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Kirtland's warbler (Dendroica kirtlandii) COSEWIC assessment and status report: appendix 1

Appendix 1 - Locations of Kirtland’s Warbler sightings in Canada

Table is a working draft produced by Ken Tuniga and Paul Aird for the Recovery Plan.

Locations of Kirtland’s Warbler sightings in Canada
(Grey highlight indicates records accepted by the Ontario Bird Record Committee (OBRC); yellow highlighted rows are rejected records.)
Year Date Location County Sex Observer (OBRC observer listed) Source Comments Level of breeding certainty Comments
1900 16 May Toronto   Male J. H. Samuel Speirs 1985 Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) Specimen Observation  
1915 2 October Point Pelee National Park (PPNP) Essex   W.E. Saunders Speirs 1985 ROM Specimen Observation  
1916   Petawawa Renfrew Males P. Harrington Speirs 1985 Singing males in suitable habitat Possible Paul Harrington 1941-1924 Field notes
F.A. Starr field notes
(ROM library)
1939 5 June Petawawa Renfrew Male P. Harrington Speirs 1985 Singing male in suitable habitat Possible Paul Harrington 1939-1941 Field notes (ROM library)
1941 31 August Long Point Halimand-Norfolk Male H. A. Sivyer Speirs 1985 Migrant Observation  
1945Footnotea 8-13 August Barrie   Adults D. H. Speirs, J. M. Speirs P. L. Aird 2 adults and 1 recently fledged young Confirmed  
1946 18 June Petawawa Renfrew   P. Harrington Hibbard, S. and P.L. Aird. 1978 Records of the KIWA in Canada (21 Jan 1978 draft) 2 pp. Prob. Singing male Possible Paul Harrington 1943-1951 Field notes (ROM library)
1946 27 July Petawawa Renfrew Male P. Harrington Hibbard, S. and P.L. Aird. 1978 Records of the KIWA in Canada (21 Jan 1978 draft) 2 pp.     Paul Harrington 1943-1951 Field notes (ROM library)
1947 30 May Toronto   Male C. Long Speirs 1985 Report Observation ROM Kirtland’s Warbler file
1948 14 September Pickering Prince Edward Male D. Speirs Speirs 1985 Report Observation  
1953 10 May PPNP Essex   F. Cook, D. Sutton M. Petrucha and P. W. Sykes      
1958   Toronto   Male G. Fairfield Speirs 1985 Report Observation  
1958Footnotea 8-30 June McVicar Bruce Male G.A. Moore, C.R. S (J. L. Baillie) Speirs 1985 Singing male in suitable habitat Observation  
1959Footnotea 24 May Toronto   Male J. Harrison, A. Sa (Barry Harrison) Speirs 1985 Report Observation Ontario Birds August 1987 Barry Harrison
1959 10 May PPNP Essex Male Ontario Bird Bander's Assoc M. Petrucha and P. W. Sykes   Observation Comment from Petrucha et al. habitat: scrub willow in an open sandy area bording a cattail marsh
1960 17 June Hamilton   Male D. Campbell, J. Miles, G.W. North Speirs 1985 Singing male in jack pine Observation  
1961 17 June Point au Baril Parry Sound Male H. Savage P. L. Aird, COS Singing male in suitable habitat  Possible ROM photograph and skeleton
1961 13 May PPNP Essex   G.M. Stirrett ROM photo ROM KIWA file      
1962 18 May Whitby   Male N. LeVay Speirs 1985 Report Observation  
1962 22 September PPNP Essex   Stirett (1973). Speirs 1985 Report Observation  
1962 19 May Point Traverse Prince Edward     Goodwin C.E. 1963, ON Naturalists 1(3):23-26      
1963 1 June Whitby   Male N. LeVay Goodwin CE 1963 ON Naturalists 1(3):23-26 Report Observation  
1963 2 July Gores Landing Northumberland Male N. Martin Bain, M. 2002, Ontario Birds August 2003 Brodie Club minutes, meeting 617, ROM library    
1963 13 May PPNP Essex     M. Petrucha and P. W. Sykes      
1964 16thMay Midhurst/Barrie   Male F. Westman (Devitt Speirs 1985 Singing male in suitable habitat Possible ROM photo, Devitt, OE 1967, The Birds of Simcoe County ON
1964 12 May

