OFO Convention Birds at Kingston, 23-25 September 2016: 181 species
The total species reported for the three-day OFO Convention at Kingston
and nearby areas (September 23 to 25) currently stands at 181 species. This
total is the second highest recorded at a convention. The highest total was
the 184 species observed last year at Point Pelee. In third place now are
the 178 species reported at Presqu'ile (2012) and Point Pelee (2013).
Migration-inducing weather to start the weekend, an unusually warm September
that encouraged lingering species, 256 registrants, 31 field trips led by
expert birders, and the rich birding potential of the many areas visited
were factors that contributed to the remarkable number of species observed
during the Kingston convention.
Noteworthy birds included: Eurasian Wigeon, Golden Eagle, Little Gull,
Lesser Black-backed Gull, Hooded Warbler, Grasshopper Sparrow, and
Nelson's Sparrow. (Note that the Eurasian Wigeon was found by Dave Milsom,
contrary to the information I had at the Saturday banquet.)
Total species reported for the following groups are shown in parentheses:
ducks (20), shorebirds (18), gulls (6), warblers (23) and sparrows (11).
The complete species list is presented below.
Thanks again to all the organizers, trip leaders and participants for a very
successful convention.
Hope to see you at the next OFO Convention at Long Point on 22-24 September
2017.
Snow Goose
Brant
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Wood Duck
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
American Black Duck
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
White-winged Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruffed Grouse
Wild Turkey
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
American Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Golden Eagle
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Stilt Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Baird’s Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson’s Snipe
Bonaparte’s Gull
Little Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Black-billed Cuckoo
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Alder/Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Horned Lark
Tree Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
House Wren
Winter Wren
Marsh Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson’s Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
American Pipit
Cedar Waxwing
Lapland Longspur
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Black-and-white Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Nelson’s Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
