The following were some good sightings & hearings from Cranberry's north platform during the late AM of April 13-- Merlin flying over, 5 Ruddy Ducks, along with calling Leopard Frogs (I saw 3) and many Wood Frogs. A Ring-necked Pheasant was heard.
>From the south platform--American Bittern, Pied-billed Grebe, several American >Coots, etc. Along Hall's Rd.--quite tame male & female Wild Turkey; I do believe there are at least 3, one being a much larger male. Doug Lockrey, Whitby From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Apr 13 14:12:45 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from mx1.magmacom.com (mx1.magmacom.com [206.191.0.217]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3E6A64071 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 13 Apr 2006 14:12:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail3.magma.ca (mail3.magma.ca [206.191.0.221]) by mx1.magmacom.com (8.13.6/8.13.0) with ESMTP id k3DICTuo021121; Thu, 13 Apr 2006 14:12:30 -0400 Received: from oemcomputer.magma.ca (ottawa-hs-64-26-148-2.d-ip.magma.ca [64.26.148.2]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail3.magma.ca (Magma's Mail Server) with ESMTP id k3DICQIW008055; Thu, 13 Apr 2006 14:12:27 -0400 Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 14:12:18 -0400 To: [email protected] From: Gordon Pringle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: [Ontbirds]Ottawa/Gatineau 13Apr06... Trumpeter Swan, Greater White-fronted Goose, Eurasian Wigeon X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 18:12:45 -0000 - RBA * Ontario * Ottawa/Gatineau * 13 April 2006 * ONOT0604.13 - Birds mentioned Common Loon Red-necked Grebe Black-crowned Night-Heron TRUMPETER SWAN GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE Brant Blue-winged Teal EURASIAN WIGEON Redhead Turkey Vulture Osprey Bald Eagle Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk American Kestrel Merlin Gray Partridge American Coot Greater Yellowlegs Wilson's Snipe Lesser Black-backed Gull Snowy Owl Belted Kingfisher Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Northern Flicker Tree Swallow Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Hermit Thrush Northern Mockingbird Chipping Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Fox Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Eastern Meadowlark - Transcript hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club date: 13 April 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 @ 10:00 AM, THURSDAY APRIL 13, 2006 This is Chris Lewis reporting. Spring migrants continue to return....... The 1st reports of Common Loon and Red-necked Grebe were from Shirley's Bay on April 12th, a Black-crowned Night-Heron was seen in downtown Ottawa on the 8th, and a record early Brant was in the flooded fields along Frank Kenny Rd. on the 6th. A report of 2 TRUMPETER SWANS came in on the 12th, from the Quebec side of the Ottawa River at Baie de la Pentecote in Parc National de Plaisance. Among the 14 species of waterfowl seen at Marais des Laiches Ouest sector of the marshes east of Gatineau, Quebec on the 12th, there was a male EURASIAN WIGEON and the 1st local report of American Coot. A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was seen again on the Jock River south of the bridge at Twin Elm on the morning of the 9th - probably the same bird was seen slightly farther east in the large pond on the east side of Moodie Dr. south of Trail Rd. in the early afternoon of the same day. Also in the Moodie Dr. pond on the 9th, a pair of Redhead was reported again among 13 spp. of waterfowl along with a Greater Yellowlegs and 2 Belted Kingfishers. Other 1st local reports included a pair of Blue-winged Teal in a small pond along March Valley Rd. on the 9th, and a Wilson's Snipe at the corner of Bank St. and Lester Rd. on the 11th. The recent mild weather prompted the return of Ospreys to our area - there were several reports including at least one bird in the Constance Creek wetland along Thomas Dolan Parkway on the weekend. Increasing numbers of migrating Turkey Vultures were also noted, and at least 4 Bald Eagles were seen on the weekend including 2 on the Ottawa River near Plaisance and another 2 in the Kanata and Dunrobin areas along with an adult Red-shouldered Hawk, several Red-tailed Hawks, and a few Rough-legged Hawks and American Kestrels. Pairs of Merlins have been seen and heard displaying in suburban locations such as Rothwell Heights and Carlington Heights. A male Gray Partridge was seen at an unspecified location near Chrysler east of Ottawa on the 11th. An adult Lesser Black-backed Gull was still at the Moodie Dr. pond on the 9th, and a lone Snowy Owl was still on the rapidly receding ice on the Ottawa River between Andrew Haydon Park and Dick Bell Park the same day. A Northern Mockingbird 1st reported last weekend continues to hang out behind Nestow Dr. in Nepean; it was seen and heard several times from the field along the railroad tracks north of Nestow this past week. Other more expected species are back including Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Northern Flicker, Tree Swallow, Ruby- crowned Kinglet, Hermit Thrush, Chipping, Vesper and Swamp Sparrow and Eastern Meadowlark, and Golden-crowned Kinglets, Fox Sparrows and White-throated Sparrows continue to move through. Thank you - Good Birding! - End transcript
