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The Blue Bill Volume 65 Number 3 The Blue Bill Quarterly Journal of the Kingston Field Naturalists ISSN 0382-5655 Volume 65, No. 3 September 2018 Contents 1 President’s Page / Anthony Kaduck 64 2 KFN Income Statement / Larry McCurdy 65 3 KFN Balance Sheet / Larry McCurdy 66 4 The Great Canadian Biobli of 2018 / Anne Robertson 67 4.1 Vertebrates ................................................ 70 4.2 Invertebrates ............................................... 75 4.3 Vascular Plants ............................................. 86 4.4 Non-Vascular Plants .......................................... 100 4.5 Fungi ................................................... 101 5 What to do with all of your non-bird sightings? / Mike Burrell 103 6 KFN Dragonfly/Buerfly Field Trip / Carol Seymour 104 7 ‘A Weekend in the Country’ Ontario Nature’s 87th Annual Gathering / Jacqueline Bartnik 106 8 Field Trip To Marshlands Conservation Area, Amherstview Lagoons and Wilton Creek / Paul Mackenzie 108 9 Winter Finch Forecast 2018-2019 / Ron Piaway 109 10 Teen Canoe Trip / Damon Gee 111 11 50 Years Ago 112 2018/2019 Executive President . Anthony Kaduck The Blue Bill is the quarterly Honorary President . Ron Weir journal (published March, June, September and De- Vice-President (Speakers) . Kenneth Edwards cember) of the Kingston Past President . Alexandra Simmons Field Naturalists, P.O. Box 831, Kingston ON, K7L 4X6, Treasurer . Larry McCurdy Canada. Recording Secretary . Janis Grant Send submissions to the ed- th Membership Secretary . .John Critchley itor by the 15 of the month of publication (i.e. the 15th of Archives . Peter McIntyre March, June, September, or De- cember) to Bird Records . Mark Read [email protected] Bird Sightings/Ontbirds . Mark Read Submissions may be in any Book Auction . .Janet and Bruce Ellio format. Equations should be in Conservation . .Chris Hargreaves LATEX. Please provide captions and credit information for pho- Editor of The Blue Bill . Peter Waycik tos. Education . Shirley French Canadian Publications Mail Facebook . Polly Aiken Product Sales Agreement #047128 Field Trips/Slideshow . Gaye Beckwith Junior Naturalists . Anne Robertson May Dinner Coordinator . .Polly Aiken Nature Reserves . Erwin Batalla Newsleer . Janet Ellio Ontario Nature . John Donihee Publicity . Jackie Bartnik Website . Lesley Rudy To contact any member of the executive or for general inquiries about the Kingston Field Naturalists, please send an email to info@kingstonfieldnaturalists.org. 64 September 2018 1 President’s Page by Anthony Kaduck In North America we have made some efforts in recent years to protect forests and wetlands, but there have still been significant declines in many bird populations. I am not a scientist but it seemed obvious to me as I looked through my mostly-clear windshield that we need to do more to address the decline in insect populations. We know from a variety of studies that insect pop- ulations have declined rapidly over the past thirty years.3 Many birds are entirely insectivorous, and many seed-eating birds rely on insects to feed their chicks. And though as a birder I tend to focus on Figure 1: Anthony in Costa Rica (Lynn Kerr) the impact on birds, insects also play a critical role as pollinators, so the decline in insect populations puts our food chain at risk. I promised Peter that I would send him my Pres- ident’s Page comments on time. So on Saturday Properly-designed conservation programs have morning, while hurtling down the 401 at zero dark helped a number of species to recover,4 but are thirty in pursuit of an exotic bird,1 I was pondering there any conservation programs targeted at in- what to write about. As it turned out the answer sects in general? Ontario has enacted some new was right in front of me. controls on the use of neonicotinoid pesticides, and this will certainly help. But what, if anything, Many of our members are old enough to remember can we do as individuals and as an organization to nighime car trips in the 1960s and 70s, and having help insect populations? to clean masses of dead insects off the windshield every hour or two. Yet this week Paul Mackenzie Of course we can all help in small ways by planting and I drove from Kingston to Rondeau Provincial insect-friendly gardens, and certainly the KFN’s Park and only collected about 10 dead insects of nature reserves are managed to promote the well- any size during the trip. being of all wildlife. We also contribute to organi- zations such as the Nature Conservancy that pro- This is something we should be worried about. tect habitat. But is there more we could and should You may have heard the news earlier this month do? Should we, for example, be more active in rais- that eight bird species have been moved from the ing consciousness among the public and/or lobby- IUCN Critically Endangered list to the Extinct or ing governments to do more to project insect life? 2 Extinct in the Wild lists. The usual culprits were I would be interested to hear your views. blamed: habitat loss from unsustainable agricul- ture, drainage and deforestation. And yes, we did see the Great Kiskadee! 