- RBA * Ontario * Ottawa/Gatineau * 12 May 2008 * ONOT0805.12
- Birds mentioned Snow Goose Common Goldeneye Red-throated Loon RUFF Common Tern Barred Owl Chimney Swift Ruby-throated Hummingbird Least Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Wood Thrush Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Magnolia Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler American Redstart Ovenbird Common Yellowthroat Scarlet Tanager Eastern Towhee Lincoln's Sparrow Rose-breasted Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Bobolink RUSTY BLACKBIRD Baltimore Oriole Evening Grosbeak - Transcript hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club date: 12 May 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 @ 5:30 pm, MONDAY MAY 12, 2008. This is Chris Lewis reporting. The month of May is always a fantastic time to be out birding, and the past week did not disappoint. The rare bird of the week was a male RUFF in breeding plumage discovered on the 11th, on the Quebec side of the Ottawa River in the Marais des Laiches east. There have as yet been no subsequent reports. The ever-popular Britannia Conservation Area has been hopping with activity, both the avian and human kinds. Fifteen species of warblers have been reported from Britannia and a total of 19 in the Ottawa-Gatineau area to date. The most recent arrivals, in various locations, were Northern Parula, Chestnut-sided, Magnolia, American Redstart, Common Yellowthroat and Ovenbird. Yellow and Yellow-rumped Warblers were so abundant that we were practically swatting them out of the way. Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Least Flycatcher, Eastern Kingbird, Wood Thrush, Gray Catbird, Scarlet Tanager, Bobolink, Rose-breasted Grosbeak and Baltimore Oriole are all back on schedule with some of these species now in good numbers. An odd combination on the 7th was an Indigo Bunting among approx. 20 Evening Grosbeaks in a backyard in Chelsea, Quebec. A Barred Owl was spotted in the Stoney Swamp on the 10th. Chimney Swifts have been back for about 2 weeks and 100's were seen on the evening of the 7th at a traditional roosting site - the Dominican Fathers College on Empress Ave. near downtown Ottawa. Eight species of sparrows were found on the 11th including Eastern Towhee and a Lincoln's Sparrow singing on the Thomas Dolan Parkway in the Carp Hills. An unusual sight for May 7th was a flock of over 2,000 Snow Geese in a quarry pond along Giroux Rd. north of Navan, and approx. 50 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS were in the Mer Bleue Conservation Area the same day. A few Common Goldeneye were still lingering on the Ottawa River below the Deschenes rapids on the 10th along with a Red-throated Loon, and a pair of Common Terns has been fishing and resting in Mud Lake, Britannia all week. And last but not least, a very vocal Northern Mockingbird was seen and heard in the woods south of the Hurdman bridge on the 11th. 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
