INTRODUCTION The following is an index of the KFN Blue Bill from 1954 onwards. This is a chronological index where the entries have been put under subject headings. There is some degree of cross referencing. The most recent entries are found at the top of the lists. Items in brackets are to clarify the title and also indicate where a map is included. This index covers the articles and book reviews in Blue Bill. In order to view the subject headings you can either click on “Bookmarks” or scroll down to pages 2 to 5. Clicking on the bookmark subject will move you straight to that heading. The articles may be viewed at the Queen’s Engineering and Science Library on the south east corner of University and Union Street. They are to be found down one floor from the entrance level at the back indexed as QH1 B65. They cannot be taken out but you can photocopy them there. The Kingston Central Library on Johnson Street has copies from 1994 onward which can be borrowed. The KFN has some copies available to be borrowed and many members have their own copies which they may be willing to lend. The local bird counts including the following: Yearly List of Birds (generally in issue 1); Winter Season (issue 1 or 2); Christmas Counts (issue 1 or 2); Mid-winter Waterfowl Inventory (issue 1); Spring Roundups (issue 2); Spring Season (issue 2); Fall Roundup (issue 4); Fall Season (issue 4); have not been indexed here. Much of this data is available in “Birds of the Kingston Region” by Ron Weir. Beginning in 1975, the KFN was involved in studies at the Prince Edward Point Observatory. Supplements to the Blue Bill were issued, and are designated as e.g. Vol.26, PEPt Supp. 1979 In 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, these are separate issues but in 1982 and 1983 the report is included with issue 1. The 1st Annual Report is in Vol. 22, 4, 1975 Mammals have been listed alphabetically: Birds according to the American Ornithologists Union which lists the birds according to their presumed natural and evolutionary relationships. Places (field trips, survey sites, individual trips etc) are listed geographically starting with the Kingston region and ending with the continents other than North America. A list of speakers at the KFN meetings is also included under the KFN subject heading. In the past the following indexes have been compiled: 1) Bird Index, Plant and Animal Index and Subject Index Vols. 1-5 bound with Queen’s Volumes 1-5 2) Bird Index 1959-1963 Vols. 6-10 bound with the Queen’s Vols. 6-10 3) Bird Index 1964-1968, bound with the Queen’s Vols. 11-15 4) 10 Year Index 1969-1973 vols. 16-20, 1974-1978 Vols 21-25 5) Index 1979-1984 Vols 26-30 6) 1984-1988 Vols. 31-35 7) 2000 vol. 47, 4 8) 2001 vol. 48, 4 SUBJECT HEADINGS ANIMALS Mammals Bats Bear Beaver Coyotes Deer Foxes Otters Porcupines Seals Small Mammals Wolves Woodchuck Whales Tracking Books & Checklists Birds Loons Grebes Gannets etc. Cormorants Herons and Bitterns Ibis etc. Swans and Geese Ducks Eagles, Hawks etc Turkeys, Grouse etc Rail Cranes Shorebirds Gulls etc Puffins Doves Owls Nighthawks Swifts Hummingbirds Woodpeckers Flycatchers Swallows Jays Chickadees Thrushes etc Mocking birds 2 Waxwings Shrikes Starlings Warblers etc Finches etc Bird Activities Banding Ont. Breeding Bird Atlas etc. Bird Counts and Surveys Feeding and Casting Flocks Birds and Places Important Bird Areas Int. Council for Bird Preservation Migration Nesting Plumage and Moulting Rare Species and Sightings Bird Songs Miscellaneous Books Codes, Checklists, Names Reptiles General Snakes Turtles Amphibians Fish Insects and Arachnids General Beetles Butterflies and Moths Dragonflies and Damselflies Other Invertebrates etc. BOTANY Ferns, Mosses etc. Flowering Plants Trees Plant Habitat Books and Lists 3 PLACES KFN Properties Amherst Island Helen Quilliam (Otter Lake) Sanctuary Kingston Area Backyards Charleston Lake Prov. Park Depot Lakes Frontenac Park Little Cataraqui Creek, CRCA Lemoine Point Lennox Generating Station: Lost Bay Property Napanee Area Presqu’ile Provincial Park Prince Edward County Prince Edward Point QUBS and Opinicon Lake Sandbanks Prov. Park Small Islands Thousand Islands Wolfe Island Other Local Sites Eastern Ontario Algonquin Prov. Park Bancroft Bishop Mills, Oxford Mills etc. Bon Echo Prov. Park Mellon Lake Morrisburg, Cornwall Ottawa Area Southern Ontario General Point Pelee Northern Ontario Rest of Canada Arctic Atlantic B.C. Prairies, Rockies Quebec USA New York State Eastern US Western US World Africa 4 Asia Australia and NZ Europe South and Central America KINGSTON FIELD NATURALISTS General Bioblitz List of Speakers FON ENVIRONMENT Government Environmental