- RBA
* Ontario
* Ottawa/Gatineau
* 22 February 2004
* ONOT0402.22
- Birds mentioned
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
Bufflehead
Bald Eagle
Northern Goshawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
Wild Turkey
Snowy Owl
NORTHERN HAWK OWL
Barred Owl
Short-eared Owl
Horned Lark
Common Raven
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Bohemian Waxwing
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
Snow Bunting
Hoary Redpoll
Pine Siskin
- Transcript
hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
date: 22 February 2004
number: 613-860-9000 press 2
to report: 613-860-9000 press #
coverage: Ottawa/Gatineau (Can. Nat. Capital Reg.), E.Ont., W.Que.
compilers : Chris Lewis
: Terry Higgins
: Colin Bowen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
transcriber: Michelle Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
internet : Gordon Pringle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
OFNC BIRD STATUS LINE SUNDAY FEBRUARY 22 AT 8 PM
This is Chris Lewis reporting.
A fairly quiet week for bird reports but signs of spring are
beginning in our region including increasing numbers of Red-tailed
Hawks, the larger gulls, Horned Larks and Snow Buntings.
Sightings of local interest include the following: a female
Bufflehead was still present at the Deschenes Rapids on February
21 and 22 and a male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE remains a Remic Rapids,
observed from both sides of the river on the 21st.
Bald Eagles continue to be seen in the Gatineau Hills two adults
flew over Eardley-Masham Rd on the 22nd. A Northern Goshawk was
also seen today, flying over the Stoney Swamp at Jack Pine Trail.
The resident male Peregrine Falcon is regular on the R.H. Coates
Building at Tunney's Pasture. Four Wild Turkeys were still
present at the Duck Club feeder on March Valley Rd at Riddell Rd
on the 20th.
Three recent reports of Snowy Owls include one along Concession 20
east of Casselman on February 16, one on Brownlee Rd at Eagleson
Rd on the 20th and today, the 22nd, another bird was discovered
along Earl Armstrong Rd, west of Bowesville Rd.
A NORTHERN HAWK OWL has returned after a 6-week hiatus to the
Almonte area, along Old Union Hall Rd, near the intersection with
Ramsay Concession 7. The Barred Owl reported earlier along March
Valley Rd was found again on the 20th and Short-eared Owls are
still being seen along Earl Armstrong Rd with at least 3 reported
near the S-curve on the evening of the 22nd.
Common Raven courtship flights are intensifying in the Gatineau
Hills.
Two Golden-crowned Kinglets were discovered along the Jack Pine
Trail on the 20th. A flock of approximately 50 Bohemian Waxwings
was along the Lower Aylmer Rd near Vanier St on the 22nd.
Two LAPLAND LONGSPURS were with a flock of approximately 800 Snow
Buntings on Akins Rd west of Eagleson Rd on the 20th.
And finally, back on the 15th, a Hoary Redpoll and a number of
Pine Siskins were new arrivals at an Ottawa south feeder, near
Albion Rd.
Thank-you. Good birding.
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