- RBA * Ontario * Ottawa/Gatineau * 09 October 2006 * ONOT0610.09
- Birds mentioned Horned Grebe CATTLE EGRET Snow Goose Canada Goose Redhead Lesser Scaup Surf Scoter Ruddy Duck Bald Eagle Gray Partridge American Coot Sandhill Crane American Golden Plover Pectoral Sandpiper Long-billed Dowitcher Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Hermit Thrush American Robin Northern Mockingbird American Pipit Field Sparrow NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW White-throated Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Lapland Longspur Red-winged Blackbird Rusty Blackbird - Transcript hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club date: 09 October 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 @ 8:30 am, MONDAY OCTOBER 9, 2006 This is Chris Lewis reporting. Most of the action last week took place at several sewage lagoons east of Ottawa. A CATTLE EGRET discovered on a farm immediately north of the Casselman lagoons on Oct. 3rd was most recently reported on the 7th. The bird has been visible from the berm between the two ponds and there is no need to enter the property. A juvenile Long-billed Dowitcher was in the northeast corner of the first pond from the 4th until at least the 7th, and several waterfowl species here included approx. 80 Ruddy Ducks on the 5th and 2 Surf Scoters on the 4th. At the St. Albert lagoons on the 4th, 3 Gray Partridge were seen in a field along the gravel driveway to the lagoons, and approx. 200 American Golden Plovers were flying over the adjacent fields on the 5th. About 80 Golden Plovers were also noted at the Embrun sewage lagoons on the 4th, and 6 Redhead were among the 9 spp. of waterfowl seen at Embrun on the 4th and 5th as well as an American Coot. Three Pectoral Sandpipers and a Lapland Longspur flew over this location on the 5th as well. Farther east at the Alfred lagoons, a NELSON'S SHARP- TAILED SPARROW was on the berm between the ponds on the 4th. Please remember that all of the aforementioned sewage lagoons are on private property and exercise discretion if you choose to bird in these locations. For the Alfred lagoons, a permit may be obtained by contacting the township office at (613) 679-2292. Waterfowl staging season has begun in earnest in Ottawa, with 18 spp. noted at various locations this weekend. On the 8th, 5 Snow Geese were still at the large quarry pond on the east side of Moodie Dr. south of Trail Rd. among 1000's of Canada Geese and several duck spp. Nine spp. including a large raft of approx. 200 Lesser Scaup were seen on the west side of the Shirley's Bay causeway, and 2 pairs of Horned Grebes were seen from the Shirley's Bay boat launch on the 8th as well. In other reports of local interest, an adult Bald Eagle was observed flying over the St. Albert lagoons on the 5th and another adult was feeding on a deer carcass at Spruce Ridge Rd. and McGee Side Rd. in Carp on the 3rd. Four Sandhill Cranes were in a field along Milton Rd. northeast of Carlsbad Springs on the 5th, and the Northern Mockingbird 1st discovered on Sept. 25th was still present in exactly the same location on Oct. 8th, feeding on Common Buckthorn berries on the east side of Rifle Rd. 700 metres north from Carling Ave. Most of our migrant songbirds have moved through; the only species represented in any number this week were Golden-crowned and Ruby-crowned Kinglet, American Pipit, Hermit Thrush, American Robin, Field, White-throated and White-crowned Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Red-winged and Rusty Blackbird. The annual OFNC Fall Bird Count will be held on Oct. 14th and 15th. For more information re: participating in this event, visit the OFNC web site at www.ofnc.ca Thank you - Good Birding and Happy Thanksgiving! - End transcript
