Kingston Field Naturalists (KFN) maintain records in a 50km radius of MacDonald Park, Kingston. Birders using eBird are encouraged to share their sightings with ‘Kingston FN’. Alternatively, please email records directly to me – contact details below. Please note that some sightings may require review and remain unconfirmed unless stated otherwise. Species in bold type require completion of a rare bird report available on the KFN website or directly from me. If indicated, an OBRC report may be required instead ( http://www.ofo.ca/site/Obrcreport). Please note: Owl Woods on Amherst Island will be closed from 21 November through to 11 December during the hunting season. Thank you everyone for your patience and respect to the owners of the property who have allowed us for many years to enjoy this treasure. Overview: A quiet week on the birding front. There are no rarities to report, but a good range of late migrants passed through. Highlights: MUTE SWAN – numbers are starting to build up with a count of 52 seen from Howe Island on 13 October, and 125 on Hay Bay on the 12th. CACKLING GOOSE – three birds were seen on the Napanee River on 8 October. TUNDRA SWAN – five swans were spotted at the Invista lagoon on 8 October. RING-NECKED DUCK – 123 birds were at the Invista lagoon on 11 October – a good-sized flock for this time of the year. SURF SCOTER – four passed through the Bateau Channel on 9 October, and three were seen on Hay Bay on the same date. YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO – a rather late straggler was seen at Martin Edwards reserve on 10 October. The average date of the last sighting in the Circle is 24 September. KILLDEER – 18 were counted at the Invista property on 11 October. WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER – two were seen at Button Bay, Wolfe Island, on 10 October. SOLITARY SANDPIPER – one example was observed at Wilton Creek on 9 and 12 October. The bird that was hanging around the Amherstview sewage lagoons was seen as late as the 11th. Another bird passed by the Prince Edward Point Bird Observatory on the 10th. GREAT EGRET – a number of birds are lingering in the area, with seven seen from Marshlands CA and one from Belle Park on 12 October, and a pair remaining on Cataraqui Bay until at least the 14th. BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON – one was spotted at Hillview Pond on 12 October. NORTHERN GOSHAWK – one was seen from Babylon Road in Prince Edward County, either within or just outside the Circle. RED-HEADED WOODPECKER – one was seen at a feeder on Howe Island on 11 October, and another was in Point Traverse Woods on the 11th and 12th. EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE – one was spotted at Point Traverse Woods on 8 October. PHILADELPHIA VIREO – one bird was observed at Lemoine Point CA on 8 October. FISH CROW – a pair was observed in McDonald Park in Kingston on 14 October. BARN SWALLOW – a single bird was seen from the Invista property on 14 October. HOUSE WREN – a wealth of sightings this week, with one at Barriefield on 8 and 12 October, a single at the Gananoque Waterfront Trail on the 8th, ones and twos at Prince Edward Point on 8, 9, 10, and 14 October, and one on the K&P Trail south of Harrowsmith on the 11th. GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH – one was banded at the Observatory on 10 October. EVENING GROSBEAK – 16 were seen near Marble Rock CA on 10 October, two visited the Observatory on the same date, and birds were also spotted on the K&P Trail south of Harrowsmith on the 11th. VESPER SPARROW – one bird was spotted on Howe Island on 10 October – a tricky bird to find in Eastern Ontario. TENNESSEE WARBLER – one was at the Invista property today (14th). NASHVILLE WARBLER – two also at Invista on 14 October. AMERICAN REDSTART – a single example was seen at the Observatory on 8 October. CAPE MAY WARBLER – one bird passed by the Observatory on 12 October. NORTHERN PARULA – these birds seemed to be on the move, as there were sightings on 8 October (Martin Edwards reserve and near Bedford Mills), Kingston and Barriefield on the 10th, and Prince Edward Point on the 14th – all were single birds. BAY-BREASTED WARBLER – one was seen at the Invista property on 12 October. BLACKPOLL WARBLER – one was seen at the Invista property on 14 October. BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER – a good showing for this species, with sightings at Point Traverse Woods on 8 October, Prince Edward Point on the 12th, two at Prince Edward Point on the 13th, and one more at the same location on the 14th. BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER – one was seen at Point Traverse Woods on 8 October, and another at Stella (Amherst Island) on the 10th SCARLET TANAGER – one was spotted on Howe Island on 9 October. In order to minimise disturbance to wildlife and property in the recording area, Kingston Field Naturalists has adopted the KFN Sensitive Sightings Policy <https://kingstonfieldnaturalists.org/wildlife/kfn-sensitive-sightings-policy/>. Please note that you must be a card-carrying member of Kingston Field Naturalists (KFN), or be accompanied by a member, to access both the Martin Edwards Reserve and Amherstview Sewage Lagoons. Permits are being checked on a regular basis at Amherstview and those without are being evicted. KFN members wishing to enter the Invista property must enter through the west gate and show their membership card to security. As always, a big thank you goes to all those who have submitted sightings directly or via eBird. Anthony N. Anthony Kaduck Kingston, Ontario Email: kaduckintransit « at » googlemail.com -- "The simple step of a simple courageous man is not to partake in falsehood, not to support false actions" -- Alexandr Solzhenitsyn