- RBA
* Ontario
* Ottawa/Gatineau
* 11 May 2003
* ONOT0305.11
- Birds mentioned
GREAT EGRET
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Tundra Swan
Gadwall
Redhead
TUFTED DUCK
Ruddy Duck
Common Moorhen
American Coot
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Upland Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
RUFF
Wilson's Phalarope
Common Tern
Black Tern
Least Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Gray Catbird
Warbling Vireo
Northern Parula
Blackburnian Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
White-crowned Sparrow
Rusty Blackbird
Northern Oriole
Evening Grosbeak
- Transcript
hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
date: 11 May 2003
number: 613-860-9000 press 2
to report: 613-860-9000 press #
coverage: Ottawa/Gatineau (Can. Nat. Capital Reg.), E.Ont., W.Que.
compilers : Bev McBride
: Colin Bowen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
: Chris Lewis
transcriber: Michelle Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
internet : Gordon Pringle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
OFNC BIRD STATUS LINE - MAY 11 2003 AT 5:00 PM
Hello. This is Terry Higgins reporting for the Ottawa Field-
Naturalists' Club Bird Status Line May 11 at 5:00 p.m.
The RUFF seen at Embrun Sewage Lagoon on the 10th was still
present today, although it had moved to another cell.
The GREAT EGRET reported May 10 at Ottawa Beach was seen in flight
later that same day, but there have been no further reports today.
The TUFTED DUCK at Shirley's Bay was last seen on the 7th.
Reports from Mud Lake this week include: Rusty Blackbird on the
9th, Black-crowned Night-Heron on the 8th and 9th, Northern
Waterthrush on the 8th, Northern Parula, Blackburnian Warbler and
Warbling Vireo also on the 9th.
An Upland Sandpiper was seen on Vance's Side Road on May 10.
Evening Grosbeak and Least Flycatcher were seen on Huntmar that
same day.
Numerous reports of Great Crested Flycatcher, Baltimore Oriole,
Rose-breasted Grosbeak and Gray Catbird were received.
A White-crowned Sparrow was reported from Alta Vista on the 6th.
On the 10th, the Alfred and Embrun Sewage Lagoons provided
Wilson's Phalarope, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Least
Sandpiper, Ruddy Duck, Moorhen and American Coot. Also Black Tern
at the Alfred site.
Shirley's Bay on the 10th had Gadwall, Redhead, Ruddy Duck as well
as Common Tern.
A Tundra Swan seen at Embrun on the 8th and 10th, is likely the
same individual mentioned in a previous report.
If you would like to hear this report again, please stay on the
line and the tape will be repeated. Directions to these and many
other birding locations can be found on the O.F.N.C. website.
Thank you, Good birding.
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