- RBA * Ontario * Ottawa/Gatineau * 26 February 2006 * ONOT0602.26
- Birds mentioned Canada Goose Green-winged Teal Lesser Scaup GYRFALCON Gray Partridge Wild Turkey Eastern Screech-Owl Great Horned Owl Snowy Owl Barred Owl GREAT GRAY OWL Northern Saw-whet Owl BOREAL CHICKADEE TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE American Robin Northern Mockingbird Bohemian Waxwing Northern Shrike White-throated Sparrow YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD White-winged Crossbill Common Redpoll Pine Siskin - Transcript hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club date: 26 February 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] THE OFNC BIRD STATUS LINE @ 7:00 pm, SUNDAY FEBRUARY 26, 2006. This is Chris Lewis reporting. An interesting week, full of good reports! The TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE near Kars north of Kemptville is still present as of today the 26th, coming to the warm-water outflow on the left side of the house at #7389 3rd Line Rd. There is no need to enter the property to view this bird. The Northern Mockingbird on McCordick Rd. south of North Gower is also still present as of today, and seems to frequent the bushes near the barns on the south side of the property at #6848 McCordick. Please do not enter the property; the bird is irregular but has always been seen from the road. The YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD and the BOREAL CHICKADEE in Forest Park east of Embrun were both still present as of at least the 20th at #23 Manitou St., and the most recent report of a GREAT GRAY OWL in the Ottawa area was from Frank Kenny Dr. between Old Montreal Rd. and Wilhaven Dr. on the evening of the 21st. A light- morph GYRFALCON was seen on the Central Experimental Farm east of the manure pile at Ash Lane on the morning of the 21st and was searched for by many but was not seen again. Waterfowl reports were, as expected at this time of year, almost nonexistent, but bird of interest were 2 Canada Geese, a male Green-winged Teal and a female Lesser Scaup on the Rideau River below the bridge on Bridge St. in Manotick on the 19th. A mind- boggling total, for this time of year, of 6 species of owls were reported over the past week -- An Eastern Screech-Owl was briefly heard at after dusk on Oriole Cres. in the neighbourhood of Beacon Hill on the 20th, a pair of Great Horned Owls were seen at Cedarview and Hunt Club Rds. on the evening of the 19th, several Snowy Owls are still present in previously reported locations such as Eagleson and Brownlee Rds., and the Frank Kenny / O'Toole / Regimbald Rd. area, a Barred Owl was sunning itself near the Duck Club feeders on March Valley Rd. near Riddell Rd. on the morning of the 26th, and a Northern Saw-whet Owl was seen catching a House Sparrow in, of all places, downtown Ottawa on Lewis St. at Hardington Place on the evening of the 24th. Other reports of interest included the following: 4 Gray Partridge were at the SW corner of Eagleson and Brownlee Rd. on the 25th, 9 Wild Turkeys were at the intersection of March Valley and Klondike Rds. and another flock of 8 were seen along Anderson Rd. between Dolman Ridge and Ridge Rds. the same day. A few Northern Shrikes, American Robins, Bohemian Waxwings, Common Redpolls and Pine Siskins were reported from around the area. A single White-winged Crossbill was singing on Gatineau View Cres. in Beacon Hill on the 20th and a small number was heard in the White Spruce trees on McCordick Rd. near the Mockingbird location on the 26th, and a single White-throated Sparrow was at the feeder behind the Fletcher Wildlife Garden Interpretive Centre on Prince of Wales Dr. on the 26th as well. Thank you - Good Birding! - End transcript
