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Blue Bill

Quarterly Journal of the Kingston Field Naturalists

ISSN 0382-5655

Volume 60, No. 1 March 2013

Contents President’s Page Gaye Beckwith .......................1

Kingston & Area Christmas Count Ron D. Weir ..........................3

Kingston Area Birds Winter Season 01Dec2012 to 28Feb2013 Mark Andrew Conboy ...........7

Granite Greatness and Gorges Terry Sprague ......................12

Kingston Area Mid-winter Waterfowl Inventory Ron D. Weir ........................14

KFN Outings January-February 2013

Teen Wood Duck Box Trip William Arsenault ...............17

Jan-Feb 2013 Rambles Joe Benderavage ...................18

February Field Trip to Frontenac Park Gaye Beckwith .....................19

Yearly List of Birds KFN 2012 Ron D. Weir ........................20

A Local Option for Bird Lovers Who Drink Coffee Vicki Schmolka ....................27

Moth Species List for Kingston Area Gary Ure ..............................28

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The Blue Bill Volume 60, No. 1 Page 1

President’s Page

Gaye Beckwith

I’m happy to announce the introduction

of the Kingston Field Naturalists’

Photo/Video Gallery. Our club is

fortunate to have members taking

nature photographs in Kingston Region

and beyond. This Gallery is a vehicle for

housing and sharing these photos with

our members and the extended nature

world. It has been set up through the

internet site flickr, and will allow us to

upload unlimited photos and videos.

Why do this? I see several reasons.

First, it will provide a photographic or

video record of species in the Kingston

Region, showing different appearances,

i.e. male/female, breeding/non-breeding,

age variations, eggs, nests, etc. Second,

the Gallery will be a resource for

members to view photographs of nature

such as trees, birds, flowers, etc. and

video images, perhaps including

butterfly life-stages, mammals in the

wild, eggs hatching, etc.

Third, it can record KFN members and

activities, e.g. history, field trips,

rambles, bioblitzes, workshops,

meetings, etc. Fourth, it broadens the

forum for members to contribute to

research and record-keeping, while

displaying and sharing their

photographic efforts.

Finally the Gallery continues our efforts

to make our website more appealing to

members and prospective members who

view today’s digital technology like

former generations viewed books.

The Gallery is in its embryonic stage.

“Collections” or groups have been

created in several areas. These appear on

the right side of the screen. At this point

it contains Birds, Mammals, Odonata,

Insects, Orthoptera, History of the KFN,

and Outings & Events. The possibilities

are endless: trees, butterflies, geology,

and wildflowers are examples of other

natural areas to document. The

Photostream, shown on the left side of

the screen, is where a photo is displayed

when it’s uploaded to the Gallery.

Photos are arranged in chronological

order from last uploaded to the earliest.

Each collection may be broken down

into sub-species such as the example

below using Birds.

Birds

Birds of the Kingston Region

Waterfowl

Ducks

Dabblers

Mallards

March 2013

Every bird species for the Kingston

Region will have its own ‘set’ such as

the Mallards above. A Set may contain

pictures/videos of the bird in different

forms and locations. There is no limit to

the number of photos/videos each set

may contain. It will be an on-going

process to decide whether a particular

submission adds value to the Gallery.

We want well-focused images which do

not repeat locations already in the set.

The Bird Collection, besides Birds of

the Kingston Region, contains Birds

with Leucistic Disorder and Rare

Sightings in the Kingston Region.

Other collections are welcome. The

process of setting up and maintaining

each collection will hopefully be done

by volunteers who are willing to collect,

label and upload photos/videos to ‘their’

collection. Every photo/video uploaded

will be labeled with name, location,

date, and the member’s name. Each set

will carry the Latin name for the species.

Currently we have ‘Collectors’ for

Birds, Orthoptera (Crickets,

Grasshoppers, Katydids), and Odonata

(Dragonflies). If you have an interest in

helping collect images from members

and posting them into the Gallery please

let me know. We are also looking for

new topics or species to add to the site.

Copyright is an issue that we have

discussed. When an image is posted it is

designated “All Rights Reserved”. The

photographer has exclusive rights to the

photo, but because it is on an internet

site it is vulnerable to other people

downloading it without permission.

Currently the Gallery has 214 photos

submitted by about a dozen people. We

need to learn how to edit and upload

videos. As our Gallery develops, we will

adapt it to meet the needs of our

members. As it grows it will require

more volunteer time to manage. Because

of my passion for photography and

nature, I look forward to seeing it evolve

and along with other members, am

willing to dedicate time and photos to

the gallery.

The KFN Photo/Video Gallery is

accessible from the KFN Home Page.

Here are two pictures from the gallery: a

Barred Owl by Polly Aiken

A Two-Striped Grasshopper by Paul

Mackenzie.


Kingston and Area Christmas Counts

Ron D. Weir

Warmer than usual weather marked the

start of the Count Period 14Dec2012 to

05Jan2013, as for late autumn 2012.

Winter conditions arrived later in the

count period. Prior to Christmas, snow

was absent and temperatures around

the freezing point. Most water was open

including lakes north of Kingston,

accounting for the larger numbers of

waterfowl away from Lake Ontario.

Shown below in Table 1 are selected

statistics for the local counts. Table 2

contains the species totals for the past 22

years.

Table 3 is a summary of the high species

tallies for Ontario during the nine years

2003-2012. Totals are from

birds.audubon.org/Christmas-bird-

count. Those marked with an asterisk

are from Ontario Birds ‘ONTBIRDS’.

The detailed species list for the local

area Christmas counts is presented in

Table 4. Where record numbers of

individuals occurred, the number is

underlined. The entry CW designates a

sighting within count week, (three days

before and three days after count day).

Table 1: Statistics on Individual Counts in 2012 for the Kingston Area

19Dec

Delta

15Dec

Pr. Ed. Pt.

16Dec

Kingston 17Dec

Westport

28Dec

1000 Isl.

28Dec

Amh. Isl.

29Dec

Napanee

Species 44 70 108 47 55 61 58

Birds 3796 9597 69064 7106 6353 5630 8293

Participants 14 27 58 11 16 25 9

Precipitation None None Occ light rain Light rain Rain/Snow None Snow

T low/ oC 3 -3 -2 0 -1 -9 -8

T high/ oC 4 0 0 7 3 -7 -8?

Weather Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud

Table 2: Twenty-two year Average (* = Count was not done)

Count 1991 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 2000 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 1991-

2012

P. Ed. Pt. 61 61 64 61 76 67 64 61 80 61 72 58 82 71 76 71 65 63 55 55 69 70 66

Kingston 95 96 113 99 101 97 106 104 107 102 111 109 103 103 103 104 * 106 101 102 105 108 103

Westport 37 55 50 46 36 48 45 41 49 44 54 47 * * * 52 34 36 33 37 51 47 44

Napanee 44 46 42 52 52 56 51 38 58 49 50 56 51 58 50 56 51 57 60 59 59 58 53

1000 Isl. 61 55 74 58 53 57 54 56 68 56 61 51 61 57 60 64 60 55 50 63 54 55 59

Amh. Isl. 51 47 51 n/a 54 57 66 57 51 58 71 60 53 36 64 54 54 57 56 57 69 61 56

Delta 38 37 40 38 43 38 48 40 42 42 40 38 44 40**

March 2013

Table 3: Comparison of selected Christmas Counts in Ontario: 2003 to 2012

Count 2003 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12

Blenheim 100 103 111 108 100 115 115 103 108 107

Long Pt. 110 98 105 106 109 105 98 106 111 112

Kingston 103 104 103 104 Canc’d 106 101 102 105 108

Pt. Pelee 94 91 103 94 98 93 92 96 98 (95)*

Hamilton 101 102 100 101 103 103 98 98 105 99

Toronto 89 89 91 102 81 89 87 93 87 98

Niagara Falls 98 95 90 99 96 91 95 86 98 92

Oshawa 87 84 85 98 82 80 86 91 91 (95)*

Woodhouse 81 76 96 99 76 83 86 82 86 (91)*

Table 4. Kingston Area Christmas Counts 2012

Count 19Dec

Delta

15Dec

P. Ed. Pt.

16Dec

Kingstn

17Dec

Westport

28Dec

1000 Isl.

28Dec

Amh. Is.

29Dec

Napanee

Common Loon 2 - 6 1 1 - -

Pied-billed Grebe 2 - cw - - - -

Horned Grebe - 1 1 - - - 1

Red-necked Grebe - - 1 - - - -

Dble-crstd Cormrnt - 8 4 - - - 1

Great Blue Heron 1 1 - 1 2 - 1

Snow Goose - - 116 - - - -

Cackling Goose - - 1 - - - -

Canada Goose 570 2683 35223 1698 1213 1093 2497

Mute Swan - 239 97 - 2 3 9

Trumpeter Swan - - 1 28 - - -

Tundra Swan - 141 955 - 1 86 51

Wood Duck - 2 1 - - - -

Gadwall - 4 819 - 15 - 5

American Wigeon - 5 412 - - - -

Amer. Black Duck 7 235 673 - 74 50 27

Mallard 233 1143 4146 158 775 205 291

Northern Shoveler - - 5 - - - -

Northern Pintail - 1 25 - - - -

Green-winged Teal - 2 4 - 1 - 1

Canvasback - - 2 - - - -

Redhead - - 2550 - - - 1

Ring-necked Duck 9 10 133 - - - -

Greater Scaup 19 896 2690 - - - 151

Lesser Scaup - - 268 - - - 3

Surf Scoter - - - - - - 2


Count 19Dec

Delta

15Dec

P. Ed. Pt.

16Dec

Kingstn

17Dec

Westport

28Dec

1000 Isl.

28Dec

Amh. Is.

