- RBA * Ontario * Ottawa/Gatineau * 20 August 2006 * ONOT0608.20
- Birds mentioned Red-necked Grebe GREAT EGRET LITTLE BLUE HERON Black-crowned Night-Heron White-winged Scoter Ruddy Duck Gray Partridge Black-bellied Plover Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Ruddy Turnstone Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher RED-NECKED PHALAROPE Bonaparte's Gull Common Nighthawk Red-headed Woodpecker Carolina Wren Northern Mockingbird Tennessee Warbler Nashville Warbler Cape May Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Palm Warbler CONNECTICUT WARBLER Wilson's Warbler - Transcript hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club date: 20 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 - 10:00 AM, SUNDAY AUGUST 20, 2006 This is Chris Lewis reporting. A couple of rarities highlighted a very active week. A juvenile LITTLE BLUE HERON was discovered at the High Falls Conservation Area in Casselman east of Ottawa on the 17th and continued to appear here on a somewhat irregular schedule until at least mid-day on the 19th. A female or immature CONNECTICUT WARBLER was briefly seen at the west end of the ridge above the Ottawa River in the Britannia Conservation Area on the morning of the 19th but was not relocated after it flew south. An early Red-necked Grebe was on the river east of the Britannia water purification plant and an early White-winged Scoter was also on the river on the 19th off Andrew Haydon Park. GREAT EGRETS continue to be in the news, with one at the large quarry pond on Moodie Dr. south of Trail Rd. on the 16th, and possibly 2 at Shirley's Bay on the 17th. Up to 4 Black-crowned Night-Herons were at Britannia on the 19th and 2 immature birds were at the Bruce Pit on Cedarview Rd. the same day. Good shorebird habitat along the Ottawa River from Andrew Haydon Park through Shirley's Bay, as well as at the High Falls Conservation Area and the St. Albert sewage lagoons attracted 15 species of shorebirds over the week. In addition to good numbers of Lesser Yellowlegs, Solitary Sandpipers and Semipalmated Sandpipers and smaller numbers of Greater Yellowlegs and Least Sandpipers, new arrivals included Black- bellied Plover, Ruddy Turnstone, Stilt Sandpiper and Short-billed Dowitcher. Four RED-NECKED PHALAROPES were at Shirley's Bay on the 19th and 2 were seen again at the Casselman sewage lagoons on the 17th along with 32 Ruddy Ducks. One of the phalaropes was still present here on the 19th and was joined by 3 juvenile Bonaparte's Gulls. The road into the St. Albert lagoons also produced 5 Gray Partridge, and a flight of Common Nighthawks was noted on the evening of the 19th with sightings in the Corkery area as well as downtown Ottawa. Also on the 19th, a grand total of 8 Red-headed Woodpeckers were in the "old burn" area in Constance Bay, a Carolina Wren was discovered going into a flower pot in front of #49 Still Water Dr. opposite the Nepean Sailing Club, and a Northern Mockingbird is still present in the backyard of #68 Nestow Dr. and can be observed from the field behind the house. This bird has apparently been around this property since early spring. Warbler migration has begun in earnest, with at least 12 species reported to date, mainly from Shirley's Bay and Britannia. Tennessee, Nashville, Cape May, Black-throated Green, Palm, Connecticut and Wilson's were highlights this week, among the more common species. Thank you - Good Birding! - End transcript