1The first-Ontario-record Great Kiskadee at Rondeau Provincial Park. 2hps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/04/first-eight-bird-extinctions-of-the-21st-century-confirmed 3A few examples: Insect biomass decline in Germany hps://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0185809, Chimney Swifts at Queen’s University hp://post.queensu.ca/ pearl/swiftdiet/swiftdiet.html, Monarch Buerfly population decline hps://e360.yale.edu/features/tracking_the_causes_of_sharp__decline_of_the_monarch_buerfly 4A few conservation success stories: Mauritius Kestrel, Rodrigues Fruit Bat, Bald Eagle, Piping Plover, Peregrine Falcon, Humpback Whale, Ascension Frigatebird. The Blue Bill Volume 65, No. 3 65 2 KFN Income Statement Figure 2: KFN Income Statement for the year ending March 31, 2018 (Larry McCurdy) 66 September 2018 3 KFN Balance Sheet Figure 3: KFN Balance Sheet for the year ending March 31, 2018 (Larry McCurdy) The Blue Bill Volume 65, No. 3 67 4 The Great Canadian Biobli of 2018 by Anne Robertson Figure 4: Group at the gravel pit base showing special anniversary T shirts. (Paul Mackenzie) 942 species recorded. Wow! the-time sunny. The Kingston Field Naturalists held their 20th Literally, hundreds of plants were observed, iden- BioBli June 15-16th, 2018 on our own property, tified and listed. 407 species of vascular plants in- the Helen Quilliam Sanctuary, at Oer Lake. This cluding trees, shrubs and herbs were found in dif- 250 hectare nature reserve has a wide variety of ferent habitats. In addtion, some spore bearing habitats providing a good diversity of plant and plants and fungi were added to the tally. Walk- animal life. ing Fern was a speciality along with a good show of Rose Pogonia. The BioBli aims to list as many species of living things as possible in 24 hours. This snapshot of the Vertebrate animal sightings (109 species) that were biodiversity provides a baseline for observing fu- special included the pair of Sandhill Cranes heard ture changes caused by global warming, invasive early Saturday flying over and seen later on the species and loss of endangered species as well as bog. The endangered Cerulean Warbler was seen through natural succession. BioBlies were held and heard by several people. An Oriole nest at this site in 2000 and 2002. More on this to fol- by the road entertained many. Common Snipe low. and Barred Owl added to the evening bird list and Whip-poor-wills singing were a joy to hear This event brought together amateurs, experts and as these species are of concern with diminishing professionals in all kinds of species to spot and numbers. Only two bats, both Tricoloured Bats, identify all they could tally in the time available. were recorded which was disappointing. Oers Visitors could enjoy guided walks to learn about were a special sighting. Thirteen mammal species a particular group of plants or animals and learn were listed. about the diversity of the site. Over 65 field ob- servers including some children spread over the Seven species of frog including Pickerel frog and property from 3:00 p.m. on Friday to 3:00 p.m. three of the seven local species of turtle that may on Saturday collecting information on everything be seen were added to the tally. All local tur- from snakes to spiders and shrubs to sedges. Par- tles are species of concern. Three Stinkpot Turtles ticipants, about half of whom were Kingston Field were collected in one sweep of a seine net. Sixteen Naturalist members, included local specialists and species of fish were found—a good variety, includ- some from as far as Oawa, Toronto, Rochester ing an Iowa Darter. and France, as well as a number of neighbours. Amongst the invertebrates we recorded thirty The weather was perfect: up to 26◦ C and not all- 68 September 2018 seven damsel and dragonflies. An Elfin Skim- Our special guided walk this year was on the lo- mer (the smallest dragonfly in North America) was cal geology led by Dougald Carmichael and very a treat. There were 19 species of buerfly. An well received. He led the group on the van Luven incredible number of moths were recorded—173 Point. We had a total of 16 guided walks cover- species!!! A very unusual moth, Clepsis listerana ing a wide variety of species groups and a variety (see picture) was exciting. Many more species of the Sanctuary trails. The numbers aending any of various kinds were observed and added to the group were generally around 10; they were by and tally. The biodiversity recorded this year is greater large well supported. than that recorded in previous BioBlies in this location, with more expertise covering a greater variety of species groups.
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