29Dec

Napanee

White-winged Scoter - 42 10 - - - 8

Black Scoter - - 5 - - - -

Long-tailed Duck - 181 408 - - 7 9

Bufflehead - 318 703 - 11 92 54

Common Goldeneye 39 407 1309 25 22 308 252

Hooded Merganser 15 17 210 26 8 4 1

Common Merganser 302 21 1905 2149 1032 7 8

Rd-brstd Merganser 14 537 6950 - 6 86 15

American Coot - - 76 - - - -

Sandhill Crane - - 1 - - - -

Bald Eagle 7 19 15 11 2 5 -

Northern Harrier - - 8 - - 3 1

Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 1 1 1 - - -

Cooper’s Hawk - 1 1 1 1 2 1

Northern Goshawk - - - - - 1 -

Red-tailed Hawk 5 13 23 7 1 24 4

Rough-legged Hawk - - 3 - - 17 1

American Kestrel - 4 15 - 2 11 1

Merlin - - 4 - - - -

Peregrine Falcon - - 1 - - - -

Rng-necked Pheasant - - 1 - - 2 -

Ruffed Grouse 3 8 3 1 - - -

Spruce Grouse - - - - - 1* -

Wild Turkey 35 34 173 143 92 - 88

Bonaparte’s Gull - 20 104 2 10 - -

Ring-billed Gull 61 173 1011 651 38 6 103

Herring Gull 7 166 410 1 205 6 26

Lesser Blk-back Gull - - 1 - - - -

Glaucous Gull - - 1 - - - 1

Grt Black-back Gull 3 4 36 - 23 - 10

Rock Pigeon 344 97 776 158 63 72 96

Mourning Dove 132 103 473 41 107 177 369

Eastern Screech Owl - - 4 - - - -

Great Horned Owl - 1 7 - - - -

Snowy Owl - cw 12 - - 3 -

Barred Owl 3 2 2 1 3 1 1

Long-eared Owl - - - - - - -

Short-eared Owl - - 3 - - 6 -

N. Saw-whet Owl - - - - - 1 -

Belted Kingfisher 2 1 1 1 - - -

March 2013

Count 19Dec

Delta

15Dec

P. Ed. Pt.

16Dec

Kingstn

17Dec

Westport

28Dec

1000 Isl.

28Dec

Amh. Is.

29Dec

Napanee

Rd-belld Woodpecker - 8 13 1 5 7 1

Downy Woodpecker 29 32 54 30 31 22 14

Hairy Woodpecker 20 11 17 29 11 6 9

Northern Flicker - 1 - - - 2 -

Pileated Woodpecker 9 2 6 8 4 1 -

Northern Shrike 2 5 5 1 - 1 -

Blue Jay 175 99 133 127 75 162 125

American Crow 97 80 276 25 95 12 76

Common Raven 15 20 10 11 5 6 1

Horned Lark - - 21 - - 3 174

Blk-cappd Chickadee 294 367 1122 441 406 131 182

Tufted Titmouse - - 1 - - - -

Rd-breasted Nuthatch - 4 16 10 6 5 3

Wht-brstd Nuthatch 34 41 108 48 59 29 19

Brown Creeper 1 3 6 3 2 - -

Carolina Wren - - 1 - 2 - -

Winter Wren - - 1 - - - -

Marsh Wren - - 1 - - - -

Goldn-crwnd Kinglet - 2 38 - - 4 -

Rby-crownd Kinglet - - 1 - - - -

Hermit Thrush - - - - - - -

Eastern Bluebird - - 4 - 7 - -

American Robin - 14 35 1 - - 1

Northrn Mockingbird - - 1 - - 1 -

European Starling 440 69 2579 216 117 636 513

American Pipit - - - - - 1 -

Bohemian Waxwing 44 296 2 81 142 - 76

Cedar Waxwing 58 197 18 6 140 - 50

Ornge-crwnd Warbler - - 1 - - - -

Yellow-rmpd Warbler - 3 4 - - - -

Comm Yellowthroat - - 1 - - - -1

Tree Sparrow 43 92 93 58 36 273 718

Fox Sparrow - - - - - - -

Savannah Sparrow - - - - - 1 -

Song Sparrow - 1 4 - 5 1 4

Swamp Sparrow - 1 4 - - - -

Wht-thrtd Sparrow - - 9 - 1 - 4

Wht-crwnd Sparrow - - 3 - - 1 -

Dark-eyed Junco 18 157 247 31 151 37 495


Count 19Dec

Delta

15Dec

P. Ed. Pt.

16Dec

Kingstn

17Dec

Westport

28Dec

1000 Isl.

28Dec

Amh. Is.

29Dec

Napanee

Lapland Longspur - - 10 - - - 5

Snow Bunting 125 125 110 - 605 647 231

Northern Cardinal 8 32 66 10 23 20 40

Rd-winged Blackbird - - 4 1 2 1 -

Rusty Blackbird - - - - - - -

Common Grackle - - 1 cw - - -

Brwn-headd Cowbird - - 2 - 1 - -

Pine Grosbeak - - 23 12 - -

Purple Finch - 1 2 - 6 - -

Red Crossbill - - 2 - - - -

House Finch - 46 101 - 12 29 5

Wht-wingd Crossbill - 5 - - - - -

Common Redpoll 341 36 692 594 429 1148 1183

Pine Siskin - 4 10 - - 4 -

American Goldfinch 102 98 219 192 149 70 85

Evening Grosbeak - 1 1 1 - - 5

House Sparrow 125 74 186 60 116 90 186

Totals: Species 44 70 108 48 55 61 58

Individuals 3796 9597 69064 7106 6353 5630 8293

* Possible escape from the Hunt Club

Kingston Area Birds Winter Season 01Dec2012 to 28Feb2013

Mark Andrew Conboy

The winter birding season was one with

relatively few raptors and a modest

flight of finches. Hawk and owl

numbers on Wolfe Island were low. The

situation on Amherst Island was better,

but raptor numbers were not high there

either. Red Crossbill and Evening

Grosbeak were apparently absent from

the Kingston Area, but the other finch

species were present in varying

numbers. There were a few rarities and

some uncommon or out-of-season birds.

It was a good year for Bohemian

Waxwings. During the winter season

the KFN recorded a total of 125 species

and two hybrids. Below is a summary of

the bird observations submitted to the

KFN database and eBird for 01Dec2012

to 28Feb2013. I have included sightings

details for significant or seasonally

noteworthy species.

Snow Goose: High count 116 near CFB

Kingston (Roncetti) 23Dec. Others were

1 near Hardscrabble NY (Haller) 01Dec;

1 at Wolfe I. (Coates) 23Dec; and 1 at

Landon Bay (Hoar) 25Dec.

March 2013

Cackling Goose: 1 at Pillar Point NY

(Haller) 01Feb.

Trumpeter Swan: Fairly widespread

sightings including 2-4 at Charleston

Lake (Robinson, Hennige & Towle)

25Dec-28Feb; 3-4 at Amherst I. (KFN)

18Jan-17Feb; 5-17 at Bedford Mills

(KFN) 14-15Feb; 31 at Wolfe I. (NLB)

9Jan; and 2-32 along the Rideau Canal

between Chaffey’s Lock and Kingston

(KFN) 3Dec-26Feb. High count 32 at

Chaffey’s Lock (Conboy) 18Feb.

Wood Duck: 1 at Collins Creek at Perth

Road (Roncetti) 01Dec.

American Wigeon: Most birds were at

the Invista Lagoons with a high count of

28 (Hennige) 08Dec. Small numbers

were elsewhere along Lake Ontario

(KFN). Two other high counts were 21

at Amherst I. (Perren) 16Feb and 120 at

Wolfe I. (Hennige) 03Dec.

American Black Duck x Mallard Hybrid:

1 at Cataraqui Bay (Lowles) 23Jan.

Northern Shoveler: 3 on the Cataraqui

River south of Belle I. (Hennige) 03Dec.

Northern Pintail: Small numbers (1-2

per observation) at widespread

locations (KFN) 03Dec-24Feb.

Green-winged Teal: A handful lingered

into Dec: 1 at Fisher’s Landing NY

(Bolsinger) 17Dec; 1 near Bath (Bleeks &

Hennige) 29Dec; 2 at Wolfe I. (Hennige)

03Dec. No late winter records.

Canvasback: 1 at Elevator Bay

(Hennige) 08Jan.

Surf Scoter: 2 near Bath (Bleeks &

Hennige) 29Dec.

White-winged Scoter: Scattered

observations of 1-8 along the Lake

Ontario shoreline (KFN) 13Dec-14Feb.

The exception was a high count of 30 at

Prince Edward Pt (Mackenzie) 14Feb.

Barrow’s Goldeneye: 1 at Fisher’s

Landing NY (Bolsinger) 17Jan; 1 at

Wolfe I. (Mackenzie) 02Dec; 1 off

eastern Prince. Edw. Cty. (Stagg) 15Feb.

Ruddy Duck:2 at the Invista Lagoons (K.

Horn, R. Horn & Cairo) 29Dec.

Common Loon: A handful remained on

Lake Ontario into late December (KFN).

The only inland record was 1 at

Sydenham Lake (Beckwith) 04-09Dec.

No late winter records.

Horned Grebe: There were nine

observations (KFN) through to 19Dec.

No late winter records.

Double-crested Cormorant: 1 at Howe I.

(Beckwith & Grant) 02Dec; unknown

number on the Cataraqui River

(Roncetti) 03Dec.

Great Blue Heron: Four early winter

records: 1 at Pillar Point NY (Haller) 01-

03Dec; 1 at Charleston Lk (Hennige)

02Dec; 1 at Sydenham Lk (Beckwith)

03Dec; 1 at Wolfe I. (Hennige) 03Dec.

Turkey Vulture: Three records over two

days in February: 1 near Crosby

(Conboy) 14Feb; 1 at Gore Rd in

Kingston (Bleeks) 14Feb; 1 at the

Kingston Centre (Scott) 15Feb.


