- RBA * Ontario * Ottawa/Gatineau * 26 December 2004 * ONOT0412.26
- Birds mentioned Northern Goshawk Red-tailed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Peregrine Falcon Wild Turkey Great Horned Owl Snowy Owl Northern Hawk Owl GREAT GRAY OWL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER Northern Shrike - Transcript hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club date: 26 December 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 - DEC 26 2004 AT 7:00 PM This is Chris Lewis reporting. GREAT GRAY OWLS continue to dominate bird reports from the Ottawa area. Since the 19th, individuals have been reported from: Van Kleek Hill, Bourget, Carleton Place, Almonte, Richmond and Kanata. Up to 7 were counted in the area of Torbolton Ridge Rd., Kinburn Side Rd. and Kilmaurs Rd. west of Dunrobin on the 25th, with 5 seen here again on the 26th. These birds are actively hunting and do move around. Single Great Horned Owls were seen in the Carp and Dunrobin areas today. A Northern Hawk Owl was still in the hydro field along Trail #5 in Gatineau Park on the 22nd, along with 3 GREAT GRAY OWLS also still in this location. Five Snowy Owls were seen on Christmas Day in the Ste-Rose area east of Casselman in the vicinity of Concessions #19 and #20, with one very dark bird being the one most regularly seen here. An adult Northern Goshawk was seen again at the Duck Club feeders on March Valley Rd. near Riddell Rd. on the 26th., an adult Peregrine Falcon was at the Ottawa Civic Hospital at the corner of Carling and Parkdale Ave's. on the 22nd, and again only a few Red- tailed and Rough-legged Hawks were seen in rural areas during the week. Reports of Wild Turkeys that evidently survived Christmas came in from March Valley Rd. in Kanata as well as Earl Armstrong Rd near Limebank Rd. An adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was still present in Constance Bay as of the 26th, and several Northern Shrikes have been noted from a variety of locations including the Jack Pine Trail feeder, Earl Armstrong Rd. and the Dunrobin area. Thank you - Good Birding! - End transcript
