- RBA * Ontario * Ottawa/Gatineau * 13 August 2006 * ONOT0608.13
- Birds mentioned Pied-billed Grebe GREAT EGRET Black-crowned Night-Heron Ring-necked Duck LONG-TAILED DUCK Ruddy Duck Osprey Merlin Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Spotted Sandpiper Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper RED-NECKED PHALAROPE Bonaparte's Gull Common Tern OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER - Transcript hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club date: 13 August 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 @ 6:30pm SUNDAY AUGUST 13, 2006 This is Chris Lewis reporting. Another slow week, but with some interesting developments. A recent decrease in the water levels on the Ottawa River has made the habitat much more attractive for birds and birders alike. On the 11th, a juvenile RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was seen on the west side of the Shirley's Bay causeway, along with a few common shorebird species. This bird was not present on the 13th, but there were a few Greater and many Lesser Yellowlegs, several Solitary and Spotted Sandpipers along with a few Semipalmated and at least 20 Least Sandpipers. An Osprey and a Merlin were also here on the 13th as well as 3 Bonaparte's Gulls and 11 Common Terns. The habitat was also much improved at both the east and west ends of Andrew Haydon Park, and a Black-crowned Night-Heron as well as 8 spp. of common shorebirds were seen here on the morning of the 13th. Another good location for waterbirds was the large quarry pond on the east side of Moodie Dr. south of Trail Rd. In addition to several waterfowl including 10 Ring-necked Ducks and at least 10 Ruddy Ducks, there were 33 Pied-billed Grebes with both adults and young very active here. Common early migrant warblers and other passerines are beginning to show up in the Britannia Conservation Area, the Shirley's Bay woods, and other locations. More unusual sightings were a very out-of-season LONG-TAILED DUCK on the Ottawa River in the Deschenes rapids on August 5th, 2 GREAT EGRETS in the area of the Stonebridge Golf Club north of Manotick on the 12th, and an early OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER in the village of Deschenes, Quebec, near the beaver pond on the 5th. It's time to keep our eyes and ears open, and please remember that certain popular birding locations are on private property. For permission to access the Shirley's Bay causeway, please call the DND Range Control office at 613-991-5740. The Moodie Drive pond may be viewed from the road; please do not cross the gate. Thank you - Good Birding! - End transcript
