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