- RBA
* Ontario
* Ottawa/Gatineau
* 11 June 2007
* ONOT0706.11
- Birds mentioned
Trumpeter Swan
Bufflehead
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
Black Tern
Common Nighthawk
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Cedar Waxwing
Red Crossbill
- Transcript
hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
date: 11 June 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 @ 8:30 AM, MONDAY JUNE 11, 2007.
This is Chris Lewis reporting.
Spring migration has pretty much wound down and most birds are settled
into their breeding territories. However, an AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was
quite out of place early last week. An adult was seen flying west past the
mouth of the Gatineau River on the evening of June 2nd and was
subsequently reported as being seen flying past the Innis Point Bird
Observatory at Shirley's Bay early on the morning of the 3rd. A rare
bird alert
was not initiated, as the information received was a bit belated.
An unbanded adult Trumpeter Swan was seen on the Rideau River outside
the 50K west of Merrickville on May 26th and 29th. A late male Bufflehead
was still at the Richmond Conservation Area (the former sewage lagoons) as
of the 6th, and 2 Black Terns were noted on the Rideau near Kars on the 7th.
The 1st report of a Common Nighthawk came from Constance Bay on the
evening of May 30th, and Cedar Waxwings are finally back in good
numbers.
A couple of visits to the Eardley-Masham Rd. in Gatineau Park yielded many
species of songbirds on territory including 13 species of warblers. The most
interesting finds here were a singing Olive-sided Flycatcher at Ramsay Lake
in the fen north of the "La Peche" sign on the 10th, and a pair of adult Red
Crossbills with a juvenile along the road on the 3rd.
Thank you - Good Birding!
- End transcript
