Hello Ontbirders, Due to a wee "ghost in the machine" of Gordon Pringle, the most recent transcript of the Ottawa-Gatineau bird sightings summary (below) is....NOT the "most recent" summary, but in fact one that was posted on 29 February 2004! Interesting that many of the birds on this old message are not dissimilar to those on the REAL 06 January 2006 summary.....which will be posted ASAP when the wires get uncrossed.
Apologies and please stand by for the updated information. Thanks, Chris Lewis Ottawa [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon Pringle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: January 9, 2006 12:40 PM Subject: [Ontbirds]Ottawa/Gatineau 08Jan06... Hoary Redpoll, Northern Hawk Owl > - RBA > > * Ontario > * Ottawa/Gatineau > * 08 January 2006 > * ONOT0601.08 > > - Birds mentioned > > Bald Eagle > Sharp-shinned Hawk > Cooper's Hawk > Golden Eagle > American Kestrel > Peregrine Falcon > Wild Turkey > Great Horned Owl > Snowy Owl > NORTHERN HAWK OWL > Barred Owl > Short-eared Owl > Northern Saw-whet Owl > Carolina Wren > American Robin > Bohemian Waxwing > White-throated Sparrow > HOARY REDPOLL > Pine Siskin > > - Transcript > > hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club > date: 08 January 2006 > 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 SUNDAY FEBRUARY 29 AT 10:30 PM > > This is Chris Lewis reporting. > > A week of sun and milder temperatures made for more comfortable > birding conditions. > > A Bald Eagle was seen at Britannia on the 28th and 4 were seen > from Steel Line Rd along the Eardley escarpment in the Gatineau > Hills on the 29th. A juvenile Golden Eagle was reported from > Steel Line as well the same day. > > An adult male Cooper's Hawk was seen on the 25th on the Westboro > area and a Sharp-shinned Hawk has been hunting at feeders on > Cumberland Ridge Rd. > > Remarkably absent for most of the winter were American Kestrels. > One was finally spotted at Hurdman Park along Riverside Drive at > Hink's Lane on the 25th. A Peregrine Falcon was seen in Aylmer > the same day and an adult male Peregrine was seen several times > during the week, hunting pigeons in the Carlington area. > > Two Wild Turkeys were in the area of Leitrim and Earl Armstrong > Rd, south of the International Airport on the 24th and one has > been roosting every night for at least two weeks in a large tree > along Old Montréal Rd, opposite the service entrance to the > Camelot Golf course. And one the group of 4 turkeys at the Duck > Club feeders on March Valley Rd near Riddell Rd is continuing to > practice his trick of leaping up and knocking seeds out of the > feeder. The culprit was photographed on the 28th. > > Several reports of owls came in during the week including single > Great Horned Owls; one hunting along Leitrim near Limebank and > also one in the Britannia Woods. A white male Snowy Owl was seen > on the 28th along Eagleson Rd, south of Brownlee, at the hydro > towers. Another Snowy was on County Rd 9 south of Plantagenet on > the 26th. The NORTHERN HAWK OWL, west of Almonte, was most > recently reported on the 23rd, near 840 Old Union Hall Rd. Barred > Owl sightings were reported from Vanier Rd at Kilroy Cres south of > Pink Rd in Aylmer on the 27th and at the Jack Pine Trail near the > main feeder on the 18th and 23rd. Up to 6 Short-eared Owls are > still present along Earl Armstrong Rd. A Northern Saw-whet was a > surprise on the 25th in the cedar hedge on Promenade Cres in > Aylmer. > > On the 26th, a Carolina Wren was singing at 127 Catherine St in > the village of St Isidore, east of Ottawa. Several American > Robins, which may have been present all winter, were active in the > Clyde Ave woods on the 27th and 28th. Flocks of Bohemian Waxwings > continue to be reported from many locations. > > A White-throated Sparrow appeared in a backyard in the Carlington > area on the 26th. A female HOARY REDPOLL is still a regular at > the Hilda Rd feeder, most recently seen here on the 29th, and a > single Pine Siskin was singing in the cedar woods along Leitrim Rd > south of the airport on the 27th. > > Thank-you. Good birding. > > - End transcript > > _______________________________________________ > ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. > Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] > For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdshow.htm > ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm >
