- RBA * Ontario * Ottawa/Gatineau * 20 March 2005 * ONOT0503.20
- Birds mentioned Canada Goose BARROW'S GOLDENEYE Hooded Merganser Bald Eagle American Kestrel Wild Turkey Ring-billed Gull Iceland Gull Glaucous Gull Great Horned Owl Snowy Owl Barred Owl GREAT GRAY OWL BOREAL OWL Carolina Wren Bohemian Waxwing Cedar Waxwing Common Grackle - Transcript hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club date: 20 March 2005 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 - MAR 20 2005 AT 7:00 PM This is Chris Lewis reporting. Although the Ottawa and Rideau Rivers are still largely frozen expect for the rapids, migrants continue to arrive, slowly but surely. 17 Canada Geese and 1000's of Ring-billed Gulls were above Deschenes rapids on the 19th and 20th of March, and the 1st reported male Hooded Merganser of the year was here on the 20th. Also on the 20th at Deschenes there was one 1st winter and one adult Iceland Gull and 4 Glaucous Gulls of various ages, and at Remic rapids there was a male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE and one 1st- winter Iceland Gull. Single Iceland and Glaucous Gulls were also reported from the Trail Rd. Landfill on the 19th. A visit to the west end of Gatineau Park on the 19th produced 4 Bald Eagles along the Eardley-Masham Rd. as well as an American Kestrel on Hwy 148 at Lac des Loups Rd. 3 Wild Turkeys continue to frequent the Duck Club feeders on March Valley Rd. Owl reports included a BOREAL OWL along a trail off Jinkinson Side Rd. off Hwy. #7 between Ottawa and Carleton Place on the 13th, a Great Horned Owl at the arboretum of the Central Experimental Farm on the 16th, a Snowy Owl at Eagleson and Akins Rds. on the 19th, and a Barred Owl again at the Pine Grove Trail feeder on Davidson Rd. on the 15th. At least 5 GREAT GRAY OWLS were still present at Dunrobin Rd. and Kilmaurs Side Rd on the 13th., 1 was on Rifle Rd. at Shirley's Bay on the 16th, and 3 were reported from March Valley Rd. on the 19th. On the 17th the Carolina Wren in Rothwell Heights was singing at # 104 Rothwell Dr. and 2 Carolina Wrens appeared at a feeder on Summit Ave. in Alta Vista the following day. On the 20th, ~ 100 Bohemian Waxwings were at Britannia, and 10 Cedar Waxwings were in the Clyde Ave. woods. A few Common Grackles, also the 1st local report of the year, were seen on Island Park Dr. on the morning of the 20th. Thank you - Good Birding! - End transcript