Osprey: The first migrant of the year

was 1 over the Cataraqui River at the

Highway 401 bridge (Kelly) 25Feb.

Golden Eagle: 1 at Black Rapids Rd

(Hennige) 20Jan; 1 near Seeley’s Bay

(MacKay & Runtz) 12Feb; 1 at Wellesley

I. NY (Bloemendal & DeRuiter) 18Feb.

Red-shouldered Hawk: 1 at Tett

Crescent, off Perth Rd (NLB) 16Jan.

Rough-legged Hawk: low numbers this

winter on Amherst I. and virtually

absent from Wolfe I. No inland records.

Purple Sandpiper: 2 at Prince Edward Pt

(Iles) 05Dec.

Bonaparte’s Gull: Single birds and small

flocks reported from the Cataraqui

River and Lake Ontario shorelines

(KFN) 03Dec-17Jan. High count 16 at

Wellesley I. SP (NLB) 05Dec.

Iceland Gull: 1 at Amherst I. (Hince)

29Jan; 1 at Violet Dump (Mackenzie)

14Feb; 1 at Kingston Mills (KFN) 17Feb.

Lesser Black-backed Gull: 1 at

Cataraqui Bay (Hennige) 01Dec; 1 at

Prince Edward Pt (Iles) 01Dec.

Herring Gull x Great Black-backed Gull

Hybrid: 1 at Lansdowne Dump

(Hennige) 03Dec.

Snowy Owl: Relatively low numbers in

the Kingston Region this winter.

Great Grey Owl: There was a modest

irruption in Eastern Ontario this winter.

Four birds were sighted in our region: 1

at Charleston Lk PP (Robinson) 14Jan; 1

at Opinicon Rd (Phelan) 02Feb; 1 at

Gould Lk CA (St. Croix) 03Feb; 1 at

Lemoine Pt CA (O’Toole) 28Feb.

Long-eared Owl: Nearly absent from the

Owl Woods; 1 (Perren) 11Dec and 1

(Patry) 15Dec.

Short-eared Owl: Low numbers from

the islands, 1-3 birds per observation

(KFN) 01Dec-23Feb. The only other

record for this species was 1 near Cape

Vincent NY (Ohol) 17Feb.

Northern Saw-whet Owl: Few reported

from the Owl Woods: 1 (Hywarren)

07Jan; 1 (KFN) 22-26Jan; 1 (KFN) 02Feb;

1 at Charleston Lake (Hennige) 11Jan.

Belted Kingfisher: Fairly common with

widespread observations throughout

the region (KFN).

Red-headed Woodpecker: 2 at Pt

Peninsula NY (Carrolan) 24Dec.

Northern Flicker: At least nine over-

wintering birds were observed

throughout the region (KFN).

Peregrine Falcon: In addition to the

city’s resident pair and young (KFN),

there were three other observations: 1 at

Prince Edward Pt (Iles) 05Dec; 1 at

Wolfe I. (Perren) 12Dec; and 1 at

Amherst I. (Runtz) 24Feb.

Northern Shrike: Fairly common and

widespread this winter (KFN).

Horned Lark: Apparently no over-

wintering birds. The last “autumn”

March 2013

migrants were reported on the Napanee

Christmas Bird Count (Hennige) 29Dec.

The first “spring” migrants were 30 at

Wolfe I. (KFN) 02Feb.

Winter Wren: 1 at Round Lk (Keaveney)

07Dec; 1 at Queen’s University

Biological Station (Conboy) 22Jan; 1 at

Westport (Struthers) 17Feb; and 1 near

Gananoque (Burtch) 17Feb.

Carolina Wren: 1 at Prince Edward Pt

(Keen) 04Dec-19Feb; 1 in a King St W

yard (Grant) 18-31Jan; 1 at Chaffey’s

Lock (KFN) 13Feb; 1 along the 1000 Isl

Parkway near the bridge to the USA

(NLB) 13Feb.

Hermit Thrush: 1 at Stoney Point NY

(Huffstater) 26Feb.

Varied Thrush: 1 at a feeder in Camden

East (C. Clifford, W. Clifford &

Mackenzie) 26Dec-22Feb.

Northern Mockingbird: 1 at the

intersection of Bath and Days Rd (KFN)

24Nov-18Feb. Others were seen on

Amherst I. and on the NY side of the

circle (KFN).

American Pipit: 1 at Amherst I.

(Hennige) 28Dec; 1 at Amherst I. (KFN)

15Feb.

Bohemian Waxwing: Common and

widespread this winter.

Lapland Longspur: 5 near Bath (Bleeks

& Hennige) 29Dec; 1 at Wolfe I. (Runtz)

10Feb; 6 at Amherst I. (Perren) 16Feb; 1

at Cape Vincent (Kelling) 16Feb.

Orange-crowned Warbler: 1 at the Royal

Military College (Roncetti) 16Dec.

Pine Warbler: 1 near Verona (Norris)

Late Nov-10Jan; 1 at Lake Ontario Park

(Hennige & Read) 27Jan-26Feb.

Yellow-throated Warbler: 1 (albilora

subsp.) at a bird feeder on Pt Pleasant

(D. Pross & H. Pross) 21Dec-28Dec.

Yellow-rumped Warbler: 3 at Prince

Edward Pt (Iles) 06Dec; 1 at Pillar Pt NY

(Bolsinger) 17Dec.

Savannah Sparrow: 1 at Amherst I.

(Hennige) 28Dec.

Swamp Sparrow: 1 at Little Cataraqui

Creek CA (Roncetti) 09Dec; 1 at Prince

Edward Cty (Hoar) 15Dec. No late

winter records.

White-crowned Sparrow: In addition to

late migrants in early December there

was 1 at the Invista Lagoons (Hennige &

Read) 02Jan-24Feb.

Red-winged Blackbird: The 3 at

Warburton Rd (Hennige) 23Feb may

have been early migrants. There was a

scattering of additional records 10-30Jan

(KFN).

Eastern Meadowlark: 1 at Amherst I.

(Dann, Hywarren & Sanford) 07-22Jan.

Rusty Blackbird: 1 at Howe I. (David)

08-17Feb.

Common Grackle: Up to 31 at Prince

Edward Pt (Keen) 01-30Dec; 1 east of

Gananoque (Cooke) 12Jan.


Pine Grosbeak: Fairly widespread and

moderately common this winter.

Purple Finch: Widespread in the

southern part of the circle but not

common.

White-winged Crossbill: A handful of

sightings 24Dec-09Jan and no more until

2 at Amherst I. (KFN) 15Feb. High count

was 14 at Amherst I. (Berthoud) 2 Dec.

Common Redpoll: Widespread and very

common this winter. Both the Southern

and Greenland subspecies reported.

Hoary Redpoll: At least 15 birds were

reported, a good season total for this

species which can be absent from the

Kingston Region in some winters. Only

the Southern subspecies was reported.

Pine Siskin: Widespread in the circle

but not common this winter.

Other species reported during the

winter season included: Canada Goose,

Mute Swan, Tundra Swan, Gadwall,

American Black Duck, Mallard, Ring-

necked Duck, Redhead, Greater Scaup,

Lesser Scaup, Bufflehead, Long-tailed

Duck, Common Goldeneye, Hooded

Merganser, Common Merganser, Red-

breasted Merganser, Ring-necked

Pheasant, Ruffed Grouse, Wild Turkey,

Northern Harrier, Sharp-shinned Hawk,

Cooper’s Hawk, Northern Goshawk,

Bald Eagle, Red-tailed Hawk, American

Coot, Ring-billed Gull, Herring Gull,

Glaucous Gull, Great Black-backed Gull,

Rock Pigeon, Mourning Dove, Eastern

Screech-Owl, Great Horned Owl, Barred

Owl, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy

Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker,

Pileated Woodpecker, American Kestrel,

Merlin, Blue Jay, American Crow,

Common Raven, Black-capped

Chickadee, Red-breasted Nuthatch,

White-breasted Nuthatch, Brown

Creeper, Golden-crowned Kinglet,

Eastern Bluebird, American Robin,

European Starling, Cedar Waxwing,

Snow Bunting, American Tree Sparrow,

Song Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow,

Dark-eyed Junco, Northern Cardinal,

Brown-headed Cowbird, House Finch,

American Goldfinch, and House

Sparrow.

Contributors: Erwin Batalla, Gaye

Beckwith, Chuck Berthoud, Kevin

Bleeks, Bradley Bloemendal, Jeffery

Bolsinger, Robert Burtch, Warren Cairo,

Tom Carrolan, Carol Clifford, Wayne

Clifford, Steve Coates, Mark Conboy,

John Cooke, Laurie Dann, Sharon

David, Eric DeRuiter, Janis Grant, Willis

Haller, Kurt Hennige, Tom Hince, Tyler

Hoar, Kathleen Horn, Roger Horn, Kirk

Huffstater, Aaron Hywarren, Matt Iles,

Christopher Keen, David Kelly, Andrew

Keaveney, Steve Kelling, Andrew

Lowles, Rory MacKay, Paul Mackenzie,

Todd Norris, North Leeds Birders, Mark

Patry, Diane Pross, Hugh Pross, Kevin

Ohol, Paul O’Toole, Piers Perren, Frank

Phelan, Mark Read, Chris Robinson,

Martin Roncetti, Mike Runtz, Janet

Scott, Joan Sanford, Pamela Stagg,

Robert Struthers, Ron St. Croix, and

Toni Towle. When KFN or NLB (North

Leeds Birders) is cited, it indicates that

more than three observers were

involved.

