- RBA
* Ontario
* Ottawa/Gatineau
* 18 July 2004
* ONOT0407.18
- Birds mentioned
Pied-billed Grebe
Least Bittern
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Ring-necked Duck
Hooded Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Common Moorhen
American Coot
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Phalarope
Common Tern
Black Tern
Red-headed Woodpecker
Willow Flycatcher
Sedge Wren
Northern Mockingbird
PALM WARBLER
LINCOLN'S SPARROW
- Transcript
hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
date: 18 July 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 JULY 18 AT 7:00 PM
This is Chris Lewis reporting.
As we head into the last two weeks of July, increasing evidence of
post-breeding dispersal and migration is being reported.
Adult Black-crowned Night-Herons have been seen regularly in a
variety of local wetlands. At a pond on Moodie Dr. south of the
Trail Rd. landfill on the 17th there were 6 Pied-billed Grebes and
8 species of waterfowl including 2 Ring-necked Ducks, 1 Hooded
Merganser and 18 Ruddy Ducks. Also present here were 4 Common
Terns and small numbers of Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs. On the
14th at this location there were about a dozen Least Sandpipers
and 3 Short-billed Dowitchers. This pond may be viewed from the
road - please do not cross the gate as it is on private property.
The Almonte sewage lagoons have excellent shorebird habitat,
especially in the 2 eastern ponds. On the 17th there were 8
species of shorebirds including 1 Greater and 8 Lesser Yellowlegs,
1 Solitary Sandpiper, 6 Least Sandpipers, 1 Short-billed Dowitcher
and 1 juvenile Wilson's Phalarope. On the 12th, there were 34
Ruddy Ducks at the Alfred lagoons. Merlin families with fledged
young were noted near both the Elmvale and Carlingwood shopping
centres on the 12th, and 2 Peregrine Falcons were briefly seen at
Tunney's Pasture on the 16th.
A Northern Mockingbird discovered on Trail Rd. near the landfill
on the 16th was searched for but not relocated the following day,
but may very well be still in the area.
A family of LINCOLN'S SPARROWS was still active in the Mer Bleue
Conservation Area near the 90-degree bend in the boardwalk on the
17th, as well as an adult and juvenile PALM WARBLER (this is a
very rare breeding species in Ottawa - this is 1st known breeding
record from the Mer Bleue, formerly only known from historical
records ). A Sedge Wren was also noted in the wetland on the
north side of Ridge Rd. west of the conservation area.
Going back to July 11, the Marais aux Grenouillettes west of
Masson, Quebec was still good for seeing Least Bitterns, Common
Moorhens and Black Terns, as well as American Coot and Willow
Flycatcher.
On the 10th, the pair of Red-headed Woodpeckers was still active
in the old burn area in Constance Bay. A separate note regarding
the Ottawa River - the water levels are now extremely high and may
increase over the next few days, due to the heavy rainfalls in the
north. It is unlikely that there will be any suitable feeding
habitat for shorebirds for quite a while.
And finally, another reminder to please send any breeding bird
information to our Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas Regional
Coordinator, Christine Hanrahan at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thank you - Good Birding!
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