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 Cataraqui Prince Edward     M. Petrucha and P. W. Sykes      
1967 19 May Barrie   Unknown H.B. Haugh Devitt OE 1967 Report Observation  
1974Footnotea 16 May Toronto   Unknown J. A. Kelley OBRC      
1977Footnotea 9 June-14 July Petawawa Renfrew Male P. L. Aird, J. Bouvier P. L. Aird, COS Singing male in suitable habitat Possible  
1978Footnotea 2 June-14 July Petawawa Renfrew Male P. L. Aird (B. R. Barrett) P. L. Aird, COS Singing male in suitable habitat Possible  
1978 27 May-21 June Kazabazua,QC   Male P. L. Aird, J. Wright David 1996, M. Gosselin, pers. comm.. Singing male in suitable habitat Possible  
1979Footnotea 14-19 May PPNP Essex   (R. Smith, A. Parker, R. E. Coker, P. Carlton, J. P. Kleiman) M. Petrucha and P. W. Sykes      
1981 9 September Morton   Male M. and T. Hendrick Speirs 1985 Report Observation  
1982Footnotea 14 May Rondeau Provincial Park Chatham-Kent Male N. Tucker, F. van der Meer OBRC      
1982Footnotea 1 June Makwa Lake, Gogama Sudbury Male S. V. Nash, A. V. Nash OBRC      
1985 22 June-9 July Orillia   Male P. L. Aird, D. Pope P. L. Aird Singing male in suitable habitat Possible  
1987 15 May Rondeau Kent Male R.E. Fiehweg. R.A. Byers M. Petrucha and P. W. Sykes      
1988Footnotea 14 August Minaki Kenora   I. Kirkham Ontario Birds April 1990 first bird for N. Ont. Also northern most occurrence in N.A. (3 Aug. 1921 Lake Winnipegosis (Taverner 1921)likely an error, not included in Taverner 1928. Not first for N. ON
See 1982		 Observation  
1990Footnotea 26 May Cabot Head Bruce Male Curry 1991 (C. Michener, G. B. Cameron, A. Heagy) COSEWIC 1999 Report Observation  
1990Footnotea 31 May Port Hope Northumberland Male Curry 1991 (A. K. Sculthorpe, E. R. MacDonald, also found by I. P. Tate) COSEWIC 1999 Report Observation Ontario Birds
1990 20 May Upper Bruce Peninsula Bruce     M. Petrucha and P. W. Sykes      
1991 19 May Toronto   Unknown Bain 1992 COSEWIC 1999 Report Observation Ontario Birds
1991Footnotea 22 May Toronto, Leslie St. Spit     M. McNicholl Ontario Birds August 1992      
1993Footnotea 9 May PPNP Essex Male Pittaway 1995 (G. Peterson, E. Peterson, J. Flynn, A. Wormington) COSEWIC 1999 Report Observation Ontario Birds
1993 19 August Killarney PP, Balsam Lake   Male R. Scovell P. L. Aird Singing male Observation in migration
1994Footnotea 18-20 May Rondeau Kent Unknown Pittaway 1995 (M. J. Taylor) COSEWIC 1999 Report Observation Ontario Birds
1994 18 May Kopegaron Woods Essex Male M. Harrigan M. Petrucha and P. W. Sykes      
1995Footnotea 21 May PPNP Essex Female Dobos 1996 (D. R. Gardiner, K. A. McLaughlin, A. Wormington) COSEWIC 1999 Report Observation Ontario Birds
1995Footnoteb 4 September Long Point Haldimand-Norfolk   J. Bowles, M.Drenth M. Petrucha and P. W. Sykes      
1995 10 May Rondeau Kent   P.A. Woodliffe M. Petrucha and P. W. Sykes      
1996Footnotea 10 May PPNP Essex Male Dobos 1997 (J. B. Lesser, A. Wormington, J. N. Flynn, also found by J. Goldsmith, S.Kirsch) COSEWIC 1999 Report Observation Ontario Birds