March 2013

Granite, Greatness, and Gorges

Terry Sprague

I have written about Frontenac

Provincial Park in past issues of the

Bluebill. It is one of my favourite areas

to visit. When I was farming, I seldom

got to these cool places. As dairy

farmers, we could travel only as far as a

day would take us, we had to be back in

time for evening milking. Cross-border

shopping for us was leaving Prince

Edward County and crossing the bridge

to Belleville!

Today, when not leading an organized

hike at this amazing park, I am hiking

there with friends. Last month, I did a

presentation to the Friends of Frontenac

at Kingston’s Johnson St. Library about

my adventures at the park, Rock

Dunder, Depot Lakes and other special

locations along what is known as the

Frontenac Arch. I spoke of my returning

visits to Frontenac Park and my desire

one day to accomplish the Frontenac

Challenge, about 160 km of trails in two

months. I can do this.

Like most, I started my Frontenac Park

adventures with the Doe Lake Trail and

the Arab Lake Gorge Trails, a four-km

entry-level hike which gently introduces

hikers to what this 14,000-acre park has

to offer. These two trails almost become

lost in the corner of the trail map which

depicts their location near the Park

Office; more than 170 km of hiking trails

overwhelm the rest of the map, reserved

for the fit and the daring. I have done

some of them, and a few, like the Slide

Lake Loop are not for the faint of heart.

Vertical, rocky inclines and “bum-

rocking” (sitting on rocks as you

descend, one rock at a time) highlight

this challenging hike in the most rugged

section of the park. And that is after one

paddles a canoe for 90 minutes to reach

the spot where the hike begins!

The walk at Doe Lake is a “stroll in the

park”. The igneous feature we wander

about on is true Canadian Shield, part of

that extension known as the Frontenac

Arch or Axis. If you follow this

backbone of eastern North America far

enough, you will come to the

Adirondack Mountains. Lake Ontario

actually owes its existence to this outlier

of the rugged Canadian Shield. As

glaciers carved out the basins of what

were to become the Great Lakes, they

filled with water and eventually

overflowed in their search for the sea,

finding it initially out the Oswego River.

As the glaciers continued to retreat and

the land rose higher, Lake Ontario

found a new exit towards the east,

spilling between giant hills of granite.

Doe Lake Trail


The numerous hummocks of protruding

rock became the Thousand Islands in

this now flooded landscape. So we have

an interesting mix of typically Northern

Shield species such as the polypody fern

clinging to rocky edges, and Southern

species like shagbark hickory which

reaches its northern limit at Frontenac.

It’s a system of diverse habitats, forming

a collage of plants and animals.

While these species live together

harmoniously, there is a noticeable

absence of another species – the pioneer

residents who eked out a living from the

soilless rocks on this harsh landscape by

farming, mining, trapping and logging.

Their past presence here was felt as we

pass by a collapsed trappers’ shack.

There is another reminder, the Kemp

Mine. It isn’t difficult to guess what was

mined here as the rocks glitter with

flakes of mica, a mineral commonly

found in granite along with quartz and

feldspar. The hole left behind is typical

of pit mines, excavated by hand by

pioneers who welcomed the additional

income. The small pit mine is less

ambitious than commercial mine

remains I visited in March this year on

the north side of the park, known as the

Tetsmine. The Kemp mine probably

dates back to the late 1800s, and is being

reclaimed by Nature, evidenced by the

lichens, ferns and other vegetation

growing inside the hole.

Frontenac Provincial Park is an ideal

area to simply lose ourselves in

wilderness – not literally, of course, but

spiritually, to sample the inner peace

that comes only from unspoiled

locations like this. It is not so remote

that we never see anyone, but remote

enough to satisfy that urge to get away

from the modern world, away from

computers, blackberrys and cell phones,

and get back to basics. Frontenac

becomes a world of nature, abandoned

mines, decaying shanties, settlement

roads, and nature carrying on

uninterrupted with no worry that it

might somehow be in the way of

development.

For us, hiking is what we do when

opportunity and schedules synch. It is

important not only to walk for the sake

of walking, but to identify what we see,

and try to understand how it fits into

the natural scheme of things, and what

processes took place for everything to be

as it is, and where it is. That component

makes any hike more complete, when

one can forget day to day issues, and

lose ourselves in another world – a

world that is more relaxing and which

somehow makes sense, if only for a little

while.

Terry Sprague is a professional naturalist,

free-lance writer and KFN member who

lives in Prince Edward County.

Arkon Lake Trail

March 2013

Kingston Area Mid-winter Waterfowl Inventory 05-06January 2013

Ron D. Weir

The Mid-Winter Waterfowl Inventory

(MWWI) was carried out throughout

North America during January 2013.

Thirteen observers surveyed the

Kingston region from Ivy Lea, Hill and

Wellesley Islands on the east, to Prince

Edward Point on the west. Lake Ontario

water was open, except for a few

shallow bays. Sections covered from

land were the St. Lawrence River from

Ivy Lea and the Thousand Islands to

Gananoque, Howe Island, Wolfe Island,

Cataraqui River and the Rideau system

(frozen except at and below the locks),

Amherst Island, Kingston waterfront

from Treasure Island to Collins Bay

(open), Bath Road from Collins Bay to

Glenora (open), Hay Bay (frozen),

Waupoos peninsula, Bay of Quinte

(partially frozen) and Prince Edward

Point (open).

For the aerial survey, the Canadian

Wildlife Service (CWS) staff covered the

St. Lawrence River from Ivy Lea to

Kingston, offshore sections of Wolfe and

Amherst Islands, offshore islands and

adjacent areas of Waupoos and Prince

Edward Point, and the Bay of Quinte.

Participants were Erwin Batalla,

Melodie Bowes, Barbara Campbell

(CWS), Sharon David, Joel Ellis, Peter

Good, Shawn Meyer (CWS), Claire

Muller, Ken Robinson, Bud Rowe,

Alexandra Simmons, Barb and Ron

Weir.

The results shown in Table 1 below

were forwarded to Barbara Campbell of

the CWS. When the CWS staff flew over

the Kingston area, they located some

waterfowl beyond the access of the

ground observers; these sightings are

included in Table 1. The total of 98,002 is

made up of 31 species of waterfowl. The

tally of 28 Bald Eagles from the land

observers is also included in Table 1.

The weekend of the census saw sunny

and cloudy conditions and temperatures

from -4oC to 0oC with moderate wind

from the N-NE. Visibility was good. The

results of the survey for all Lake Ontario

sites on the Canadian side were collated

by Glenn Coady of Toronto. That

summary is shown as Table 2, which

includes the overall total from Kingston.

Areas surveyed along Lake Ontario

from east to west were Kingston,

Quinte, Presqu'ile, Port Hope, Durham,

Toronto, Hamilton and Niagara.

Areas for Table 1. Ivy Lea = Hill Island, adjoining islands to Gananoque

Kingston Waterfront = Treasure Island to Lemoine Point

Bath Road = Collins Bay to Glenora Ferry

Hay Bay = south shore Hay Bay

Waupoos = NE peninsula of Prince Edward County

PEPt = SE peninsula of Prince Edward county


Table 1. Waterfowl Summary for Kingston 5-6 January 2013.

Species Rideau

Cat. R. Ivy Lea

Howe

I. Kngstn Amh. I.

Wolfe

I.

Bath

Rd.

aHay

Bay

Wau

poos

Prince

Edw Pt

Bay

Quinte Total

Dbl-crstd Cormrnt - - - - - - 1 - - - - 1

Rd-thrtd loon - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1

Common Loon - 1 - - - - 3 - - 1 - 5

Rd-nckd Grebe - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1

Horned Grebe - - - - - - - - - - - -

Snow Goose - - - - - - - - - - - -

Canada Goose 98 391 278 239 332 108 850 - 90 205 686 3277

Mute Swan - 7 20 11 19 654 53 - 8 53 208 1033

Tundra Swan - - 4 6 8 456 264 - 13 28 - 779

Trumpetr Swan - - 34 - - - - - - - - 34

swan sp. 10 - - - - - - - 15 - - 25

Gadwall - - 4 302 - 32 30 - - 12 - 380

Amer. Wigeon - - - 193 - - - - - - - 193

Black Duck 15 5 12 175 103 715 43 - 52 220 130 1470

Mallard 10 120 235 1720 376 1076 495 - 651 1210 63 5956

Nrthrn Shoveler - - - 1 - - - - - - 1

Nrthrn Pintail - - - - - - 1 - - - - 1

Grn-wngd Teal - - - - - 30 3 - - - - 33

(dabblers) - - - - - 356 - - 122 - 4 482

Canvasback - - - 2 - - - - - - - 2

Redhead - - - 3100 - - 20 - 5 - 3125

Ring-necked Duck - - - 850 - - - - - 120 - 970

Greater Scaup - - 40 3175 - 3 450 - - 31176 - 34844

Lesser Scaup - - - 150 - - 10 - - 6 - 166

scaup sp. - - - 800 - 3124 55 - 16 12500 200 16695

Surf Scoter - - - - - - - - - 2 - 2

Black Scoter - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1

Wht-wngd Scoter - - - - - - 3 - - 537 - 540

scoter sp. - - - - - - - - - 30 - 30

Lng-tailed Duck - - 155 - - 55 21 - 44 10965 - 11240

Bufflehead - 45 - 50 196 212 30 - 309 258 452 1552

Comm. Goldeneye 291 68 229 484 762 397 1025 - 111 448 480 4295

Hooded Mergansr - - - 35 3 4 - - - 15 - 57

Common Mergnsr - 600 2328 1476 9 989 300 15 9 20 19 5765

Rd-brstd Mergnsr - - 18 6 11 86 21 - 2 160 - 304

Ruddy Duck - - - 1 - - - - - - - 1

merganser sp. 28 1000 - - 101 - - - 863 - 2627 4619

American Coot - - - 75 - 1 1 - - - - 77

divers - - - - 10 15 - - - - 20 45

Total 452 2237 3357 12851 1930 8313 3679 15 2305 57974 4889 98002

Party hours 3 6 5 6 5 8 5 - 2 6 - 46

Number observers 1 3 2 3 1 2 3 - 2 2 - 19

Bald Eagle 1 11 8 1 2 1 2 - - 3 - 28

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Table 2. Canadian Side of Lake Ontario.

