- RBA * Ontario * Ottawa/Gatineau * 07 November 2004 * ONOT0411.07
- Birds mentioned Red-throated Loon Common Loon Red-necked Grebe Snow Goose Brant Canada Goose Cackling Goose Blue-winged Teal Long-tailed Duck Black Scoter Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Common Goldeneye Barrow's Goldeneye Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Wild Turkey Sandhill Crane Black-bellied Plover Greater Yellowlegs Sanderling White-rumped Sandpiper Dunlin Wilson's Snipe Bonaparte's Gull Red-headed Woodpecker Black-backed Woodpecker Carolina Wren Cedar Waxwing Northern Shrike Pine Grosbeak White-winged Crossbill Common Redpoll Pine Siskin Evening Grosbeak - Transcript hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club date: 07 November 2004 number: 613-860-9000 for the status line : press 2 for rare bird alerts: press 1 to report a sighting: press # coverage: Ottawa/Gatineau (Can. Nat. Capital Reg.), E.Ont., W.Que. compiler : Chris Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] transcriber: Chris Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] internet : Gordon Pringle [EMAIL PROTECTED] OFNC BIRD STATUS LINE - NOV 07 2004 AT 6:30 PM This is Chris Lewis reporting. Colder temperatures and sometimes very strong winds from the northeast and northwest failed to bring many changes to the Ottawa birding scene. However, a sighting of both a male and female Black-backed Woodpecker on the trail off Kerwin Rd. opposite house #881 on the morning of Nov. 7 was the first local report of this species this season. On Nov. 3rd, a flock of 7 Red-throated Loons were reported from Shirleys Bay. One has been viewable from the boat launch since at least Oct. 26th, and was still present today. Two Common Loons were also seen here today, as well as a couple of Red-necked Grebes. The Snow Goose numbers at the large pond on the east side of Moodie Dr. south of the Trail Rd. Landfill dwindled to approx. 100 birds by the 7th. 26 Brant were with the Canada Geese at "Ottawa Beach" (that is the east end of Andrew Haydon Park), 2 were at the Moodie Dr. pond and 1 loner was still at the west end of Andrew Haydon on the 6th. A Cackling Goose was with the Canada's at the Moodie Dr. pond on the 7th. Long-tailed Ducks, all 3 species of Scoters and all 3 Mergansers continued to be sighted on the Ottawa River, in smaller numbers as the week wore on. However, the Common Goldeneye numbers have increased dramatically, and there are now 2 male Barrow's Goldneye at Remic Rapids. A flock of 20 Wild Turkeys were seen along Marchurst Rd. on the 7th, and 15 Sandhill Cranes were at Milton and Smith Rd.'s northeast of Carlsbad Springs on the 6th. Shorebirds noted this past week included 1 Black-bellied Plover, 1 Greater Yellowlegs and 1 Sanderling at Andrew Haydon Park, 1 White-rumped Sandpiper still at "Ottawa Beach" on the 6th, and 7 Dunlin at Shirley's Bay & "Ottawa Beach" on the 6th and 7th respectively. Very late birds included a Bonaparte's Gull at "Ottawa Beach" on Nov. 6th, and 2 Red-headed Woodpeckers in the Constance Bay area until at least Oct. 29th. A Carolina Wren visited feeders on Summit Ave. in Alta Vista from Nov. 2nd to the 4th. It has not been reported since then, but may very well still be around. Northern Shrikes were reported from the Shirley's Bay area on the 6th and 7th, and a rather late flock of approx. 80 Cedar Waxwings were at the Fletcher Wildlife Garden on the morning of the 7th. A very interesting report from Constance Bay on Nov. 1st included 4 late Blue-winged Teal, 1 Wilson's Snipe, and several finch species including 1 Pine Grosbeak, 10 White-winged Crossbills, 1 Common Redpoll and numbers of Pine Siskins and Evening Grosbeaks. Thank you - Good Birding! - End transcript