1996Footnotea 14 May Stoney Point Essex Male Dobos 1998 (G. Seamans, also found by M. Schablach, N. Schablach, T. Beachy, B. Beachy, E. Baker) COSEWIC 1999 Report Observation Ontario Birds
1996Footnotea 16 May PPNP Essex Unknown Dobos 1998 (R. R. Sokolowski, J Luce, also found by M. O'Connor, R. Frew) COSEWIC 1999 Report Observation Ontario Birds
1997Footnotea 24 May St. Williams Forestry Station Halimand-Norfolk Male Dobos 1998 (T. Smith) COSEWIC 1999 Report Observation Ontario Birds
1997 4 July Thessalon Area   Male B. Knudsen COSEWIC 1999 Report Observation  
1997Footnotea 13-14 May Delaware (Cedarcroft Property) Middlesex Male J. H. Griffin, P. Cole, J. Ewart Ontario Birds August 1999 Photo on file Observation  
1998 September Killarney PP -   Female P. L. Aird P. L. Aird Report Observation  
1998Footnotea 15 May PPNP Essex Unknown F. Longabaugh Ontario Birds August 1999   Observation  
1998Footnotea 21 May PPNP Essex Unknown M. J. Taylor (also found by D. Taylor) Ontario Birds August 1999   Observation  
1999Footnotea 9-10 June Forest Lambton Male A. Rider, found by C. Cook Ontario Birds Aug 2000 Photo on file Possible  
2000Footnotea 21 May Tobermory (Cape Hurd) Bruce Male T.Cheskey (also found by B. Laurent) Ontario Rare One, first alternat Observation  
2002Footnotea 14 May PPNP, E. Beach Essex Adult D.K. Sealy Park records   Observation  
2002Footnotea 14 May PPNP, Sleepy Hollow Essex Female J. M. Tate Park records Alternate female Observation  
2002Footnotea 19 May PPNP Essex Adult T. R. Pepper Park records   Observation  
2002Footnotea 24 May Dyers Bay Bruce Female (unknown?) K. McGuire, E.J. Meleg, also found by D. Johnson   Photo on file Observation  
2002Footnotea 29 August Cobourg Northumberland Adult M. J. Bain     Observation  
2003Footnotea 15 May Long Point, Courtright ridge Norfolk Male H. Robert, M. S. W. Bradstreet Ontario Bird Alternate male Observation Courtright Ridge
2003Footnotea 17 May PPNP Essex Male E. Rauckis, B. S. Cherriere, L. Knaggs, D. Ford, also found by M. Raukis) Ontario Bird Alternate male Observation  
2004Footnotea 11 May PPNP Essex   R. Ortlieb (also found by J. Ortlieb) Ontario Birds August 2005??   Observation  
2004Footnotea 17-19 May PPNP Essex Male A. L.  Adamo (B. A. Mann, B. S. Cherriere, B. R. Holden) Ontario Birds, August 2005      
2005Footnotea 11 May Ruscom Shores Conservation Area Essex Male (S. D. Wurker, F. D. Wurker) OBRC      
2005Footnotea 25-26 May Port Bruce Elgin Male (R. J. Kingswood)        
2005Footnoteb 11-May Rondeau   Male (unknown)   Withheld Report Observation in migration
2005 11-15 May PPNP Essex            
2006Footnotea 21 May PPNP Essex Male (A. Wormington, R. A. Hall) OBRC      
2006 June-July Petawawa Renfrew 3 Males P. Aird, D. Coulson, N. Hiscock, T. Richard CBC base press release   Possible  
2007 May-July Petawawa Renfrew 1 male plus 1 pair T. Richard K. Tuininga, pers. comm.   Breeding confirmed Fledged 2 young
2007 24 May Meldrum Bay Manitoulin Island Male Chris Bell P.L. Aird Singing male observation Not in suitable habitat

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