Kingston Area Birds 19 April 2025 - 25 April 2025
Kingston Area Birds 19 April 2025 – 25 April 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: The weather has warmed up and it looks like spring migration
has really started. There were some great sightings this week, so continue
to get out and see what you can find.
*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
LITTLE GULL – 1 bird was seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on Apr. 23,
3 on Apr. 24; 2 were seen on Amherst Island (L&A) on Apr. 23; 2 were seen
in Bath-Upper Gap (L&A) on Apr. 23
COMMON TERN – 3 birds were reported from the Thousand Islands Parkway (L&G)
on Apr. 24; 2 were seen at Hal McCarney Park (L&G) on Apr. 24; 1 was seen
on Stone Street S., Gananoque (L&G) on Apr. 25; 1 was seen near the Ivy Lea
Club (L&G) on Apr. 25
BLACK TERN - 1 bird was seen at the Perch River WMA-Vaadi Road, NY (JC) on
Apr. 19
AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER – 1 bird was seen at the O’Neill Conservation
Project – Lekx Road (L&G) on Apr. 20
LEAST SANDPIPER – 1 bird was seen at the Russell Road Wetland Complex (L&G)
on Apr. 24; 1 was seen at the O’Neill Conservation Project – Lekx Road
(L&G) on Apr. 25
SOLITARY SANDPIPER – 1 bird was seen at Lemoine Point CA on Apr. 25
LESSER YELLOWLEGS – 2 birds were seen at the Russell Road Wetland Complex
(L&G) on Apr. 19, 5 on Apr. 20, 6 on Apr. 21, 8 on Apr. 22, 3 on Apr. 23; 2
were seen on Wolfe Island on Apr. 20, 4 on Apr. 23; 2 were seen on County
Road 27 (L&A) on Apr. 20; 6 were seen at the Napanee Limestone Plain IBA
(L&A) on Apr. 21; 2 were seen on the K&P Trail (McIvor Road to Burbrook) on
Apr. 22; 1 was seen at the O’Neill Conservation Project – Lekx Road (L&G)
on Apr. 22, 8 on Apr. 23
DUNLIN – 3 birds were seen at the O’Neill Conservation Project – Lekx Road
(L&G) on Apr. 20, 2 on Apr. 22; 2 were seen at the Russell Road Wetland
Complex (L&G) on Apr. 21, 2 on Apr. 23, 2 on Apr. 24
LEAST BITTERN – 1 bird was seen at the Moscow Marsh (L&A) on Apr. 20
GREEN HERON – 1 bird was seen at the Gananoque Provincial Wildlife Area
(L&G) on Apr. 22; 1 was seen on the K&P Trail (Sydenham Road to McIvor) on
Apr. 23; 1 was seen on Ivy Lane, Sydenham on Apr. 24; 1 was seen on
Montreal Street on Apr. 25; 1 was seen on Reynolds Road (L&G) on Apr. 25
SORA – 1 bird was seen at the Moscow Marsh (L&A) on Apr. 20, 1 on Apr. 21;
1 was seen on McIntyre Road (L&A) on Apr. 22; 1 was seen on Amherst Island
(L&A) on Apr. 23; 1 was seen on Ivy Lane, Sydenham on Apr. 24; 1 was seen
on the K&P Trial south of Petworth Road on Apr. 25
COMMON GALLINULE – 1 bird was seen on Bellrock Road on Apr. 21
BLACK VULTURE – 1 bird was seen at 124 Maplecroft Court, Gananoque (L&G) on
Apr. 23; 1 was seen at 2046 Eden Grove Road (L&G) on Apr. 23
GOLDEN EAGLE – 1 bird was seen at the Lansdowne Dump (L&G) on Apr. 24
SNOWY OWL – 1 bird was seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on Apr. 19; 1
was seen on Wolfe Island on Apr. 20
CHIMNEY SWIFT – 2 birds were seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on Apr.
19
EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL – 1 bird was seen at Lemoine Point CA on Apr. 23; 1
was seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on Apr. 24; 1 was seen on
Opinicon Road on Apr. 24; 1 was seen on O’Brien Road (L&A) on Apr. 25
FISH CROW – 2 birds were seen in City Park, Kingston on Apr. 19, 1 on Apr.
