- RBA * Ontario * Ottawa/Gatineau * 26 May 2008 * ONOT0805.26
- Birds mentioned MUTE SWAN Surf Scoter Horned Grebe Peregrine Falcon Black-bellied Plover AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER Semipalmated Plover Spotted Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Dunlin Short-billed Dowitcher Wilson's Phalarope Glaucous Gull Black Tern ARCTIC TERN Red-headed Woodpecker Eastern Wood-Pewee Alder Flycatcher Yellow-throated Vireo Blue-headed Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Gray-cheeked Thrush Swainson's Thrush Cedar Waxwing Cape May Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Mourning Warbler Canada Warbler Red Crossbill Evening Grosbeak - Transcript hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club date: 26 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 @ 5:00 pm, MONDAY MAY 26, 2008 This is Chris Lewis reporting. A very active week for migrants, breeders, and a few "uncommoners" for this time of year in the Ottawa area. Unusual (and rather out of place) for the 3rd week of May were an immature MUTE SWAN and a rare-in-spring AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER at the Alfred lagoons on the 26th, a male Surf Scoter and a Glaucous Gull at the large quarry pond on Moodie Dr. on the 21st, and a Horned Grebe at the Embrun sewage lagoons on the 24th and 25th. A couple of Greater Yellowlegs at the Embrun and St. Albert lagoons were very late migrants on the 25th, as was a Pectoral Sandpiper in the small ponds along March Valley Rd. west of Klondike Rd. on the 24th. A report of 2 ARCTIC TERNS at Shirley's Bay on the 20th was on the early side, but now is certainly the beginning of the time for their almost annual flight up the Ottawa River during dynamic weather conditions. The habitat at Embrun and St. Albert was attractive for shorebirds on the 25th, with Semipalmated Plover, Spotted Sandpiper and Least Sandpiper in the majority, along with a few Wilson's Phalarope and Dunlin. Two Black Terns flew over St. Albert the same day. The March Valley ponds hosted 8 species during the week including Lesser Yellowlegs, Least Sandpiper, the late Pectoral, and one each of White-rumped Sandpiper and Dunlin select. Showers on the morning of the 26th brought in a lot of shorebirds to the Alfred lagoons, with perhaps 1,000 individuals including 11 Black-bellied Plovers, the aforementioned AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, approx. 200 Semipalmated, numerous Least, a few White-rumped Sandpipers and approx. 100 Short-billed Dowitchers. Good news on the breeding front: The resident pair of Peregrine Falcons has re-nested after losing their first clutch and are tending 3 eggs on the Crowne Plaza Hotel as of at least May 6th, and a pair of Red-headed Woodpeckers has returned for their 7th consecutive year to their breeding area in Constance Bay and were first reported on the 17th. Passerine migration remained very active throughout the past week, with several species still moving through. A Gray-cheeked Thrush and a couple of Swainson's Thrushes were observed in the woods along Island Park Dr. on the 25th along with several species of warblers and a large influx of Cedar Waxwings. The Britannia Conservation Area was still busy over the past week, with the first reports of Eastern Wood-Pewee and Blackpoll Warbler among many other migrants and residents. A Philadelphia Vireo and an unexpected Golden-crowned Kinglet were seen at Britannia on the 25th, and Yellow-throated and Philadelphia Vireos were also noted near the Champlain Lookout in Gatineau Park on the 24th. A visit to the Larose forest on the 25th revealed 17 species of breeding warblers with the highlights being Cape May, Mourning and Canada, as well as Blue-headed Vireo, Evening Grosbeak, and the first local report of Alder Flycatcher. Red Crossbills were seen again in Larose - 25 were feeding on spruce cones on the 26th. 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
