Kingston Area Birds 30 December 2023 – 5 January 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:
As we roll into a new year I want to thank everyone for their submissions and reports over the past year. Let’s try and make 2024 even more successful than 2023. I encourage everyone to get out there and enjoy the outdoors, get your family and friends involved. Here’s to a prosperous 2024.
Parish Notes:
Please note the new email address at the bottom of the report that can be used to submit observations if you are not using eBird.
Kingston List
SNOW GOOSE/CANADA GOOSE HYBRID- 1 apparent bird was seen in Cataraqui Bay on Jan. 2 and continued throughout the week.
CACKLING GOOSE – 1 was seen on Wolfe Island (Reed’s Bay) on Jan. 1; 1 was seen in Cataraqui Bay on Jan. 1; 1 was seen in Cataraqui Bay on Jan. 2; 7 were seen on Amherst Island on Jan. 4
TRUMPETER SWAN – 34 were seen at Chaffey’s Locks on Jan. 1; 4 were seen on Marble Rock Road on Jan. 2; 2 were seen at Cataraqui Bay on Jan. 5; 1 was seen on Amherst Island on Jan. 5
NORTHERN PINTAIL-2 birds were seen in Cataraqui Bay on Jan. 2, 2 on Jan. 3; 3 were seen on Wolfe Island on Jan. 3; 1 was seen on the 1000 Island Parkway on Jan. 3
GREEN-WINGED TEAL – 3 birds were found at Belle Park on Dec. 30, 9 on Jan. 1, 8 on Jan. 4; 1 was seen at the Amherstview Sewage Lagoon on Jan. 1
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER – 1 was seen in Cataraqui Bay on Jan. 1, 1 on Jan. 2, 1 on Jan. 4; 1 was seen at Prince Edward Point NWA on Jan. 2, 26 on Jan. 5; 6 were seen on the edge of the circle on CR13, PEC on Jan. 3
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE – 1 bird was reported from Cataraqui Bay on Jan. 5
RUDDY DUCK – 2 were seen daily from Jan. 1 to Jan. 5 in Cataraqui Bay
HORNED GREBE – 3 birds were seen on Amherst Island on Dec. 31; 1 was seen on Long Point/Gravelly Bay Road on Jan. 1
AMERICAN COOT – 9 birds were seen in Elevator Bay on Dec. 30, 7 on Dec. 31, 9 on Jan. 3; 12 were seen in Cataraqui Bay on Jan. 1, 9 on Jan. 2, 16 on Jan. 3, 12 on Jan. 4; 2 were seen at Invista on Jan. 3
KILLDEER – 6 birds were still found at Heritage Point in Bath on Dec. 31, 6 on Jan. 1
ICELAND GULL – 1 bird was seen at Waterfront Park on Dec. 30; 1 was seen on Amherst Island on Dec. 30; 1 bird was seen on Simcoe Island on Dec. 31; 1 was seen at Prince Edward Point NWA on Jan. 2; 4 were seen at the Violet Dump on Jan. 2, 1 on Jan. 5
GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL – multiple sightings in the Kingston Circle this week
GLAUCOUS GULL – 1 bird was seen at the Violet Dump on Jan. 2; 1 was reported from Cataraqui Bay on Jan. 5
COMMON LOON –still multiple sightings in the Kingston Area throughout the week
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT – 1 late bird was found at An Gorta Mor Park/Pumphouse Museum on Jan. 5
NORTHERN HARRIER – there are large numbers of Harriers present in the Kingston circle this week, primarily on Wolfe and Amherst Island
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK – 1 was seen on Wolfe Island on Jan. 3; 1 was seen at CRCA on Perth Road on Jan. 3; 1 was seen on Galt Road on Jan. 3; 1 was seen at Tree Frog Farm on Jan. 4; 2 were seen on Amherst Island on Jan. 4
COOPER’S HAWK – there were multiple sightings in the Kingston area this week
RED-SHOULDERED HAWK – 1 late bird was found on Amherst Island on Dec. 31
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK – birds are being reported from both Amherst and Wolfe Islands consistently over the week.