Results Complied by Glenn Coady. Species in Bold Letters are Record High Counts

Species Kngstn Quinte Prsqu'ile Pt

Hope Durhm Toronto Hamiltn Niagara Total

Rd-thrtd Loon 1 1 1

Common Loon 5 1 1 1 7

Pied-Billd Grebe 5 2 2

Horned Grebe 1 2 1

Red-nckd Grebe 1 1 1 2

Dbl-crstd Cormrnt 1 1 42 45 88

Tundra Swan 779 3 5 787

Trumpeter Swan 34 5 3 3 89 186 231

Mute Swan 1033 80 916 9 22 333 92 5 2157

G Wt-frntd Goose 0

Snow Goose 0

Brant 0

Canada Goose 3277 255 106 1383 781 21366 2417 1035 9254

Cackling Goose 1 1

Wood Duck 3 1 1

Grn-wngd Teal 33 2 14 1 48

Amer Black Duck 1470 24 16 36 105 585 102 7 1760

Mallard 5956 163 120 812 212 9025 4575 374 12212

Northern Pintail 1 6 2 3

Nrthrn Shoveler 1 3 80 81

Gadwall 380 312 1262 106 6 804

Eurasian Wigeon 1 1

Amer Wigeon 193 17 49 4 214

Canvasback 2 6 1 130 138

Redhead 3125 1268 80 19 2034 22 19 4533

Ring-necked Duck 970 1 1 2 5 977

Greater Scaup 34844 1920 1310 5664 12702 1540 1986 47264

Lesser Scaup 166 13 5 7 50 405 596

Scaup sp. 16695 4 79 2 16780

King Eider 0

Harlequin Duck 1 3 1 4

Long-tailed Duck 11240 190 3265 178 223 8632 9952 13471 38519

Black Scoter 1 18 1 20

Surf Scoter 2 5 348 16 366

Wht-wngd Scoter 540 2 61 30 30 55 2503 2702 5868

Comm Goldeneye 4295 115 344 495 997 2197 3154 1913 11313

Brrw's Goldeneye 1 1

Bufflehead 1552 30 137 107 366 1083 324 669 3185

Hooded Mergnsr 57 33 99 156


Species Kngstn Quinte Prsqu'ile Pt

Hope Durhm Toronto Hamiltn Niagara Total

Comm Mergnsr 5765 8 25 22 24 335 1222 3445 10511

Rd-brstd Mergnsr 304 15 30 409 553 1716 659 2449 4419

Ruddy Duck 1 1 44 572 574

American Coot 77 1 13 5 30 200 11 307

Swan sp. 25 25

Merganser sp. 4619 4619

Duck sp. 557 1 557

Mllrd X Blk Duck 3 3 3

Total Birds 98002 893 8328 4884 9336 61658 28784 28163 178390

Total Species 31 14 20 17 17 33 31 21 38

Participants 17 2 4 5 4 21 13 14 59

Party-hours 44 9 7 8 10 54 21.75 18 117.75

Bald Eagle 28 2 30

KFN Outings Jan-Feb 2013

Teen Trip 09February2013

William Arsenault

On February 9th, after the mudpuppy

night at Oxford Mills was cancelled, we

decided to go and clean out wood duck

boxes at the Helen Quilliam Sanctuary

instead. The wood duck boxes are set up

so that the birds can set up a nest and

lay their eggs inside. However, they

cannot clean it themselves, because they

are ducks. So that’s why we cleaned

them. This helps prevent disease,

removes nests of other species, and

removes abandoned eggs.

We got to the first box around 10:45,

after deep snow snowshoeing alongside

the stream and across a couple of ponds,

this after an hour-long car drive. Anne

told us how to clean and check the box

and record the season’s activity in it.

This box had been used by a Hooded

Merganser and some eggs had hatched

because we found trampled eggshells.

There were a total of 11 eggs, two were

unhatched and 9 had only the inner

membranes present. We also bent the

corners of the predator guard to help

prevent wind damage.

When we got to the second box, we

found several layers of material. At the

top was a Grackle nest; under it were

March 2013

five inches of pine needles, a piece of

snake skin and some moss. There was

also a wasp nest in the box. At the

bottom were nine unhatched eggs.

Again we decided the box had been

used by Hooded Merganser because of

the size of the eggs (which we measured

with calipers) and the thickness of the

shells. One rotten egg exploded

(because of the H2S in it) and released

one of the worst stenches I ever smelled.

But we finished cleaning up the box and

went on to the next one.

The third box had lost its predator

guard so we made a note of this (It was

replaced a couple of weeks later). It had

a small unhatched egg, possibly a

Grackle egg, a couple of inches of Pine

needles, one duck egg and lots of shell

pieces. Signs of a Hooded Merganser,

again! The fourth and last box had one

unhatched egg measuring 51 x 43 mm

and though small for a Merganser it had

a thick shell typical of a Hooded

Merganser egg.

After we cleaned the four boxes, we

stopped for lunch, then grabbed our

things and headed back to the van.

Sadly, we found 14 unhatched eggs in

these four boxes. Why there are so many

unhatched eggs is a mystery. We found

no evidence of Wood Ducks. I learned a

lot on the trip, and will definitely clean

out boxes again next year.

Jan-Feb 2013 Rambles

Joe Benderavage

On January 15, while travelling to

Amherst Island on the ferry, we saw

Tundra swans, two adults and two

juveniles. During the crossing we

learned from Kurt Hennige and Anne

Robertson about how to behave in the

Owl Woods to avoid disturbing the

winter birds. Surveys suggest that

several pairs of short-eared owls nested

on the island, but wintering owls have

been scarce in the Owl Woods this

season, perhaps reflecting a shortage of

available food. Island vole populations

may follow a four or five year cycle.

Near the entrance we did spot a Black-

capped Chickadee, a Red-bellied

Woodpecker, a Downy Woodpecker, a

Nuthatch, a Robin and a Common

Redpoll and tracks of a white-tailed

deer. At Kerr Point, we saw a female

Goldeneye, a female Common

Merganser and a few juvenile swans, a

Ring Billed Gull, a Herring Gull, and a

Bald Eagle. Farther along we saw a

Northern Harrier, two Snowy Owls, and

two Red-tailed Hawks.

The February 5 Ramble took us to the

Robertson Cottage on North Otter Lake.

Below a large Beech tree, was a patch of

Beech Drops, which flowers in autumn,

a creamy, maroon colour (not green, as

it is a parasitic plant obtaining food

from the Beech tree root and doesn’t

need green leaves to make its food). We

examined Horse Hoof fungus growing

on the tree and were surprised to find

Beech wood on the ground with Beaver

teeth marks as Beaver tend to choose a

softer wood. Farther along we saw the

Beaver pond, where three lodges were

visible. We studied several tracks in the

snow, including some from a mouse or

shrew, and some with toes turned in

were identified as those of a Porcupine.

They have four toes in front and five in


the back and are active all winter. Other

tracks seen included Squirrel (side-by-

side front footprints) and Rabbit (larger

foot prints, one after the other), and

Woodland Jumping Mouse, noticeable

for its dragging tail print. Winterberry

and Shagbark Hickory were identifiable

even in winter, as was Yellow lichen,

with its fruiting body of tiny cups, full

of tiny spores. We heard several booms

of ice shifting on the water as twelve of

us crossed the lake, some wearing foot

grips called Yak Trax.

Although February 19 it was a cold and

snowy day, we gathered for a ramble on

the Fairmount Home Trails property, off

Montreal Street, north of the 401. The

site included a wooded area and an

open area with a lot of limestone.

Cattails were evident in the frozen

wooded area. During the winter, one

may find a Cattail Moth living inside the

head of a cattail; the brown non-descript

larva spins a web that holds the Cattail

head together. Similarly, a Goldenrod

Gall Fly may lay an egg in the stem of a

Goldenrod, which defends itself against

by growing a gall around the larva to

isolate it. This creates a solid, warm

shelter for the larva during the winter,

after which it chews through the gall

almost all the way to the outside. When

it has metamorphosed past the pupa

stage and lost its mandibles it has only

to break through the skin of the gall to

free itself. In old galls, you can often see

a small hole where the adult has

emerged or a larger hole indicating the

insect has been eaten by a Downy

Woodpecker. Other plants seen were

White Spruce, Staghorn Sumac, Evening

Primrose, Queen Anne’s Lace,

Crabapple, Aspen, a Pine tree with

beaver tooth marks, Eastern Hemlock

Birch, White Cedar and Bur Oak.

February Frontenac Park Field Trip

Gaye Beckwith

Six KFN members hiked the Doe Lake

Trail in Frontenac Park on a mild winter

morning. We saw geese, blue jays,

chickadees, white breasted nuthatches,

common ravens, a hairy woodpecker, a

downy woodpecker, and 3 pileated

woodpeckers which had been harassing

a barred owl which we searched for but

didn’t find. The snow surface was

covered with snow fleas in many areas.

Animal tracks were very prevalent and

we were able to identify squirrel, otter,

deer, porcupine and possibly fisher.

March 2013

Yearly List of Birds – KFN 2012

Ron D. Weir There were 276 species of birds seen in

2012 within the circle of 50km radius

centred in MacDonald Park, Kingston,

compared with a 32-year average (1980-

2011) of 280. The distribution over the

past 32 years is given in Table 1 below.

Rarities reported during 2012 include

Pacific Loon, Northern Gannet, Black

Vulture, Ross’s Goose, King Eider,

Harlequin Duck, Pomarine and Parasitic

Jaegers, Franklin’s Gull, Sabine’s Gull,

Black-legged Kittiwake, Forster’s Tern,

Cave Swallow, Yellow-throated

Warbler, and Le Conte’s Sparrow.

