- RBA * Ontario * Ottawa/Gatineau * 30 March 2008 * ONOT0803.30
- Birds mentioned Snow Goose Canada Goose Wood Duck Redhead Lesser Scaup Hooded Merganser Pied-billed Grebe Great Blue Heron Turkey Vulture Red-shouldered Hawk GYRFALCON Peregrine Falcon Killdeer Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Glaucous Gull Northern Shrike Tufted Titmouse Carolina Wren Hermit Thrush American Robin Bohemian Waxwing Cedar Waxwing Song Sparrow Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackle Pine Grosbeak Common Redpoll Evening Grosbeak - Transcript hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club date: 30 March 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 @ 12:30 pm, SUNDAY MARCH 30, 2008 This is Chris Lewis reporting. Spring flooding has not yet occurred and is not likely to for a while unless the weather changes dramatically. However, a "flood" of reports came in over the past week - an indication of how the season affects both birds and people, regardless of the weather. On the 27th, some new waterfowl arrivals on the Rideau River south of Riverain Park included 8 Wood Ducks, 1 Lesser Scaup and several Hooded Mergansers. The 1st Pied-billed Grebe of the year was also seen here the same day. On the 29th, a Pied-billed Grebe was also reported father south along the Rideau at the base of Centennial Blvd., along with a pair of Wood Ducks, more Hooded Mergansers and a male Redhead. East of Ottawa in the Cornwall area, some Greater Snow Geese have begun to show up in small flocks since the 25th. Canada Geese, Great Blue Herons and Turkey Vultures are being reported daily in both rural and urban locations, a Red-shouldered Hawk flew over the Eardley escarpment of the Gatineau Hills on the 24th. Red-tailed Hawks and the resident pair of Peregrine Falcons were seen mating on the 25th. The 1st local Killdeers of the year were single rather lost-looking birds in the snow at the Britannia Conservation Area and along Hwy 148 near Plaisance, Quebec on the 27th, and an adult Lesser Black-backed Gull was found in the vicinity of the Trail Rd. landfill along with at least 1 Iceland and 2 Glaucous Gulls on the 29th. A Carolina Wren was heard on the 29th in the Rothwell Heights neighbourhood, and the first migrant Song Sparrow was reported from Britannia on the 27th. Large flocks of Bohemian Waxwings numbering into the multiple 100's continue to move through Ottawa & Gatineau, descending upon whatever berries and crab apples they can find as they head up north, and Cedar Waxwings, American Robins, Red-winged Blackbirds and Common Grackles are arriving in increasing numbers. Lingerers on the 24th at Deschenes, Quebec included a GYRFALCON (reported as a grey morph) as well as the Hermit Thrush. The Tufted Titmouse is still alive & well at the feeders in Forest Park (Embrun) as of the 30th along with several Common Redpolls and Evening Grosbeaks. On the 28th a Northern Shrike was singing in Britannia, and a small number of Common Redpolls were still at the feeders by Shirley's Bay as well as at the feeder on Hurdman Rd. along the Rideau River. A dozen Pine Grosbeaks and approx. 25 Common Redpolls were still visiting feeders along a couple of ski trails in Gatineau Park on the 24th. 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