24; 1 was seen at St. Lawrence College on Apr. 25
EASTERN KINGBIRD – 1 bird was seen at Robert G Wehle State Park, NY (JC) on
Apr. 20; 1 was seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on Apr. 24, 3 on Apr.
25
NORTHERN SHRIKE – 1 bird was seen at 1990 Front Road on Apr. 20
GRAY CATBIRD – 1 bird was seen on Amherst Island (L&A) on Apr. 23, 1 on
Apr. 24; 1 was seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on Apr. 25
NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD – 1 bird was seen on the K&P Trail (McIvor Road to
Burbrook) on Apr. 19; 2 were seen on Wolfe Island on Apr. 23
BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS – 23 birds were seen on Railton Road on Apr. 21; 35 were
seen at the Russell Road Wetland Complex (L&G) on Apr. 22
TUFTED TITMOUSE – 2 birds were seen on Montreal Street on Apr. 20, 2 on
Apr. 25; 1 was seen at Lemoine Point CA on Apr. 23; 1 was seen at the Glen
Lawrence Woods on Apr. 23
NORTHERN HOUSE WREN – There were multiple sightings in the Kingston Circle
this week.
MARSH WREN – 1 bird was seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on Apr. 24
CAROLINA WREN – 2 birds were seen at Parrott’s Bay CA (L&A) on Apr. 21, 1
on Apr. 23; 1 was seen on Amherst Island (L&A) on Apr. 24
BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER – 1 bird was seen at the Marshlands CA on Apr. 19; 1
was seen at Wartman-Patterson Park on Apr. 25
BLUE-HEADED VIREO – 1 bird was seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on
Apr. 19, 3 on Apr. 24; 1 was seen at Parrott’s Bay CA (L&A) on Apr. 21
RED-EYED VIREO – 1 bird was seen at Charleston Lake Provincial Park (L&G)
on Apr. 20
YELLOW-THROATED VIREO – 1 bird was reported from Blue Mountain Trail (L&G)
on Apr. 24
WARBLING VIREO – 1 bird was seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on Apr.
19; 1 was seen at the Marshlands CA on Apr. 25
LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH – 1 bird was seen on Canoe Lake Road on Apr. 25
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH – 4 birds were seen at Tree Frog Farm on Apr. 23, 5 on
Apr. 24; 1 was seen on Burridge Road on Apr. 24; 1 was seen at Prince
Edward Point NWA (PEC) on Apr. 24, 1 on Apr. 25
BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER – 1 bird was seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC)
on Apr. 24; 1 was seen near Brackvale Lane (L&G) on Apr. 24; 1 was seen at
Belle Island on Apr. 25; 1 was seen near Killenbeck Lake (L&G) on Apr. 25;
1 was seen on O’Brien Road (L&A) on Apr. 25
NASHVILLE WARBLER – 1 bird was seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on
Apr. 24; 1 was seen at Robert G. Wehle SP, NY (JC) on Apr. 24; 1 was seen
on O’Brien Road (L&A) on Apr. 25
NORTHER PARULA - 1 bird was seen at Otter Creek Preserve, NY (JC) on Apr. 24
YELLOW WARBLER – 1 bird was seen near Sir John A. Macdonald Blvd. on Apr.
24; 1 was seen at Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on Apr. 24, 1 on Apr. 25
BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER - 1 bird was seen at the Marshlands CA on Apr.
25
PALM WARBLER – 1 bird was seen on Simcoe Island on Apr. 19; 3 were seen at
Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on Apr. 19, 2 on Apr. 20
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW – 1 bird was seen at 4837 Highway 2 (L&G) on Apr. 19,
1 on Apr. 25; 1 bird was seen on County Club Drive, Bath (L&A) on Apr. 19,
1 on Apr. 20, 1 on Apr. 21, 1 on Apr. 22, 1 on Apr. 25; 1 was seen at
Prince Edward Point NWA (PEC) on Apr. 20; 1 was seen at 4388 Florida Road
on Apr. 24
RED CROSSBILL – 2 birds were seen at 5545 Perth Road Crescent on Apr. 25
BALTIMORE ORIOLE – 1 bird was reported from Warburton Crescent on Apr. 25
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