Hello, I saw a Ross's Goose in a 200 or more gathering of Greater Snow Geese in a farm field, north Of St. Isadore on Highway # 9, beside the South Nation River on Saturday afternoon, see photo attached.
Cheers, Brian Young From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Apr 23 09:50:49 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from scmze012.ssan.egs-seg.gc.ca (scmze012.ssan.egs-seg.gc.ca [205.194.19.96]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6D8A638BC for <[email protected]>; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:50:48 -0400 (EDT) Received: from unknown (HELO MCDC-SMTP-RELAY.apca.gc.ca) ([205.193.82.253]) by scmze000.ssan.egs-seg.gc.ca with ESMTP; 23 Apr 2007 13:49:46 +0000 X-SBRS: 3.5 X-BrightmailFiltered: true X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAA+kX-IronPort-AV: i="4.14,443,1170633600"; d="scan'208"; a="302032743:sNHT25333356" Importance: High X-Priority: 1 (High) Sensitivity: To: [email protected] X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 6.0.1CF2 June 5, 2003 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:50:19 -0400 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on MCDC-SMTP-RELAY/SVR/PC/CA(Release 6.5.4|March 27, 2005) at 23/04/2007 09:50:17 AM MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Subject: [Ontbirds]Golden Eagle - Cornwall X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 13:50:49 -0000 I had a juvenile Golden Eagle heading north over Cornwall this morning. Someone else sighted one yesterday east of Cornwall. The Peregrine that moved into the city in February continues to be seen periodically, between the river and the city centre. It is usually in active pursuit of pigeons. Brian Morin Cornwall From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Apr 23 10:14:13 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from mx2-7.spamtrap.magma.ca (mx2-7.spamtrap.magma.ca [209.217.78.166]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 904EA638B6 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 10:14:12 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail4.magma.ca (mail4.internal.magma.ca [10.0.10.14]) l3NEE2Y7010503; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 10:14:02 -0400 Received: from pcpringle.magma.ca (ottawa-hs-209-217-96-164.d-ip.magma.ca [209.217.96.164]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail4.magma.ca (Magma's Mail Server) with ESMTP id l3NEE1Mc005756; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 10:14:02 -0400 Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 10:13:57 -0400 To: [email protected] From: Gordon Pringle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-magma-MailScanner-Information: Magma Mailscanner Service X-magma-MailScanner: Clean X-Spam-Status: Subject: [Ontbirds] Ottawa/Gatineau 23Apr07... Sparrows back, Yellow-headed Blackbird X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:14:13 -0000 - RBA * Ontario * Ottawa/Gatineau * 23 April 2007 * ONOT0704.23 - Birds mentioned Blue-winged Teal Long-tailed Duck Red-breasted Merganser Gray Partridge Wild Turkey Common Loon Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe Double-crested Cormorant American Bittern Black-crowned Night-Heron Turkey Vulture Osprey Bald Eagle Northern Goshawk Red-shouldered Hawk Rough-legged Hawk American Kestrel Virginia Rail Sandhill Crane Lesser Yellowlegs Bonaparte's Gull Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Glaucous Gull Northern Shrike Purple Martin Northern Rough-winged Swallow Barn Swallow Hermit Thrush Yellow-rumped Warbler Pine Warbler Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Fox Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD Rusty Blackbird - Transcript hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club date: 23 April 2007 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 & transcriber: Chris Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] internet: Gordon Pringle [EMAIL PROTECTED] THE OFNC BIRD STATUS LINE - 6:30 am, MONDAY APRIL 23, 2007. This is Chris Lewis reporting. Another weird weather week, hopefully the last of the season, with several reports of new arrivals, most of them in small numbers. A good variety of waterfowl was reported from the Ottawa River, the eastern sewage lagoons and other wet locations. New reports included a pair of Blue-winged Teal in a pond along March Valley Rd. on the 22nd, a single Long-tailed Duck on the 19th at Shirley's Bay, a male Red-breasted Merganser in the large quarry pond along Moodie Dr. south of Trail Rd. and a pair of the same on Dow's lake on the 22nd. A couple of coveys of Gray Partridge were noted near the St. Albert sewage lagoons on the 20th, and single Wild Turkeys continue to show up in some expected (and unexpected) locations, including Rifle Rd. at Shirley's Bay on the 22nd, and backyards in downtown Ottawa at Gilmour and O'Connor St. on the 18th and Island Park Dr. on the 20th. The 1st report of Common Loons came from Constance Bay on the 18th and Shirley's Bay on the 22nd. The 1st report of Horned Grebe came from the Moodie Dr. pond back on the 14th, and at least 4 Red-necked Grebes were at Shirley's Bay on the 22nd. A few more Double-crested Cormorants have begun to appear on the Ottawa River, and the 1st American Bitterns were seen at the Marais aux Grenouillettes west of Masson, Quebec and at Soldier's Line Rd. south of Munster, Ontario on the 21st and 22nd. An adult Black-crowned Night-Heron was at Mud Lake, Britannia, on the 21st. Raptor reports as of the 18th included a good number of Turkey Vultures in various locations, the 1st local Ospreys at the Jock River and at Constance Creek, an immature Bald Eagle at Shirley's Bay, an immature Northern Goshawk being harassed by an American Kestrel along March Valley Rd., a Red-shouldered Hawk near St. Albert, and a Rough-legged Hawk near the Bill Mason Centre in Dunrobin. Back on the 15th, 15 Sandhill Cranes were seen along Milton Rd. in the traditional area northeast of Carlsbad Springs. A Virginia Rail was heard at Constance Creek along the Thomas Dolan Parkway on the 22nd, and 2 Lesser Yellowlegs (surprisingly, there have been no reports of Greaters yet) were seen at Petit Baie Clement west of Masson, Quebec on the 21st. Interesting gulls included a Bonaparte's Gull at the Moodie Dr. pond on the 15th., single Iceland Gulls at this pond and on the Ottawa River off Andrew Haydon Park on the 15th and 17th respectively, several Lesser Black-backed Gulls (4 in a field at Barnsdale Rd. south of the Moodie Dr. pond on the 18th, and 8 off Andrew Haydon on the 2nd), and a couple of Glaucous Gulls in the aforementioned locations during the past week. Individual Northern Shrikes were noted near St. Albert and the Britannia Conservation Area on the 18th and 20th. New passerine reports continue to trickle in. Purple Martins are back at the martin houses at Dick Bell Park, the 1st reports of Northern Rough-winged Swallow and Barn Swallow, Hermit Thrush, Yellow-rumped and Pine Warbler all came in this past week. Nine species of sparrows were reported including Chipping, Field, Vesper, Savannah, Fox, Swamp, and White-throated. The male YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD is still coming to a feeder on Manitou St. in Forest Park, Embrun, as of the 20th, and a single Rusty Blackbird was at the Bill Mason Centre on the 18th. Thank you - Good Birding! - End transcript