BELTED KINGFISHER – 1 was seen on Amherst Island on Jan. 1, 1 on Jan. 4; 1 was seen at Lemoine Point on Jan. 3
NORTHERN FLICKER – 1 bird was seen on Amherst Island on Dec. 30; 1 was seen at Grenville Park on Dec. 30; 3 were seen at Lemoine Point on Jan. 1
AMERICAN KESTREL – 2 birds were seen at the Strathcona Arena in Napanee on Dec. 30; 2 were seen on Wolfe Island on Dec. 30, 2 on Dec. 31, 2 on Jan. 1, 3 on Jan. 3; 1 was seen on Amherst Island on Dec. 30, 3 on Dec. 31, 1 on Jan. 1, 2 on Jan. 4, 2 on Jan. 5; 1 was seen on Colebrook Road on Jan. 2
MERLIN – 1 was seen on Wolfe Island on Dec. 31, 1 on Jan. 3; 1 was seen on Sand Hill Road on Jan. 1; 1 was seen on Amherst Island on Jan. 4
PEREGRINE FALCON – 1 bird was seen on Amherst Island on Dec. 31; 1 was seen at the OPG Power Plant on Jan. 3
NORTHERN SHRIKE – 1 was seen near Roblin on Dec. 30; 1 bird was seen on Amherst Island on Dec. 30, 1 on Dec. 31, 2 on Jan. 1, 2 on Jan. 3, 2 on Jan. 5; 1 was seen on Wolfe Island on Dec. 31; 1 was seen at Lemoine Point on Dec. 31, 1 on Jan. 1; 1 was seen on the K&P Trail (Cranberry Creek) on Jan. 1; 1 was seen on McGill Road near Enterprise on Jan. 2; 1 was seen on the 1000 Island Parkway on Jan. 3
FISH CROW – 1 bird was seen in City Park on Dec. 31; 2 on Jan. 3, 1 on Jan. 4
WINTER WREN – 2 were seen on Perch Cove Lane on Dec. 30; 1 was seen at Belle Park on Jan. 4
CAROLINA WREN – 1 bird was seen at Grenville Park on Dec. 30; 1 was seen at a private residence on Montreal Street on Jan. 2; 1 was seen in Balsam Grove on Jan. 3
NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD – 1 was seen at Portsmouth Olympic Harbour on Jan. 4
EASTERN BLUEBIRD – 1 bird was seen near Roblin on Dec. 30; 3 were seen on the K&P Trail (Jackson’s Mills) on Jan. 1; 4 were seen on Sand Hill Road on Jan. 1; 1 was seen on Florida Road on Jan. 1; 2 were seen on South Ridge Road, Napanee on Jan. 1; 9 birds were seen on Colebrook Road on Jan. 2; 6 were seen on the Napanee Limestone Plain on Jan. 2
PURPLE FINCH – 1 was seen on Howe Island Drive on Jan. 1; 5 was seen near Marlin Road on Jan. 2; 1 was seen on Yarker Road on Jan. 2; 2 were seen at Prince Edward Point NWA on Jan. 5, 1 was seen on Marble Rock Road on Jan. 5
RED CROSSBILL – 2 were seen at Tree Frog Farm on Jan. 4
PINE SISKIN – 1 was seen on Yarker Road on Jan. 2; 5 were seen in Sydenham on Jan. 3; multiple sightings north of the Kingston Circle throughout the week
LAPLAND LONGSPUR – 1 was seen on Beechwood Road, Napanee on Dec. 30
SONG SPARROW – 1 bird was seen at Belle Park on Dec. 30, 1 was seen at Links Mills School House on Jan. 1
SWAMP SPARROW – 1 late bird was reported from the Marshlands CA on Jan. 5
SONG SPARROW- 1 bird was seen at Belle Park on Jan. 1; 1 was seen on Wolfe Island on Jan. 1; 1 was seen at Lemoine Point on Jan. 3; 1 bird was found on Amherst Island on Jan. 4
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD – 15 birds were continuing at 5545 Perth Road Crescent on Dec. 30, 25 on Jan. 1, 15 on Jan. 3
BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD – 1 late bird was seen at Links Mills School House on Dec. 31
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER – 1 was seen on Perch Cove Lane on Dec. 30; 1 was seen at Heritage Park in Bath on Jan. 1; 1 was seen at Invista on Jan. 3; 1 was seen at Wartman-Patterson Park on Jan. 4
In order to minimise disturbance to wildlife and property in the recording area, Kingston Field Naturalists has adopted the 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