[Ontbirds]Amherst/Wolfe islands

[dave milsom]

Feb. 16 & 17, 4 of us birded Amherst & Wolfe islands. Amherst owl woods had 2 Long-eared owls. There were 7 Rough-legged hawks, a N Shrike, 3 Kestrels, 2 Pheasants, 2 Red-bellied Woodpeckers, Hairy, Downy woodpeckers, Common Redpolls, Goldfinch, Snow Buntings and Horned Larks on the island, plus a few duck species.
At the Dupont Plant in Kingston (on King St) were many Black Ducks, Gadwall, 2 Hooded Mergansers and a male Pintail.
Today on Wolfe: 3 Snowy Owls (2 immature females ) at Highway 95 and Baseline road. At least 30 Rough-legged Hawks (both morphs), 4 Kestrels, 2 N Shrikes, 11 Red-tailed Hawks, 1 Pheasant, 80+ Snow Buntings, 25 Horned Larks, 2 White-breasted Nuthatches, and a Red Fox and 2 Coyotes on the offshore ice.
  At Cobourg Harbour were 3-4 Trumpeter Swans, a male White-winged Scoter, an adult Thayers Gull, 1st-year Glaucous and an adult Iceland Gull, as well as Great Black-backed, Ring-billed and Herring gulls.
 
Dave Milsom
 
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