Greetings & apologies for another wee "oops" on my part...the date for the Least Bittern should be MAY (not April) 29, and the Marsh Wrens were heard on JUNE (not May) 3 !! Good birding! Chris Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon Pringle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: June 6, 2004 8:33 PM Subject: [Ontbirds]Ottawa/Gatineau 06Jun04... Yellow Rail, No Lazuli Bunting > - RBA > > * Ontario > * Ottawa/Gatineau > * 06 June 2004 > * ONOT0406.06 > > - Birds mentioned > > American Bittern > Least Bittern > Black-crowned Night-Heron > Ruddy Duck > Osprey > YELLOW RAIL > American Coot > Red-necked Phalarope > Bonaparte's Gull > Black-billed Cuckoo > Sedge Wren > Marsh Wren > Blue-gray Gnatcatcher > BREWSTER'S WARBLER > LAZULI BUNTING > Eastern Towhee > > - Transcript > > hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club > date: 06 June 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 JUNE 6 AT 6:30 PM > > This is Chris Lewis reporting. > > Most of the expected spring migrants have moved through our region > and breeding birds are now on territory. > > With regard to rare birds locally, the LAZULI BUNTING in Bells > Corners was last reported on the evening of May 31st but not since > then. A BREWSTER'S WARBLER was seen and heard singing along the > railway line well east of the railroad trestle over Huntmar Dr. > north of Richardson Side Rd. west of Kanata on June 6th. A Blue- > gray Gnatcatcher was found on June 1st near the boat launch at > Rosenes and Gibeault Streets in Deschenes on the Quebec side. > Seven Red-necked Phalaropes were on the Ottawa River east of > Deschenes the same evening, and another Red-necked Phalarope was > in the southwest cell of the Embrun sewage lagoons on the morning > of June 6. > > Two American Bitterns were in the marsh west of Moodie Drive > between Nortel and the Equestrian Park on the morning of the 6th, > and a Least Bittern was heard here in the early morning of April > 29th. At least 6 Marsh Wrens were singing in this location on May > 3rd. > > An adult Black-crowned Night-Heron was at the east end of Mud Lake > in Britannia and 24 Bonaparte's Gulls were at the Deschenes rapids > on the 6th. Nine Ruddy Ducks and an American Coot were seen in the > large pond on the east side of Moodie Dr. south of the Trail Rd. > landfill on the 6th as well. > > A visit to the Richmond fen on the night of June 4th produced 2 > YELLOW RAILS and 4 Sedge Wrens. Two territorial male Sedge Wrens > have also been singing in the Morris Island area in the large fen > along Logger's Way between DeWolfe Rd. and Lighthouse Lane for at > least the past 10 days. > > Also of local interest are nesting Ospreys - the nests at Fitzroy > Harbour and along the Thomas Dolan Parkway at Constance Creek both > have young. Several Black-billed Cuckoos and Eastern Towhees were > present in the Carp hills along the Thomas Dolan Parkway on the > 6th, and 16 breeding species of warblers were found in Gatineau > Park on June 4th, mainly in the vicinity of the Huron and Western > trail network. > > Thank you - Good Birding! > > - End transcript > > _______________________________________________ > ONTBIRDS mailing list > [email protected] > To join or leave ONTBIRDS visit > http://mailman.hwcn.org/mailman/listinfo/ontbirds > ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm >
