Waterfowl numbers continue to improve with an excellent variety in Hay Bay, the Amherstview sewage lagoons and on the KFN property on Amherst Island. Highlights include 8 Mute Swans in Hay Bay last Sunday (maybe this isn't really a highlight) and 2 N. Shovelers and a White-winged Scoter on Amherst yesterday. Bufflehead, N. Pintails, Green-winged Teal and Ring-necked Ducks seem to be particularly numerous this week. There was a single Common Loon along the city waterfront last Saturday and a pair at Millhaven yesterday. A Pied-billed Grebe was in Elevator Bay; also seen on Saturday. Osprey have returned to most of the local nest sites; 2 at the Lennox Generating Station on Saturday, 3 at Hay Bay, and one on the KFN property on Sunday. There was a Peregrine Falcon at the lagoons on Sunday. Amherst continues to support large numbers of raptors. Yesterday there were 3 Am. Kestrels, 16 N. Harriers, a very substantial 57 Rough-legged Hawks, and 10 Red-tails. Interestingly one of the Red-tails was an almost pure white bird and in the same location as the white Gyrfalcon reported last week. In talking to the two people that reported the Gyr it now seems more likely that they in fact saw this white Red-tail along the South Shore Road. There were 10 Snowy Owls on Amherst last weekend but only 4 yesterday. Wilson's Snipe, Am. Woodcock and Killdeer are back in numbers and now Greater Yellowlegs have appeared; yesterday there were 9 in a flooded area on the Craigen road north of Newburgh and another 3 beside a small pond on Amherst. There were also 4 Sandhill Cranes on Amherst yesterday. The particularly nasty weather early in the week reduced the number of new arrivals. Of note were a Belted Kingfisher at Camden East, a few Golden-crowned Kinglets, 2 E. Phoebes, and a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker on the K&P Trail, a Savannah Sparrow near Millhaven and a Swamp Sparrow near Camden East; all seen last Sunday. Many winter birds continue to linger (not surprisingly); 2 Common Redpolls at Bedford Mills and one at Camden East on Wednesday, still lots of Pine Siskins, a flock of 20 Bohemian Waxwings at Charleston Lake P.P., and N. Shrikes on the K&P Trail on Sunday and another on the McIntyre Road yesterday. A day long search of known sites found only two Loggerhead Shrikes north of Napanee yesterday. Cheers, Peter Good Kingston Field Naturalists 613 378-6605