Western Kingbirds
1)
At 3:30pm I ran into a Western Kingbird perched on the wires along County
road 1 and its intersection with Palmer Burris Road. I have been along this
road several times in the last month and this is the first time I have seen
this bird.
Directions: from Hwy 401 take county road 40/wooler road (exit 522) south
to where it joins onto the loyalist parkway hwy 33.
Follow 33 south to village of Consecon. Just south of Consecon turn
left(east) onto county road 1.
Palmer- Burris/Cty rd 1 intersection is approximately 3 km east of 33.
2)
Later on at 6:20pm I found the previously reported Western Kingbird at #
878 County road 24. This Kingbird has been present since the 14th. I have
passed by it's recorded location 7 times since it was first reported and
only seen it twice.
Directions
From kingbird 1 follow county road 1 east to where it ends at county road 10
(runs south from west end of Picton at the LCBO), turn right onto 10 and
follow in through Cherry Valley and turn right onto county road 24. It was
located on the wires in the field just before number 878.
Other Sightings
5 Snow Geese (white) with a flock of 250+ canadas across the road from 572
Brummell road. Brummell road is your first right immediately after turning
off Cty 10 onto Cty. 24.
Shorebirds at Sandbanks Provincial Park; approximately 40 birds all Killdeer
except for 4 Semi-palmated Plovers, 1 Golden Plover, and 2 Sanderling
2 Common Ravens coming out of the Consecon Quarry on hwy 33
22 American Kestrels and 2 Merlins along Cty. Rd. 24
Horned and Red-necked Grebes, Lesser Scaup and White-winged Scoters in Lake
Ontario off south side of Point Petre
Lots of Phoebes, sparrows, warblers, kinglets, thrushes and even 1 Junco
moving through the Sandbanks today.