One new species was admitted to the

KFN Checklist, a Black-belled Whistling

Duck that appeared 27July2012 in

Clayton NY opposite Wolfe Island. The

bird list for Kingston stands at 381

species. Good finds among species not

seen every year were Cackling Goose,

Barrow’s Goldeneye, Harlequin Duck,

Marbled Godwit, Buff-breasted

Sandpiper, Red-necked Phalarope,

Lesser Black-backed Gull, Tufted

Titmouse, Connecticut Warbler, Hooded

Warbler, Nelson’s Sparrow.

Some species missed were Common

Eider, Hudsonian Godwit, three-toed

woodpeckers. Table 2 contains the date

of first occurrence during 2012 with the

observers' initials. Where KFN appears,

more than 3 observers of the Kingston

Field Naturalists were involved,

similarly for NLB, North Leeds Birders.

Three species of interest were seen

outside, but near, the Kingston circle. A

Northern Hawk Owl appeared near

Mallorytown (Leeds) to our east

26Feb2012. A Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

was at Demorestville (Prince Edward) to

our west 14Apr2012. A Sandwich Tern

was photographed at Sandy Pond, just

south of El Dorado shores NY

25July2012.

*In the yearly list for 2007 (Blue Bill 55

(1) (2008)), a total of 270 species was

shown. Since that list appeared, two

additional species were reported for

2007: Red Phalarope (1) and Parasitic

Jaeger (1) on 16Sep07 at Henderson NY.

**In the yearly list for 2009 (Blue Bill 57

(1) (2010)), a total of 280 species was

shown. Since that list appeared, the

sighting of a Roseate Spoonbill at

Westport on 13Jun2009 has become

known. The first time the KFN learned

of this record was in the official report

of the Ontario Bird Records Committee

published in 2010.

Contributors for 2012

R. Agombar, E. Batalla, J.S.Bolsinger, C.

Callaghan, S. Coates, M.A. Conboy, S.

David, A. Edwards, R.K.Edwards, J.H. Ellis,

P. English, J. Haig, S. Hannah, K. Hennige,

A. Hoedeman, B. Holden, A. Hywarren, A.

Keaveney, O. Koroluk, V.P. Mackenzie, P.

Martin, T. Norris, L. Nuttall, D. Okines, J.

Plazier, D. Rayner, B. Ripley, C. Robinson,

M. Roncetti, R. Scranton, S&L Sieffert, R.

Skevinton, R.T. Sprague, R.D. Weir, KFN =

3+ members of the Kingston Field

Naturalists, NLB = 3+ member of the North

Leeds Birders


Table 1: Annual total bird species for the Kingston area 1980 to 2012

Year Total Year Total Year Total

1980 278 1991 281 2002 287

1981 277 1992 281 2003 282

1982 276 1993 293 2004 280

1983 282 1994 283 2005 278

1984 285 1995 280 2006 274

1985 271 1996 285 2007 272*

1986 277 1997 283 2008 272

1987 279 1998 283 2009 281**

1988 270 1999 278 2010 281

1989 273 2000 282 2011 277

1990 279 2001 285 2012 276

Table 2. Tabulation of bird species seen in the Kingston area during 2012 with date of

first sighting and observers.

