- RBA * Ontario * Ottawa/Gatineau * 28 January 2008 * ONOT0801.28
- Birds mentioned Snow Goose HARLEQUIN DUCK Wild Turkey Bald Eagle Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Northern Goshawk RED-SHOULDERED HAWK Rough-legged Hawk Peregrine Falcon Thayer's Gull Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Glaucous Gull Great Black-backed Gull Northern Shrike Horned Lark TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE Hermit Thrush GRAY CATBIRD Bohemian Waxwing Cedar Waxwing Snow Bunting Pine Grosbeak White-winged Crossbill Common Redpoll Evening Grosbeak - Transcript hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club date: 28 January 2008 Number: 613-860-9000 For the status line PRESS * (star) To report bird sightings, PRESS 1 (one) Rare bird alerts are now included in the introductory message 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 @ 7:00 am, MONDAY JANUARY 28, 2008 This is Chris Lewis reporting. As January winds down, not much is new on the local birding scene, but some lingering winterers and rarities as well as some very pleasant weather for this time of year continue to make it worthwhile going out. The most interesting report was of a flock of 10 Snow Geese - an unprecedented number for Ottawa for this time of year. They were seen flying south over the Richmond area on the afternoon of the 27th. A female HARLEQUIN DUCK is still present on the Ottawa River north of Bate Island, the RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was still in the area of Old Carp Rd. and Gourlay Lane on the 23rd and the TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE continues to appear content to reside on Millbrook Cr. in Parkwood Hills as of the 27th. This also seems to be the winter of the Hermit Thrush and the GRAY CATBIRD in our area - one of the former was seen on the 26th below the rapids in Deschenes, and one of the latter was found near the southwest corner of Mud Lake in the Britannia Conservation Area on the 27th. A flock of at least 30 Wild Turkeys continues to frequent an old orchard at Carling Ave. and Herzberg Rd. An adult Bald Eagle was seen again from March Valley Rd. on the 27th. Several Cooper's Hawks were reported over the past week, and both a Cooper's and a Sharp-shinned Hawk were noted in a backyard on Cooper St. in downtown Ottawa, and an adult Northern Goshawk was seen along Rifle Rd. near Shirley's Bay on the 23rd. Two Rough-legged Hawks were seen along Huntmar Rd. and a single dark morph Rough-legged is still being seen regulary along March Valley Rd. Single Peregrine Falcons were seen near the Ottawa River on both the Quebec side in Deschenes and the Ontario side on the R.H. Coats building at Tunney's Pasture this past week. On the 24th, the large quarry pond along Moodie Dr. south of Trail Rd. again hosted several thousand gulls including single adult Thayer's and Lesser Black-backed Gulls, at least 45 Iceland and 75 Glaucous Gulls and over 600 Great Black-backed Gulls. In the passerine department, a couple of Northern Shrikes were spotted along Huntmar Rd. as well as Rifle Rd. this weekend, 16 Horned Larks as well as approx. 150 Snow Buntings were found along Akins Rd. and Rushmore Rd. on the 26th, Bohemian Waxwings continue to show up in groups of 2 to 400 in various locations and a handful of Cedar Waxwings were at Britannia on the 27th. The first report this year of White-winged Crossbills came from a residential area on Henry Farm Dr. in Nepean - a dozen birds appeared here on the 26th. Small numbers of Pine Grosbeaks, Common Redpolls and Evening Grosbeaks were reported from various locations this week as well. Thank you - Good Birding! - End transcript _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdssetup.php ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdsguide.php
