Kingston Area Birds 4 January 2025 - 10 January 2025
Kingston Area Birds 4 January 2025 – 10 January 2025
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 another good week for birds this week, with many reports
coming in daily. The continuing Eurasian Tree Sparrow continued throughout
the week and was seen by many visitors to Mark's place on Wolfe Island.
*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 – 1 was seen on Wolfe Island on Jan. 5; 1 was seen on Cressy
Lakeside Road (PEC) on Jan. 7
CACKLING GOOSE – 1 was seen on Wolfe Island on Jan. 5; 1 was seen at
Centennial Park (L&A) on Jan. 8
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE – 1 bird was seen at Treasure Island on Jan. 5
TRUMPETER SWAN – 36 birds were seen at Lower Brewers Lock on Jan. 5, 45 on
Jan. 7, 35 on Jan. 8, 38 on Jan. 10; 7 were seen at Davis Lock (L&G) on
Jan. 5; 21 were seen at Chaffey’s Lock (L&G) on Jan. 5, 26 on Jan. 6, 27 on
Jan. 7; 4 were seen at Black Rapids (L&G) on Jan. 5; 2 were seen at Kidd
Road, Lansdowne (L&G) on Jan. 5; 2 were seen on O’Brien Road (L&A) on Jan.
5; 2 were seen on Nicholson Point Road (L&A) on Jan. 5; 2 were seen at the
Lansdowne Dump (L&G) on Jan. 7; 5 were seen at Grass Point SP, NY (JC) on
Jan. 10
WOOD DUCK – 1 bird was continuing at Springside Park, Napanee (L&A) on Jan.
4, 1 on Jan. 9
AMERICAN WIGEON – 2 birds were seen at Elevator Bay on Jan. 4, 3 on Jan. 6,
6 on Jan. 7, 4 on Jan. 9; 1 was seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on
Jan. 4, 1 on Jan. 5; 2 were seen in Cataraqui Bay on Jan. 5; 2 were seen at
Treasure Island on Jan. 6; 2 were seen at Lake Ontario Park on Jan. 8; 1
was seen at Snowshoe Bay, NY (JC) on Jan. 10
NORTHERN PINTAIL – 3 birds were seen at Invista on Jan. 5; 1 was seen at
Lemoine Point CA on Jan. 5; 1 was seen at Wartman-Patterson Park on Jan. 9
GREEN-WINGED TEAL – 4 birds were continuing at Belle Park on Jan. 4, 4 on
Jan. 5, 12 on Jan. 10
CANVASBACK – 1 bird was seen in Collins Bay on Jan. 5; 1 was seen at Grays
Beach Lookout (L&G) on Jan. 5; 1 was seen in Elevator Bay on Jan. 6, 1 on
Jan. 7
REDHEAD – 6 birds were seen on Wolfe Island on Jan. 5; 2 were seen in
Cataraqui Bay on Jan. 5; 8 were seen at Waupoos Marina (PEC) on Jan. 5, 2
on Jan. 7; 26 were seen at Grays Beach Lookout (L&G) on Jan. 5, 3 on Jan.
8; 7 were seen at Centennial Park, Bath (L&A) on Jan. 5, 2 on Jan. 8, 35 on
Jan. 9; 5 were seen at Finkle’s Shore Park (L&A) on Jan. 8, 4 on Jan. 9; 3
were seen at Wartman-Patterson Park on Jan. 9; 2 were seen at Invista on
Jan. 9; 2 were seen at Snowshoe Bay, NY (JC) on Jan. 10
RING-NECKED DUCK – Multiple reports in the Kingston Circle this week
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER – 78 birds were seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC)
on Jan. 5, 4 on Jan. 10; 14 were seen at Long Point/Gravelly Bay Road (PEC)
on Jan. 5, 2 on Jan. 7, 71 on Jan. 10; 1 was seen at Finkle’s Shore Park
(L&A) on Jan. 8, 1 on Jan. 9
RUDDY DUCK – 1 bird was seen at Grays Beach Lookout (L&G) on Jan. 8
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT – 1 bird was seen at Sandhurst Shores (L&A) on
Jan. 9
RED-THROATED LOON – 1 bird was reported from the Wolfe Island Ferry on Jan.