Species Date Observer

Red-throated Loon 02Jan KFN

Pacific Loon 02Jan VPM

Common Loon 02Jan KFN

Pied-billed Grebe 30Mar KFN

Horned Grebe 02Jan KFN

Red-necked Grebe 04Jan JHE, RDW

Double-crested Cormorant 07Feb KFN

Least Bittern 11May JSB, RS

Great Blue Heron 06Jan EB

Great Egret 08Apr AH

Green Heron 25Mar JH

Black-crowned Night-heron 29Apr JSB

Black Vulture 31Oct JSB

Turkey Vulture 02Jan DR

Black-bellied Whistling Duck 23Jul JTarolli

Snow Goose 04Jan KFN

Ross’s Goose 18Apr RTS

Cackling Goose 09Jan BH

Canada Goose 01Jan KFN

Brant 18Jan NLB

Mute Swan 01Jan VPM

Trumpeter Swan 01Jan KFN

Tundra Swan 01Jan KFN

Wood Duck 09Jan KFN

Gadwall 0 Jan VPM

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Eurasian Wigeon 10Mar MRon

American Wigeon 01Jan VPM

American Black Duck 01Jan KFN

Mallard 0 Jan KFN

Blue-winged Teal 04Apr SC

Northern Shoveler 02Jan KFN

Northern Pintail 04 Jan KFN

Green-winged Teal 04Jan SD

Canvasback 01Jan VPM

Redhead 01Jan VPM

Ring-necked Duck 01Jan MC

Greater Scaup 01Jan KFN

Lesser Scaup 02Jan KFN

King Eider 28Jan JSB

Harlequin Duck 16Feb BRip

Surf Scoter 04Jan JHE, RDW

White-winged Scoter 02Jan KFN

Black Scoter 04Jan JHE, RDW

Long-tailed Duck 01Jan VPM

Bufflehead 01Jan KFN

Common Goldeneye 01Jan KFN

Barrow’s Goldeneye 02Jan KFN

Hooded Merganser 01Jan VPM

Common Merganser 01Jan VPM

Red-breasted Merganser 01Jan KFN

Ruddy Duck 05Feb KFN

Yellow Rail 05May BFried

Virginia Rail 31Mar JSB

Sora 04May KFN

Common Moorhen 02May KH

American Coot 01Jan VPM

Sandhill Crane 14Mar KH

Osprey 24Mar OK

Bald Eagle 01Jan KFN

Northern Harrier 01Jan KFN

Sharp-shinned Hawk 07Jan MRon

Cooper’s Hawk 08Jan CNims

Northern Goshawk 07Jan MC

Red-shouldered Hawk 27Jan BH

Broad-winged Hawk 18Apr CR

Red-tailed Hawk 01Jan KFN

Rough-legged Hawk 01Jan VPM

Golden Eagle 23Feb MC, PM

American Kestrel 01Jan KFN

Merlin 01Jan KFN



Peregrine Falcon 05Jan KFN

Gray Partridge 09Jan CWood

Ring-necked Pheasant 01Jan KFN

Ruffed Grouse 04Jan DR

Wild Turkey 01Jan MC

Black-bellied Plover 23May KH

American Golden-Plover 07Sep KH

Semipalmated Plover 06May KVogan

Killdeer 04Mar KFN

Greater Yellowlegs 05Apr KH

Lesser Yellowlegs 22Apr KH

Solitary Sandpiper 05May KFN

Willet 13May DO

Spotted Sandpiper 05Apr KFN

Upland Sandpiper 16Apr KFN

Whimbrel 23March PStagg

Marbled Godwit 02May KH

Ruddy Turnstone 23May KH

Red Knot 23May KH

Sanderling 20Jul KH

Semipalmated Sandpiper 20May KH

Least Sandpiper 04May VPM

White-rumped Sandpiper 23May KH

Baird’s Sandpiper 25May KMishell

Pectoral Sandpiper 15Apr KFN

Purple Sandpiper 01Nov PM

Dunlin 05Apr KH

Stilt Sandpiper 10July VPM

Buff-breasted Sandpiper 23Aug KBurdick

Short-billed Dowitcher 22May MBurrell

Long-billed Dowitcher 25Aug RDW

Wilson’s Snipe 12Mar BRp

American Woodcock 07Mar EB

Wilson’s Phalarope 29Apr VPM

Red-necked Phalarope 19Aug JSB

Red Phalarope 13Oc KH

Pomarine Jaeger 04Nov RKE, AE

Parasitic Jaeger

Franklin’s Gull 06Sep VPM

Little Gull 26Mar DHatt

Bonaparte’s Gull 07Apr BRp

Ring-billed Gull 01Jan VPM

Herring Gull 01Jan KFN

Iceland Gull 01Jan KH

Lesser Black-backed Gull 19Feb VPM

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Glaucous Gull 05Jan KH

Great Black-backed Gull 01Jan KFN

Sabine’s Gull 23Apr DO

Black-legged Kittiwake 01Nov PM, THoar

Caspian Tern 15Apr KFN

Common Tern 19Apr CBaird

Forster’s Tern 14July MC

Black Tern 03May JSB

Rock Pigeon 01Jan VPM

Mourning Dove 01Jan KFN

Black-billed Cuckoo 12May KFN

Yellow-billed Cuckoo 12May DMorin

Eastern Screech Owl 12Jan VPM

Great Horned Owl 01Jan KFN

Snowy Owl 01Jan KFN

Barred Owl 09Jan KFN

Long-eared Owl 02Jan KFN

Short-eared Owl 02Jan KFN

Northern Saw-whet Owl 02Jan KFN

Common Nighthawk 11May VPM

Whip-poor-will 18Apr GUre

Chimney Swift 02May KFN

Ruby-throated Hummingbird 03May S&LS

Belted Kingfisher 01Jan KFN

Red-headed Woodpecker 07May DO

Red-bellied Woodpecker 01Jan KH

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 03Jan EB

Downy Woodpecker 01Jan KFN

Hairy Woodpecker 01Jan KFN

Northern Flicker 01Jan KFN

Pileated Woodpecker 01Jan MC

Olive-sided Flycatcher 19May MRon

Eastern Wood-Pewee 12May DO

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 08May DO

Alder Flycatcher 12May DMorin

Willow Flycatcher 13May DO

Least Flycatcher 01May KFN

Eastern Phoebe 12Mar CR

Great-crested Flycatcher 26Apr DO

Eastern Kingbird 02May KFN

Loggerhead Shrike 12Apr KFN

Northern Shrike 01Jan KFN

Yellow-throated Vireo 03May SH

Blue-headed Vireo 05Apr KH

Warbling Vireo 18Apr NLB



Philadelphia Vireo 07May DO

Red-eyed Vireo 02May MC

Blue Jay 01Jan VPM

American Crow 01Jan KFN

Common Raven 01Jan KFN

Horned Lark 21Jan KFN

Purple Martin 12Apr KFN

Tree Swallow 18Apr LN

Northern Rough-winged Swallow 15Apr KFN

Bank Swallow 18Apr SCoates

Cliff Swallow 09Apr DO

Cave Swallow 04Nov KFN

Barn Swallow 07Apr LN

Black-capped Chickadee 01Jan VPM

Tufted Titmouse 01Jan KFN

Red-breasted Nuthatch 09Jan MC

White-breasted Nuthatch 01Jan VPM

Brown Creeper 24Jan MC

Carolina Wren 15Feb KFN

House Wren 15Apr KFN

Winter Wren 20Jan KFN

Marsh Wren 15May VPM

Sedge Wren 05May BFried

Golden-crowned Kinglet 01Jan KFN

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 20Mar SH

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 18Apr DO

Eastern Bluebird 09Jan KFN

Mountain Bluebird 12Feb KFN

Veery 03May DO

Gray-cheeked Thrush 19May MC

Swainson’s Thrush 03May DO

Hermit Thrush 15Apr KFN

Wood Thrush 03May SH

American Robin 02Jan KFN

Varied Thrush 17Dec fide PJG

Gray Catbird 21Apr MRon

Northern Mockingbird 02Jan JP

Brown Thrasher 14Apr MC

European Starling 01Jan VPM

American Pipit 11Feb THoar

Bohemian Waxwing 02Jan KFN

Cedar Waxwing 01Jan MC

Blue-winged Warbler 01May DO

Golden-winged Warbler 05May KFN

Tennessee Warbler 03May DO

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Orange-crowned Warbler 03May DO

Nashville Warbler 17Apr MC

Northern Parula 03May VPM

Yellow Warbler 29Apr MPatry

Chestnut-sided Warbler 03May KFN

Magnolia Warbler 17Apr DO

Cape May Warbler 03May RA

Black-throated Blue Warbler 03May RA

Yellow-rumped Warbler 08Jan CC

Black-throated Green Warbler 01May KFN

Blackburnian Warbler 03May KFN

Yellow-throated Warbler 19Dec DPross

Pine Warbler 26Mar KFN

Prairie Warbler 05May MC

Palm Warbler 10Apr TN

Bay-breasted Warbler 04May DO

Blackpoll Warbler 15May JCooper

Cerulean Warbler 04May CR

American Redstart 03May DO

Black-and-white Warbler 26Apr MC

Ovenbird 02May TN

Northern Waterthrush 17Apr MC

Louisana Waterthrush 01May CJones

Connecticut Warbler 20May KFN

Mourning Warbler 15May DO

Common Yellowthroat 25Apr MC

Hooded Warbler 09May NLB, KFN

Wilson’s Warbler 07May DO

Canada Warbler 03May DO

Scarlet Tanager 18Apr NLB

Eastern Towhee 20Mar RA

American Tree Sparrow 01Jan KFN

Chipping Sparrow 01Apr MC

Clay-coloured Sparrow 06May KFN

Field Sparrow 01Jan LN

Vesper Sparrow 11Apr KH

Savannah Sparrow 10Jan BH

Grasshopper Sparrow 07May KH

Henslow’s Sparrow 26May JSB, M Stewart

Le Conte’s Sparrow 05May BFried

Nelson’s Sparrow 27Sep KH

Fox Sparrow 09Mar KFN

Song Sparrow 05Feb MC

Lincoln’s Sparrow 04May VPM, DO

Swamp Sparrow 02Jan KFN



White-throated Sparrow 01Jan KH

White-crowned Sparrow 10Jan KFN

Dark-eyed Junco 01Jan KH

Lapland Longspur 12Jan MC

Snow Bunting 01Jan KFN

Northern Cardinal 01Jan KFN

Rose-breasted Grosbeak 14Apr MC, PE

Indigo Bunting 07May DO

Bobolink 03May DO

Red-winged Blackbird 01Jan VPM

Eastern Meadowlark 10Jan KFN

Rusty Blackbird 01Jan KFN

Common Grackle 11Jan NLB

Brown-headed Cowbird 01Jan KH

Orchard Oriole 06May KFN

Baltimore Oriole 01May DO

Pine Grosbeak 08Nov PBlake

Purple Finch 01Jan KFN

House Finch 01Jan KFN

Red Crossbill 20Oct MBurrell

White-winged Crossbill 19Jan RS

Common Redpoll 05Jan AH

Hoary Redpoll 15Nov KH

Pine Siskin 14Jan POToole

American Goldfinch 01Jan KFN

Evening Grosbeak 20Apr MC

House Sparrow 01Jan VPM

A Local Option for Bird-lovers who Drink Coffee

Vicki Schmolka

Shirley French’s article, “Coffee and

Conservation”, in the December 2012

Blue Bill points out that consumer coffee

choices may affect Canadian birds: “An

impressive list of 92 species of North

American migratory birds has been

reported (~ 15 publications) to forage in

coffee plantations in Latin America.”

Dr. Bridget Stutchbury made a plea to

the audience at the Eastern Ontario

Stewardship Collaborative meeting in

early February. She presented

information on her study of the

migratory routes of Wood Thrush

(Hylocichla mustelina), having traced

their flight paths using light-level

geolocators attached to their bodies.

http://www.yorku.ca/bstutch/papers/St

anley%20et%20al%202012%20Repeat%2

0Tracking.pdf

Dr. Stutchbury linked bird survival to

coffee-growing methods in Central

http://www.yorku.ca/bstutch/papers/Stanley%20et%20al%202012%20Repeat%20Tracking.pdf



March 2013

America. She made the case that clear-

cut coffee plantations are slowly

stripping away the forest cover required

for over-wintering birds. She asked us

to consider buying shade-grown coffee

with an Audubon Society label.

http://marketplace.audubon.org/produc

ts/shade-grown-coffee.

Kingston area residents have another

option. Nicaraguan Bird-Friendly

Shade-Grown Coffee is available locally

for $15 a pound with some of that going

to the Prince Edward Point Bird

Observatory. The coffee is from a

family-owned plantation in Nicaragua.

There’s more information about where

to buy this bird-friendly coffee at

http://www.peptbo.ca/youcanhelp.html

Editor’s note by Alexandra Simmons:

The PEPtBO coffee is Direct Sourced from

Nicaragua (the wintering ground of many of

the Wood Thrushes studied by Dr.

Stutchbury) by Las Chicas del Cafe roasters

of London, Ontario from their family farm

where it is organically Shade High Grown

under a canopy of native trees.

There are many environmental designations

for coffee. The most stringent is the Bird

Friendly Certification by the Smithsonian

Migratory Bird Center, which bears the

mark of the Smithsonian Migratory Bird

Center as well as the words “certified Bird

Friendly by the SMBC”.

All coffee designations are not equal in their

benefits to birds. Two websites do an

excellent job of explaining the differences:

a) making sense of coffee labels by Cornell

Lab of Ornithology

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/roundrobi

n/2012/10/09/making-sense-of-coffee-

labels-shade-grown-organic-fair-trade-

bird-friendl/

b) Coffee and Conservation

http://www.coffeehabitat.com/certificati

on-guide/

Moth Species List for Kingston Area Revised June 2012

Gary Ure

ELACHISTIDAE-GRASS MINER MOTHS Zeller’s Ethemia Ethemia zelleriella

Schlaeger’s Fruitworm Moth Antaeotricha schlaegeri

GELECHIIDAE-TWIRLER MOTHS Cream-edged Dichomeris Dichomeris flavocostella

LIMACODIDAE-SLUG MOTHS Early Button Slug Moth Tortricidia testacea

Spiny Oak-slug Moth Euclea delphinii

http://marketplace.audubon.org/products/shade-grown-coffee

http://marketplace.audubon.org/products/shade-grown-coffee

http://www.peptbo.ca/youcanhelp.html

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/roundrobin/2012/10/09/making-sense-of-coffee-labels-shade-grown-organic-fair-trade-bird-friendl/




http://www.coffeehabitat.com/certification-guide/

http://www.coffeehabitat.com/certification-guide/


TORTRICIDAE- LEAFROLLERS TORTRICINAE- Tortricini, Euliini, Cnephasiini TORTRIX LEAFROLLERS

Oak Leafshredder Acleris semipurpurana

TORTRICINAE- Archipini- ARCHIPS LEAFROLLERS

Gray-banded Leafroller Argyrotaenia mariana

Broken-banded Leafroller Choristoneura fractivittana

Oblique-banded Leafroller Choristoneura rosaceana

Fruit Tree Leafroller Archips argyrospila

Black-patched Clepsis Clepsis melaleucanus

Garden Tortrix Ptycholoma peritana

TORTRICINAE- Sparganothidini- SPARGANOTHID LEAFROLLERS

Reticulated Fruitworm Cenopis reticulatana

Maple-basswood Leafroller Cenopsis pettitana

PYRALIDAE- ASSORTED PYRALIDS

PYRALINAE, EPIPASCHIINAE, GALLERIINAE

Meal Moth Pyralis farinalis

Yellow-fringed Dolichomia Dolichomia olinalis

CRAMBIDAE CRAMBINAE- GRASS-VENEERS

Double-banded Grass-Veneer Crambus agitatellus

Vagabond Crambus Agriphila vulgivagellus

Sod Webworm Pediasia trisecta

Snowy Urola Urola nivalis

ACENTROPINAE- AQUATIC CRAMBIDS

Pondside Crambid Elophila icciusalis

PYRAUSTINAE-PYRAUSTINE MOTHS

Crowned Phlyctaenia Phylctaenia coronata

Bicolored Pyrausta Pyrausta bicoloralis

Paler Diacme Diacme elealis

Grape Leaffolder Desmia funeralis

Hollow-spotted Blepharomastx Blepharomastix ranalis

Splendid Palpita Palpita magniferalis

Basswood Leafroller Pantographa limata

Zigzag Herpetogramma Herpetogramma thestealis

DREPANIDAE- HABROSYNES, THYATRIDS, HOOKTIPS Dogwood Thyatirid Euthyatira pudens

Arched Hooktip Drepana arcuata

Rose Hooktip Oreta rosea

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URANIIDAE- SCOOPWINGS Brown Scoopwing Calledapteryx dryopterata