Concerns Environmental Reports OTHER TOPICS Fungi Habitats Alvars Wetlands Seasons Spring Summer Fall Winter Ethics and Etiquette Genetics Diseases and Avian Care Other Naturalist Clubs Land Trusts Lifespan Rocks OTHER ACTIVITIES Astronomy Caving Geology History Photography BOOK REVIEWS 5 ANIMALS Mammals Bats Notes on Natural History No. 104, October 2, 1961 by Helen R. Quilliam. Vol. 54, 3, 2007 Bat Wings and Tails by Dr. Phil Myers. Vol. 52, 2, 2005. Bats and Bat Houses by Sharon David. Vol. 44, 1, 1997 Queen’s University Naturalists’ Workshop at Lake Opinicon by Kit Chubb. Vol. 35, 3, 1988 Bats of Eastern Ontario by M. Brock Fenton. Vol. 33, 3, 1986 An Unexpected Encounter by Jim Mount Joy. Vol. 32, 1, 1985 Bat banding in the Kingston Area by M. Brock Fenton. Vol. 11, 1, 1964 Bear Government to End Spring Bear Hunt, MNR. Vol. 46, 1, 1999 Beaver The Beaver Dam at Lunch Spot Pond by Terry Fuchs. Vol.52, 1, 2000 Epilogue: More on the Little Cataraqui Beavers by George M. Fairfield Vol. 42, 4, 1995 A New Beaver Family in Little Cataraqui Bay by George M. Fairfield. Vol. 42, 3, 1995 From Wolf to Wolffia by Roland Beschel. Vol. 16, 4, 1969 Coyotes A Coyote Chase Past Garden Island by D.V.Wesseloh and Steven Harot. Vol. 39, 2, 1992 Deer Deer Trails by Terry Fuchs. Vol.53, 1, 2006 Algonquin to Adirondack-Wolves, Deer and Wild Ginseng by Cameron Smith. Vol. 52, 4, 2005 Dead Deer and Live Deer by Terry Fuchs. Vol. 52, 3, 2005 Foxes Local Foxes by Baxter I. England. Vol. 21, 4, 1974 Otters Otters, A Pileated Woodpecker, Wild Turkeys, A Dearth of Crows by Terry Fuchs. Vol. 53, 4, 2006 Porcupines Porcupines and Fishers by Terry Fuchs. Vol. 47, 1, 2000 Seals A Contentious Canadian Conservation Issue –The Harp Seal Hunt by Martin H. Edwards. Vol. 30, 4, 1983 Small Mammals Notes on Natural History, No. 345, December 14, 1966 by Helen R. Quilliam. Vol. 53, 4, 2006 Some of Southeastern Ontario’s Small Mammals by Kit Chubb. Vol. 51, 3, 2004 Sugaring Off—Gray Squirrel Style by George M. Fairfield. Vol. 46, 3, 1999 Consequences of the Ice Storm for Ground Birds and Mammals by Fred Schueler. Vol. 45, 2, 1998 Sugaring Off—Red Squirrel Style by George M. Fairfield. Vol. 43, 2, 1996 6 Small Mammal Survey Prince Edward Point. Vol. 28, PEPt. Supp. 1980 Shrikes, Shrews and Sunshine by R. D. Ussher. Vol. 26, 1, 1979 Some Observations on Small Mammal and Raptor Populations in the Kingston Area by Frank Phelan. Vol. 21, 1, 1974 Winter Raptor Populations at Kingston by Richard Norman. Vol. 20, 2, 1973 2,940 Pounds of Mice! by Richard Norman and Ron D. Weir. Vol. 19, 1, 1972 Field Trip: an Episode (fight between a mole and a shrew) by Baxter I,. England. Vol. 19, 1, 1972 Small Mammals of the Kingston Area by M. Brock Fenton. Vol. 12, Sp. Issue 1965 Remus- an Eastern Chipmunk Part II by Deirdre Webb. Vol. 7, 2, 1960 Remus- an Eastern Chipmunk Part I by Deirdre Webb. Vol. 7, 1, 1960 Wolves Algonquin to Adirondack – Wolves, Deer and Wild Ginseng by Cameron Smith. Vol. 52, 4, 2005 Official Hunting Ban to Protect Algonquin Wolves Applauded by Melissa Tkyachyk. Vol. 51, 2, 2004 Snobelen Announces Study on Algonquin Area Wolves MNR. Vol. 45, 2, 1998 Woodchuck Notes on Natural History, No 151 by Helen Quilliam. Vol. 52, 3, 2005 Swimming Groundhog by Mary L’Estrange Vol. 8, 3, 1961 Whales Vancouver Whale Watching by Rob Worona. Vol. 52, 4, 2005 Where Freshwater meets the Sea: The St. Lawrence Estuary by Shirley French. Vol. 51, 4, 2004 Marine Protected Area for Endangered Arctic Bowhead Whales still Lacking after a 12- year Local Campaign. Vol. 47, 3, 2000 Tracking Probing the Private Lives by Terry Sprague. Vol. 54, 1, 2007 A Day of Winter Tracking by Brian Wylie Vol. 51, 4, 2004 Books & Checklists Mammal Tracks and Sign: A Guide to North American Species by Mark Elbroch reviewed Cendrine Huemer. Vol. 51, 4, 2004 Mammals of Ontario, Lone Pine publishing reviewed by David Bree. Vol.49, 3, 2002 Atlas of the Mammals of Ontario by Jon Dobbyn (FON) reviewed by John McLaughlin. Vol. 41, 3, 1994 Atlas of the Mammals of Ontario (forms for undertaking the survey) by Peter Good. Vol. 38, 2, 1991 Mammals of Southeastern Ontario (checklist) by Frank Phelan. Vol. 36, 2, 1989, repeated Vol. 33, 3, 1986 Just Bats by Brock Fenton reviewed by Peter Good. Vol. 31, 1, 1984 Checklist of Mammals of Southeastern Ontario by Frank Phelan. Vol. 26, 4, 1979 An Annotated List of the Mammals of the Thousand Islands Region by Mary E. Gartshore and John G. Woods. Vol. 21, 2, 1974 Birds 7 Loons Loon’s Eerie Cry Spirit of Northern Waters by Terry Sprague. Vol. 54, 2, 2007 Big Salmon Lake Loon Behaviour by Will Ruddock. Vol. 53, 2, 2006 For the Love of a Loon by Terry Sprague.