- RBA * Ontario * Ottawa/Gatineau * 13 April 2008 * ONOT0804.13
- Birds mentioned Snow Goose Canada Goose Wood Duck American Wigeon Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Ring-necked Duck Lesser Scaup Bufflehead Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Wild Turkey Pied-billed Grebe Turkey Vulture Osprey Northern Harrier Red-tailed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Golden Eagle American Kestrel Peregrine Falcon SANDHILL CRANE Killdeer Greater Yellowlegs Wilson's Snipe American Woodcock Barred Owl GREAT GRAY OWL Belted Kingfisher Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Northern Flicker Northern Shrike Common Raven Winter Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Yellow-rumped Warbler Fox Sparrow Rusty Blackbird Purple Finch Common Redpoll Hoary Redpoll Evening Grosbeak - Transcript hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club date: 13 April 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, 7:30 pm, APRIL 13, 2008. This is Chris Lewis reporting. Spring migrants continue to arrive, with several first reports this past week. Numbers of waterfowl (other than multiple 1000's of Canada Geese) remain low despite the now extensive flooding in the fields around Cobb's Lake Creek, the South Nation River and Bear Brook in the east, and the Rideau and Jock Rivers in the south and west. However, Wood Duck, American Wigeon, Northern Shoveler, Northern Pintail, Green-winged Teal, Ring-necked Duck, Bufflehead, and both Hooded and Common Merganser were all represented. The 1st report of Lesser Scaup came from the Ottawa River at Deschenes on the 13th. Two blue morph Snow Geese flew over Bourget on the 8th, but there have been no other local Snow Goose sightings so far. Six Wild Turkeys were seen at the south end of Milton Rd. on the 13th, a few more Pied-billed Grebes and many more Turkey Vultures are being seen. The 1st local report of a pair of Ospreys came in on the 13th on the Jock River along Steeple Hill Cr. An impressive influx of Rough-legged Hawks was noted since the 6th, with at least 22 seen in the Breckenridge and Luskville, Quebec, area and several also east of Ottawa, along with good numbers of Red-tailed Hawks, Northern Harriers and American Kestrels. An immature Golden Eagle was spotted at Eardley-Masham and Bradley Rds. along the Eardley escarpment of the Gatineau hills on the 13th. The female of our resident pair of Peregrine Falcons was observed brooding on the Crowne Plaza Hotel on the 10th - the number of eggs has not yet been determined. SANDHILL CRANES have begun to arrive at their breeding grounds in the Mer Bleue bog - 2 pairs were observed feeding in the cornfields along Milton Rd. since the 10th. Shorebirds other than Killdeer and American Woodcocks, which are now well-established, were a Greater Yellowlegs and 5 Wilson's Snipe in the Woodlawn area west of Dunrobin on the 10th. A Belted Kingfisher was also seen here the same day. A Barred Owl was heard on Tenth Line Rd. in Orleans on the night of the 11th, and a GREAT GRAY OWL paid a brief visit at River Rd. south of Earl Armstrong Rd. back on the 6th - this bird was searched for but not relocated, as is usually the case if they happen to head north through our area in spring. Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers and Northern Flickers were reported in various locations since the 7th. A Northern Shrike was at the Fletcher Wildlife Garden on the 7th along with an early Yellow-rumped Warbler. Common Ravens continue to increase in our area every year and many were noted this past week east of Ottawa. The first report of a Winter Wren came from the Jack Pine Trail on the 10th, and Golden-crowned Kinglets and Fox Sparrows have been widely reported since the 8th. The 1st reports of Purple Finch and Rusty Blackbird came from Luskville on the 13th. Redpolls are still moving through, with a couple of Hoary's at bird feeders in Carleton Place and Aylmer among flocks of up to 50 Common Redpolls on the weekend, and a few Evening Grosbeaks were still in the Eardley-Masham and Bourget areas on the 13th. 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