10
COMMON LOON – 4 birds were seen on Howe Island on Jan. 5
HORNED GREBE – 1 bird was seen at Long Point/Gravelly Bay Road on Jan. 5, 3
on Jan. 10
GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL – Plentiful in the Kingston Circle this week.
AMERICAN HERRING GULL X GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL – 1 bird was seen at the
Lansdowne Dump (L&G) on Jan. 4
GLAUCOUS GULL – 1 bird was seen at Collins Bay on Jan. 4; 2 were seen at
The Escape of the Royal George (L&A) on Jan. 8
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL – 1 bird was seen at Fisher’s Landing, NY (JC) on
Jan. 10
ICELAND GULL – 1 bird was seen at the Lansdowne Dump (L&G) on Jan. 4; 1 was
seen on Wolfe Island on Jan. 5; 1 was seen at Prinyers Cove (PEC) on Jan.
5; 1 was seen at The Escape of the Royal George (L&A) on Jan. 8
GOLDEN EAGLE – 1 bird was seen on Wolfe Island on Jan. 4
AMERICAN GOSHAWK – 1 bird was seen north of Verona on Jan. 6; 1 was seen in
the Kingston Area on Jan. 9
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK – Continuing to be plentiful in the Kingston Circle this
week.
PEREGRINE FALCON – 1 bird was seen at 79 Stone Street North, Gananoque
(L&G) on Jan. 4; 1 was seen on Bateau Lane on Jan. 7; 1 was seen at the OPG
Station (L&A) on Jan. 8; 1 was seen at City Park on Jan. 9; 1 was seen on
Johnston Street (St. Mary’s Cathedral) on Jan. 9
BELTED KINGFISHER – 1 bird was seen at Elevator Bay on Jan. 4; 1 was seen
at Upper Brewers Lock on Jan. 4; 1 was seen at 490 Stone Street South,
Gananoque (L&G) on Jan. 4; 1 was seen at Little Cataraqui Creek CA on Jan.
9; 1 was seen at Fisher’s Landing, NY (JC) on Jan. 10
YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER – 1 bird was seen on Marble Rock Road (L&G) on
Jan. 5, 1 on Jan. 6, 1 on Jan. 7; 1 on Jan. 9; 1 bird was seen in Grenville
Park on Jan. 10
NORTHERN FLICKER – 1 was seen on Marble Rock Road (L&G) on Jan. 5; 1 was
seen at Perch River WMA, NY (JC) on Jan. 7; 1 was seen at Prince Edward
Point NWA (PEC) on Jan. 10; 1 was seen at Robert G. Wehle SP, NY (JC) on
Jan. 10
FISH CROW – 1 bird was seen at Wellington at Earl Street on Jan. 8; 2 were
seen at City Park on Jan. 9, 1 on Jan. 10
NORTHERN SHRIKE – 1 bird was seen on Wolfe Island on Jan. 4, 2 on Jan. 5, 1
on Jan. 6, 2 on Jan. 10; 1 was seen on Old Front Road on Jan. 4; 2 were
seen at Lemoine Point CA on Jan. 4, 1 on Jan. 6, 1 on Jan. 8, 1 on Jan. 9;
1 was seen on Red Maple Lane on Jan. 5; 1 was seen on Highway 15 South of
Mallens Road (L&G) on Jan. 5; 1 was seen at Kidd Road, Lansdowne (L&G) on
Jan. 5; 1 was seen in Deseronto (L&A) on Jan. 5; 1 was seen at Elevator Bay
on Jan. 6; 1 was seen at Howe Island Ferry (West) on Jan. 10; 1 was seen on
Babylon Road (PEC) on Jan. 10
GRAY CATBIRD - 1 bird has been continuing daily at a private residence in
Kingston since December 2024; 1 was seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC)
on Jan. 10
EASTERN BLUEBIRD – 6 birds were seen at Prince Edward Bay (PEC) on Jan. 4;
6 were seen on Amherst Island (L&A) on Jan. 5; 1 was seen on Sydenham Road
on Jan. 7; 2 were seen at the K&P Trail at Jackson’s Mill on Jan. 10
HERMIT THRUSH – 1 bird was seen at 1726 Burbrook Road on Jan. 9; 1 was seen
at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on Jan. 10
TUFTED TITMOUSE – 2 birds were seen on Montreal Street on Jan. 4, 1 on Jan.
