{"id":3518,"date":"2026-05-09T05:00:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T05:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/?p=3518"},"modified":"2026-05-09T09:58:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T09:58:27","slug":"kingston-and-area-bird-sightings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/kingston-and-area-bird-sightings\/","title":{"rendered":"Kingston and Area Bird Sightings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Kingston Area Birds May 2, 2026 \u2013 May 8, 2026

<\/strong>Kingston Field Naturalists (KFN) maintain records in a 50km radius of
MacDonald Park, Kingston. Birders using eBird are encouraged to share their
sightings with \u2018Kingston FN\u2019. Alternatively, please email records directly
to me \u2013 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<\/a>). Some iPhone users report that bold type
may be replaced by asterisks.

*Overview*: It was another amazing week of birding, with a number of spring
arrivals showing up in the Kingston Area this week.  The highlights of the
week were the American White Pelican, first reported by Paul Jones on May 4
at Prince Edward Point NWA, the Yellow-breasted Chat, first reported by
Sarah Sharp on May 5 at Prince Edward Point NWA, and the Western Tanager,
first reported by Marlene Kraml at her home in Kingston on May 3.

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Brant: Sixty-two birds were seen at 4388 Florida Road on May 8.

*American White Pelican: One bird was seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC)
on May 4 and continued daily through the week.*

Little Gull: One bird was seen at Island View Park-Amherstview (L&A) on May
5.

Least Sandpiper: Five birds were seen at the O\u2019Neill Conservation Project
(L&G) on May 5, two on May 6.

Glossy Ibis: One unconfirmed sighting came in from Lemoine Point CA on May
2.

Red-headed Woodpecker: One bird was continuing on Amherst Island (L&A) on
May 2. One was seen at Wartman-Patterson Park on May 3, one on May 4 and
one on May 5. One was seen on Canoe Lake Road on May 7.

Eastern Wood-pewee: One bird was seen on the Cataraqui Trail west of Perth
Road on May 3. One was seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on May 5. One
was seen at 5545 Perth Road Crescent on May 6.

Tufted Titmouse: One was seen on Belle Island on May 5. Two were seen at
194 Pauline Tom Avenue on May 6. One was seen on Montreal Street on May 8.
One was seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on May 7.

Sedge Wren: One bird was reported from Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on May
8.

Carolina Wren: One bird was seen on Murphy Road (L&A) on May 6.

Red-eyed Vireo: One bird was seen on Macgillivray Road on May 6.

Louisiana Waterthrush: One bird was continuing on Canoe Lake Road on May 2,
one on May 7 and one on May 8.

Golden-winged Warbler: One bird was seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC)
on May 4. One was seen on the Gananoque Waterfront Trail (L&G) on May 5.
One was seen on O\u2019Brien Road (L&A) on May 5. One was seen at 585 Murphy
Road, Enterprise (L&A) on May 6. One was seen at 377 Murphy Road,
Enterprise (L&A) on May 6. Two other birds were seen at a different
location on Murphy Road (L&A) on May 6.

Blue-winged Warbler: One bird was seen at Camden Lake Provincial Wildlife
Area (L&A) on May 3. One was seen on the Gananoque Waterfront Trail (L&A)
on May 6. One was seen on Marble Rock Road (L&G) on May 6. One was seen at
377 Murphy Road, Enterprise (L&A) on May 6. One was seen at QUBS (L&G) on
May 8.

Cape May Warbler: One bird was seen on Edgewood Road (L&A) on May 3, one on
May 4.

Magnolia Warbler: One bird was seen on the Gananoque Waterfront Trail (L&A)
on May 6 and two on May 7.

*Yellow-breasted Chat: One bird was seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC)
on May 5.*

American Tree Sparrow: One was seen at Lemoine Point CA on May 3.

Grasshopper Sparrow: One bird was seen on the K&P Trail south of
Harrowsmith on May 6.

*Western Tanager: One bird was seen at 67 Alwington Avenue on May 3 and
continued daily through May 7.*

Indigo Bunting: One bird was seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on May
5, one on May 6. One was seen on Macgillivray Road on May 6. One was seen
at the Marshlands CA on May 7.

Orchard Oriole: Three birds were seen on the Invista Property on May 5. One
was seen on Amherst Island (L&A) on May 6, one on May 7 and again on May 8.

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\/<\/a>>.
Please note that you must be a card-carrying member of Kingston Field
Naturalists (KFN), or be accompanied by a member, to access the Martin
Edwards Reserve. Access to the Amherstview Sewage Lagoons is strictly
limited to KFN members only, no non-member guests permitted. Memberships
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<\/a>
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Kingston Area Birds May 2, 2026 \u2013 May 8, 2026 Kingston Field Naturalists (KFN) maintain records in a 50km radius ofMacDonald Park, Kingston. Birders using eBird are encouraged to share theirsightings with \u2018Kingston FN\u2019. Alternatively, please email records directlyto me \u2013 contact details below….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birding","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3518"}],"version-history":[{"count":126,"href":"https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5044,"href":"https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3518\/revisions\/5044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturestuff.net\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}