Birds were scarce in Algonquin as stated in Ron Tozers report. A single Am. Crow was calling just west of the park entrance at the Oxtongue River bridge, while N.Three-toed Woodpeckers & W.W.Crossbills that were seen here by our scout camp the last 3 years, on this weekend, were absent and only 2 Pine Siskins were in the area. The Visitors Center had a couple different flocks of Pine Grosbeaks (up to 20 birds) and C. Redpolls visiting on Sat. afternoon. The highlight was 2 Pine Martens followed shortly afterward by a Fisher which returned several times in quick succession to a suet feeder. A single Evening Grosbeak was observed near a feeder south of Huntsville. Brian Wylie From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Feb 20 09:14:07 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from s0-ott-xsmtp1.nrn.nrcan.gc.ca (S0-OTT-XSMTP1.NRCan.gc.ca [132.156.36.48]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB8866447D for <[email protected]>; Mon, 20 Feb 2006 09:14:06 -0500 (EST) Received: by S0-OTT-XSMTP1.NRCan.gc.ca with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2658.3) id <1NNFFGWX>; Mon, 20 Feb 2006 09:14:06 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Pratt, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 09:14:05 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2658.3) Content-Type: text/plain X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Northern Shrike at Giroux Road X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 14:14:07 -0000
On February 19 at about 2:45PM we were driving west on Giroux Rd after having a look at the Gret Grey Owl when we spotted a Northern Shrike sitting high in a tree overlooking the western end of the LaFarge property that is located on the south side of Giroux. Also saw a Raven at the same location a few minutes earlier. No sign of the Yellow-headed Blackbird at #23 Manitou in Forest Park (3:30PM), but did see two American Tree Sparrows with the House Sparrow flock going to the feeders behind the house. A pair of Cardinals has re-appeared in our back yard at 1920 Hall Street in Ottawa after being AWOL all winter. We are pretty sure they nested in our cedar hedge last summer - watched adults carrying nest materials, then carrying food, and finally we noticed two to three juvenile birds in mid-summer. Never looked for the nest - didn't wand to disturb the birds. However, we could see the adults enter the hedge at one spot, and then sneak along through the hedge towards a dense patch of cedar where we think the nest was located. I haven't bothered to post information concerning occasional sightings of Peregrine Falcon at 580 Booth Street, because the bird seems pretty regular in this neighbourhood, but I might as well go on record and say that I have seen an adult Peregrine Falcon about once or twice every week since early January, from my 14th floor window overlooking Booth Street. John Pratt, Counsel NRCan Legal Services 580 Booth Street Ottawa ON K1A 0E4 613-943-4236