6, 2 on Jan. 8, 2 on Jan. 9, 1 on Jan. 10; 1 was seen at 7264 Beadles Point
Road, NY (JC) on Jan. 4, 1 on Jan. 5, 1 on Jan. 6, 1 on Jan. 10; 2 were
seen at Grass Point SP, NY (JC) on Jan. 10
WINTER WREN – 1 bird was seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on Jan. 4, 1
on Jan. 10
CAROLINA WREN – 1 bird was seen at Belle Park on Jan. 4; 1 bird was seen
daily on Montreal Street from Jan. 4 – Jan. 10; 1 was seen on Howe Island
on Jan. 5; 1 was seen at Cressy-Lake Ontario of Kaiser Crossroad (PEC) on
Jan. 5; 1 was seen in Grenville Park on Jan. 10
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER – 2 birds were seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC)
on Jan. 4, 1 on Jan. 5; 1 on Jan. 7, 5 on Jan. 10; 3 were seen at Robert G.
Wehle SP, NY (JC) on Jan. 10
HORNED LARK – 1 bird was seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on Jan. 4, 1
on Jan. 5, 1 on Jan. 7; 10 were seen on Wolfe Island on Jan. 5, 1 on Jan.
10; 1 was seen at Kidd Road, Lansdowne (L&G) on Jan. 5
LAPLAND LONGSPUR – 1 bird was seen on Wolfe Island on Jan. 6
SNOW BUNTING – 40 birds were seen on Wolfe Island on Jan. 4, 40 on Jan. 5,
185 on Jan. 6, 161 on Jan. 8, 125 on Jan. 10; 1 was seen on Amherst Island
(L&A) on Jan. 4, 100 on Jan. 5; 30 were seen in Hartington on Jan. 5; 5
were seen at the OPG Station (L&A) on Jan. 8
EURASIAN TREE SPARROW – 1 bird was continuing daily at 337 Button Bay
Road, Wolfe Island from January 4 – Jan. 10
CHIPPING SPARROW – 1 bird was reported from 369 Morrison Point Road (PEC)
on Jan. 10
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW – 1 was seen at a private residence West of Gananoque
(L&G) on Jan. 9
SONG SPARROW – 1 bird was seen on Belle Island on Jan. 4, 1 on Jan. 10; 2
were seen at Links Mills School House (L&A) on Jan. 4; 1 was seen on Kaiser
Crossroad (PEC) on Jan. 5, 1 on Jan. 7; 1 was seen on Bay Street on Jan. 6;
1 was seen on Wolfe Island on Jan. 10
SWAMP SPARROW – 2 birds were reported from Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on
Jan. 10
EASTERN TOWHEE – 1 bird was seen on Railway Street, Lansdowne (L&G) on Jan.
5
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD – 5 birds were continuing at 5545 Perth Road Crescent
on Jan. 4, 4 on Jan. 5, 4 on Jan. 8, 4 on Jan. 10; 5 were seen on Marble
Rock Road (L&G) on Jan. 4; 10 were seen on Amherst Island (L&A) on Jan. 4;
9 were seen on Parrott’s Bay Lane (L&A) on Jan. 5; 1 was seen on Kaiser
Crossroad (PEC) on Jan. 6; 5 were seen at Nicholson Point (L&A) on Jan. 6;
1 was seen at Longpoint/Gravelly Bay Road (PEC) on Jan. 7, 1 on Jan. 10
BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD – 30 were seen on Wolfe Island on Jan. 4, 1on Jan. 5;
1 was seen at Links Mills School House (L&A) on Jan. 4; 1 was seen on
Marble Rock Road (L&G) on Jan. 5, 1 on Jan. 8, 1 on Jan. 9, 1 on Jan. 10; 1
was seen on Kaiser Crossroad on Jan. 6; 9 were seen on the K&P Trail at
Jackson’s Mill on Jan. 10
RUSTY BLACKBIRD – 11 birds were seen on Amherst Island (L&A) on Jan. 4; 1
was seen at Links Mills School House (L&A) on Jan. 7; 9 were seen on Wolfe
Island on Jan. 8
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