Lemoine Point, Kingston - birdng

Will post the quiz answers sometime soon. Apparently I made it too difficult, since very few people are willing to put their answers/guesses online??? No harm in giving it a try...  :)


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Had some spare time to kill yesterday.


Driving to Lemoine Point turned up a Cackling Goose (to the west of Kingston) along the Lakeshore amongst a lot of Canada Geese. They really moved in on the recent cold front...


Some observations at the point itself:


Pine Siskins: moved in very quickly... A few small groups, one flock of ~40 birds

Ruffed Grouse: 2

Hawk Migration: mainly Sharpies, Red-tails and Vultures on the move

Merlin: 2 (in said migration)

Red-shouldered Hawk: 2 (also migrants, both Juveniles)

Rock Pigeon: 2 separate birds, up high, flying south.. (seemed odd)

American Robin: one found dead in an evergreen tree. (very very odd):

Very bad picture with my cell phone, but how often do you find a dead bird in a tree???

Vesper Sparrow: 1

Passerine migrants in general: expected October mix. Still a few Blackpolls around, which seem to be having a good fall. 

Owls: none, yet Prince Edward Point Bird Observatory reports their first big banding totals of Saw-whets

Odes: 1 Spot-winged Glider was noteworthy 

Herptiles:  LOTS and LOTS of Garter and Brown Snakes out on the trails... I may have had a Ribbon Snake (if that makes sense) but failed to get a photo. Some of the Brown Snakes seemed pretty big 

One of the big browns

Not a bad way to kill some time!