- RBA * Ontario * Ottawa/Gatineau * 05 November 2006 * ONOT0611.05
- Birds mentioned Red-throated Loon Common Loon Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE Snow Goose CACKLING GOOSE Common Goldeneye Bufflehead Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Ruddy Duck Rough-legged Hawk Peregrine Falcon GRAY PARTRIDGE Wild Turkey Sandhill Crane Black-bellied Plover Greater Yellowlegs Pectoral Sandpiper Bonaparte's Gull Glaucous Gull Great Black-backed Gull Short-eared Owl THREE-TOED WOODPECKER BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER Northern Shrike Fox Sparrow Red Crossbill - Transcript hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club date: 05 November 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 pm, SUNDAY NOVEMBER 5, 2006 This is Chris Lewis reporting. A week full of highlights, with everything from waterbirds and Wild Turkeys, to woodpeckers and winter finches! Many species of waterfowl were reported, mainly from the Ottawa River and the large quarry pond along Moodie Dr. south of Trail Rd. and adjacent fields. At least 3 Greater White-fronted Geese, small numbers of Snow Geese and up to 7 Cackling Geese have been in the Moodie Dr. pond and environs since Nov. 2nd. Puddle ducks have pretty much cleared out except for the obvious common ones, but 13 species of diving ducks were noted over the past week including all 3 species of scoters, increasing numbers of Common Goldeneye and Bufflehead, and all 3 species of mergansers on the Ottawa River from Shirley's Bay to Andrew Haydon Park. Two somewhat late Ruddy Ducks were still on the Moodie Dr. pond on Nov. 5th. Nine GRAY PARTRIDGE were seen east of Ottawa along Regimbald Rd. between Sarsfield and Dunning Rds. on Oct. 29th, several reports of Wild Turkeys included up to 18 along March Valley Rd. on Oct. 30th and Nov. 3rd, and the "Britannia Turkey" evidently is still lurking around in the conservation near Mud Lake as of the 4th. Five Red-throated Loons were seen from Shirley's Bay boat launch on the 30th, a single bird was here on the 5th, and at least 10 Common Loons, 5 Horned Grebes and 10 Red-necked Grebes were seen on the river from Shirley's Bay to Andrew Haydon Park. A few Rough-legged Hawks have begun to move into our area, and a Peregrine Falcon was on the R.H. Coats building at Tunney's Pasture on the 2nd. The most recent report of 41 Sandhill Cranes in the fields along the west side of Milton Rd. northeast of Carlsbad Springs was from the 2nd. A late Black-bellied Plover was at Petrie Island on the 29th, 2 late Greater Yellowlegs and at least 1 late Pectoral Sandpiper were reported from the Moodie Dr. pond on the 4th. Up to 3 Short-eared Owls were reported from the Quebec side on the 2nd - these birds have evidently been seen on several recent mornings in a field on the west side of Montee Paiement north of Hwy 50 just after Chemin des Terres. A single Short-eared Owl also flew over Andrew Haydon Park on the 4th. Two late Bonaparte's Gulls were on the Ottawa River on the 3rd, an adult Lesser Black-backed Gull was in a field south of the Moodie Dr. pond on the 4th, and a Glaucous Gull was on the Ottawa River in Crystal Bay on the 5th. On both the 4th and 5th, a male American THREE-TOED WOODPECKER was seen west of Kanata along the trail off Kerwin Rd. opposite house #881, and 2 BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS were found here on the 5th. Single BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS were also found along the Jack Pine Trail on the 4th and in the Larose Forest on the 5th. Most of these woodpeckers were reported as being very active and not easy to relocate. Northern Shrikes have also begun to arrive, with single birds noted from the Merrickville and Carp areas on Oct. 30th. At least 2 rather late Fox Sparrows visited a feeder in the Rockcliffe area from Oct. 29th - 31st. And last but certainly not least, the most interesting local passerines visitors have been Red Crossbills, with 5 separate reports of flocks of up to 20 birds reported in various locations over the past 12 days including Rockcliffe Park, Britannia, Jack Pine Trail and the town of Russell. Thank you - Good Birding! - End transcript