GEOMETRIDAE LARENTIINAE- CARPETS AND PUGS

Marbled Carpet Dysstroma truncata

Lesser Grapevine Looper Moth Eulithis diversilineata

Cherry Scallop Shell Rheumaptera prunivorata

White-banded Black Rheumaptera subhastata

Many-lined Carpet Anticlea multiferata

Red Twin-Spot Xanthorhoe ferrugata

Bent-line Carpet Costaconvexa centrostrigaria

Brown-shaded Carpet Venusia comptaria

White-striped Black Trichodezia albovittata

The Beggar Eubaphe mendica

The Scribbler Cladara atroliturata

Three-spotted Fillip Heterophelps triguttaria

STERRHINAE- WAVES

Frosted Tan Wave Scopula cacuminaria

Large Lace-Border Scopula limboundata

Dark-ribboned Wave*** Leptostales rubromarginaria

GEOMETRINAE- EMERALDS

Red-fronted Emerald Nemoria rubrifrontaria

Showy Emerald Dichorda iridaria

Pistachio Emerald Hethemia pistasciaria

ARCHIEARINAE- INFANTS

The Infant Archiearis infans

ENNOMINAE- TYPICAL GEOMETERS

Lesser Maple Spanworm Speranza pustularia

Four-spotted Granite Speranza coortaria

Barred Granite Speranza subcessaria

Red-headed Inchworm Marcaria bisignata

White Pine Angle Marcaria pinistrobata

Brown Shaded Gray Anacamptodes defectaria

Signate Melanolophia Melanolophia signataria

Brenda's Hypagyrtis Hypagyrtis brendae

The Half-Wing Phigalia titea

Common Lytrosis Lytrosis unitaria

False Crocus Geometer Xanthotype urticaria

Honest Pero Pero honestaria

Pale Beauty Campaea perlata

Maple Spanworm Ennomos magnaria

Elm Spanworm Ennomos subsignaria


Pale Metanema Metanema inatomaria

Lemon Plagodis Plagodis serinaria

Oak Besma Besma quercivoraria

Sharp-lined Yellow Sicya macularia

Confused Eusarca Eusarca confusaria

Yellow Slant-line Tetracis crocallata

White Slant-line Tetracis cachexiata

Snowy Geometer Eugonobapta nivosaria

Curve-toothed Geometer Eutrapela clemataria

Horned Spanworm Nematocampa resistaria

APATELODIDAE-APATELODID MOTHS The Angel Olceclostera angelica

LASIOCAMPIDAE- TENT CATERPILLAR AND LAPPET MOTHS Large Tolype Tolype velleda

Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth Malacosoma disstria

Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth Malacosoma americana

SATURNIDAE CERTOCAMPINAE-ROYAL SILKWORM MOTHS

Imperial Moth Eacles imperialis

Rosy Maple Moth Dryocampa rubicunda

Pink-striped Oakworm Moth Anisota virginiensis

HEMILEUCINAE-BUCK MOTHS

Io Moth Automeris io

SATURNINAE- GIANT SILKWORM MOTHS

Polyphemus Moth Antheraea polyphemus

Luna Moth Actias luna

Cecropia Moth Hyalophora cecropia

Promethia Moth Callosamia promethea

SPHINGIDAE SPHINGINAE- LARGE SPHINX MOTHS

Five-spotted Hawkmoth Manduca quinquemaculata

Waved Sphinx Ceratoma undulosa

Plebian Sphinx Paratraea plebeja

SMERINTHINAE- EYED SPHINX MOTHS

Twin-spotted Sphinx Smerinthus jamaicensis

Small-eyed Sphinx Paonias myops

Walnut Sphinx Laothoe juglandis

Modest Sphinx Pachysphinx modesta

MACROGLOSSINAE- SMALL SPHINX MOTHS

Hummingbird Clearwing Hemaris thysbe

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Snowberry Clearwing Hemaris diffinus

Abbott's Sphinx Sphecodina abbottii

Nessus Sphinx Amphion floridensis

SUPER FAMILY NOCTUOIDEA

NOTODONTIDAE- PROMINENTS Sigmoid Prominent Clostera albosigma

Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth Datana ministra

White-dotted Prominent Nadata gibbosa

Black-rimmed Prominent Pheosia rimosa

Double-toothed Prominent Nerice bidentata

White Furcula Furcula borealis

White-headed Prominent Symmerista albifrons

EREBIDAE LYMANTRIINAE-TUSSOCK MOTHS

Gypsy Moth* Lymantria dispar

ARCTIINAE-Lithosiini LICHEN MOTHS

Black and yellow Lichen Moth Lycomorpha pholus

Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth Hypoprepia miniata

Painted Lichen Moth Hypoprepia fucosa

ARCTIINAE-Arctiini- TIGER MOTHS

Reversed Haploa Haploa reversa

Orange Virbia Virbia aurantiaca

Salt Marsh Moth Estigmene acrea

Virginian Tiger Moth Spilosoma virginica

Fall Webworm Hyphantria cunea

Giant Leopard Moth Ecpantheria scribonia

Large Ruby Tiger Moth Phragmatobia assimilans

Anna Tiger Moth Grammia anna

Hickory Tussock Moth Lophocampa caryae

Virginia Ctenucha Ctenucha virginica

HERMINIINAE-LITTER MOTHS

American Idia Idia americalis

Grayish Fan-Foot Zanclognatha pedipalis

Wavy-lined Fan-Foot Zanclognatha jacchusalis

Morbid Owlet Chytolita morbidalis

Slant-lined Owlet Macrochilo absorptalis

Discoloured Renia Renia discoloralis

PANGRAPTINAE- PANGRAPTINE OWLETS

Lost Owlet Ledaea perditalis

HYPENINAE-SNOUTS

Flowing-line Snout Hypena manalis

Dimorphic Snout Hypena bijugalis

Mottled Snout Hypena palparia


PHYTOMETRINAE- ASSORTED OWLETS

Six-spotted Gray Spargaloma sexpunctata

RIVULINAE

Spotted Grass Moth Rivula propinqualis

EREBINAE- UNDERWINGS, ZALES AND RELATED OWLETS

Gray-banded Zale*** Zale squamularis

Maple Looper Moth Parallelia bistriaris

Forage Looper Moth Caenurgina erechtea

Yellow-gray Underwing Catocala retecta

Oldwife Underwing Catocala palaeogama

Youthful Underwing Catocala subnata

White Underwing Catocala relicta

Ultronia Underwing Catocala ultronia

Feeble Grass Moth Amolita fessa

EUTELIIDAE- MARATHYSSAS AND PAECTES Light Marathyssa Marathyssa basalis

Eyed Paectes Paectes oculatrix

NOCTUIDAE- NOCTUIDS RISOBINAE- BAILEYAS AND NYCTEOLAS

Eyed Baileya Baileya opthalmica

PLUSIINAE- LOOPERS

Pink-patched Looper Moth Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides

EUSTROTIINAE- GLYPHS

Red-spotted Glyph Maliattha concinnimacula

ACONTIINAE- BIRD-DROPPING MOTHS

Olive-shaded Bird-dropping Moth Ponometia candefacta

Small Bird-dropping Moth Ponometia erastroides

PANTHEINAE- PANTHEAS AND YELLOWHORNS

Eastern Panthea Panthea furcilla

Saddled Yellowhorn Colocasia flavicornis

ACRONICTINAE- DAGGERS

Tufted Bird-dropping Moth Cerma cerintha

AMPHIPYRINAE- AMPHIPYRINE SALLOWS

Grote's Sallow Copivaleria grotei

The Joker Feralia jocosa

Comstock’s Sallow Feralia comstocki

Copper Underwing Amphipyra pyramidoides

AGARISTINAE- WOOD NYMPHS AND FORESTERS

Pearly Wood-nymph Eudryas unio

CONDICINAE-GROUNDLINGS

Dusky Groundling Condica vecors

HELIOTHINAE- FLOWER MOTHS

Primrose Moth Schinia florida

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ERIOPINAE- FERN MOTHS

Silver-spotted Fern Moth Callopistria cordata

NOCTUINAE- Caradrinini- ASSORTED NOCTUIDS

Miranda Moth Proxenus miranda

NOCTUINAE- Phlogophorini- ANGLE SHADES

Olive Angle Shades Phlogophora iris

NOCTUINAE- Xylenini- XYLENINE SALLOWS

Red-winged Sallow*** Xystopeplus rufago

NOCTUINAE- Orthosiini- SPRING QUAKERS, WOODLINGS, WOODGRAINS

Distinct Quaker Achatia distincta

Bicoloured Woodgrain Morrisonia evicta

NOCTUINAE- Tholorini and Hadenini- LARGE ARCHES

The White-Speck Mythimna unipuncta

NOCTUINAE- Noctuini- DARTS

Dingy Cutworm Feltia jaculifera

Flame-shouldered Dart Ochropleura implecta

Clandestine Dart Spaelotis clandestina

Northern Variable Dart Xestia badicollis

Smith's Dart Xestia smithii

Reddish Speckled Dart Cerastis tenebrifera

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