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Kingston and Area Bird Sightings

Kingston Area Birds 2 November 2024 – 8 November 2024 Kingston Field Naturalists (KFN) maintain records in a 50km radius ofMacDonald Park, Kingston. Birders using eBird are encouraged to share theirsightings with ‘Kingston FN’. Alternatively, please email  records directlyto me – contact details below….

Ontario Rare Bird Report

Ontario Rare Bird Alert for the week starting November 1, 2024 Species mentioned (all caps indicate species on the OBRC review list):Eurasian Wigeon (Leeds and Grenville)Harlequin Duck (COCHRANE, Durham, Niagara, Northumberland, Simcoe, Toronto)Barrow’s Goldeneye (Ottawa)White-winged Dove (Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry)Hudsonian Godwit (Durham, Norfolk)Purple Sandpiper…

Prince Edward County Bird List

Prince Edward County Checklist of Birds(November, 2024) Because of its location in eastern Lake Ontario, Prince Edward County is a natural catch-all for migrating birds during both spring and fall. The points of land along the southern shore especially, provide excellent birding opportunities during…

November is Here! What Birds Can We Expect to be Around This Month?

This month overall is one in which many birders lose interest. The bulk of the migration is over and for bird listers, it is too early to be thinking of starting a winter bird list – an exercise that officially commences on December 1st….

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26th Annual Winter Finch Forecast – 2024 – 2025

By Forecaster Tyler Hoar GENERAL FORECAST This year, a widespread cone crop reaches from northern British Columbia to eastern Quebec and down the western mountains. While there is a widespread crop, some areas have significant holes caused by insect infestations (Spruce Budworm, Tent Caterpillar,…

In October, What Bird Species Can We Expect To See?

As September was a month for fall warblers, October is the month for sparrows. Any walk along a roadside or across a weedy meadow this month will often flush countless numbers of them as they feed upon the ripening seed heads of weeds. We…

Birding Abandoned Fields

No doubt you have noticed as you have been driving the back roads this past month, birds flitting around in grassy meadows and darting from bush to bush. This month we check out the “little brown jobs,” the sparrows. They are passing through right…