- RBA
* Ontario
* Ottawa/Gatineau
* 11 July 2007
* ONOT0707.11
- Birds mentioned
Redhead
Ruddy Duck
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Bald Eagle
Peregrine Falcon
Semipalmated Plover
Solitary Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Wilson's Phalarope
Northern Mockingbird
- Transcript
hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
date: 11 July 2007
number: 613-860-9000
for the status line : press 2
for rare bird alerts: press 1
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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 @ 8:00pm, WEDNESDAY JULY 11, 2007
This is Chris Lewis reporting.
The beginnings of shorebird migration were noted on July 8th at a few
locations east of Ottawa. While the habitat is evidently not ideal,
noteworthy species included an adult Semipalmated Plover and an adult
Wilson's Phalarope at the St-Isidore sewage lagoons, and an adult
Semipalmated Sandpiper at the Casselman lagoons. On the same day at
the High Falls Conservation area in Casselman there were an adult Greater
and 22 adult Lesser Yellowlegs, 6 adult Solitary Sandpipers and 3 juvenile
Wilson's Phalaropes. The Alfred sewage lagoons have been an impressive
"duck factory" (i.e. a very productive breeding area) for several years, and
among the species that have done very well here are Redhead and Ruddy
Duck - 4 family groups of the former and 7 of the latter were seen here on
the 8th.
A pair of adult Bald Eagles at Lac Lapeche in Gatineau Park on the 7th was
a very interesting observation. As this species continues to increase locally
during migration as well as over the winter months, it wouldn't be
surprising if
they began nesting in appropriate habitats such as the larger lakes in
Gatineau Park. And speaking of successful nesting - the downtown pair of
Peregrine Falcons had a great season this year; according to the most
recent reports from the OFNC Peregrine Falcon Watch, their single offspring
turned out to be one of the most precocious and confident ever.
In other reports aside from our common breeders, a Green Heron and 2
Black-crowned Night-Herons were seen at Mud Lake in the Britannia
Conservation Area on July 9th, and two separate observations of Northern
Mockingbirds came in as well - one on the evening of the 3rd and the
morning of the 4th in a yard on Sherbourne Rd. in the Carlingwood area,
and another on the 6th near the international airport.
Thank you - Good Birding!
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