- RBA * Ontario * Ottawa/Gatineau * 02 June 2008 * ONOT0806.02
- Birds mentioned Brant Long-tailed Duck Horned Grebe Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover Ruddy Turnstone Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Dunlin Short-billed Dowitcher Red-necked Phalarope Bonaparte's Gull CASPIAN TERN Black Tern Common Tern ARCTIC TERN Chimney Swift RED-HEADED WOODPECKER OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER Willow Flycatcher Swainson's Thrush Golden-winged Warbler Blackpoll Warbler - Transcript hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club date: 02 June 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 @ 6:00 pm, MONDAY JUNE 2, 2008 This is Chris Lewis reporting. Shorebirds and uncommon larids were the lead stories over the past week. On the 28th at the St. Albert lagoons, the highlights were 14 Ruddy Turnstones, 17 Bonaparte's Gulls and 2 Black Terns, presumably the same pair that was seen here on the 25th. A single ARCTIC TERN was discovered on the Ottawa River at the Deschenes rapids on the 31st , and 2 were reported on the 30th and 1st along with up to 28 Bonaparte's Gulls, a few Common Terns, good numbers of Chimney Swifts and a mixed bag of swallow species. Two Red-necked Phalaropes were also seen at this location on the 31st. Very low water levels in the Almonte lagoons made for excellent feeding habitat over the past week - several hundred shorebirds were seen here, predominantly Semipalmated Plovers, Least Sandpipers and Dunlin. Another good location on the 31st was the large quarry pond on Moodie Dr. south of Trail Rd., where good numbers of Semipalmated and Least Sandpipers, 100 Dunlin and 10 Short-billed Dowitchers were noted, as well as a CASPIAN TERN, and on the 1st a Ruddy Turnstone was seen here as well. The ponds along March Valley Rd. hosted a single Black-bellied Plover among a few other species including a single Dunlin that has been here for a couple of weeks. The large numbers of Brant observed early last week in the Kingston area were either never seen or just didn't bother to drop in to Ottawa; only a single bird was observed on the river at Remic rapids on the 29th. The Horned Grebe was still present at the Embrun lagoons on the 28th and was accompanied by an equally late and out-of-place Long-tailed Duck. One of the pair of RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS in Constance Bay was most recently reported on the 1st. A large flight of several hundred Swainson's Thrushes was heard during the wee hours on the 26th, and passerine migration has for the most part wound down for the season, with a few reports of Blackpoll Warblers and other expected late-May species reported from various locations. Noteworthy were single OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHERS moving through at Shirley's Bay on the 28th and along the Thomas Dolan Parkway in Dunrobin on the 1st. Willow Flycatchers have been noted back on territory in suitable habitats, and several reports of Golden-winged Warblers singing on territory in the Carp hills along the Thomas Dolan Parkway also came in on the 1st. 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
