Hello Ontbirds people, Gordon Pringle, who has for many years faithfully and expertly sent the Ottawa Field-Naturalists Club Bird Status Line summary to ONTBIRDS, BIRDEAST & elsewhere on the net, is taking a break from this duty, and I have agreed to take it on until further notice. I don't yet have "permission" from the BIRDEAST listserv to post the transcripts formally, in the requested format, therefore, in the interim, I am "winging" it. Here goes!....... _______________________________________
Ontario Ottawa/Gatineau 09 June 2008 Bird mentioned: HORNED GREBE Double-crested Cormorant American Bittern Red-shouldered Hawk Broad-winged Hawk PEREGRINE FALCON Sanderling Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Dunlin Wilson's Snipe Bonaparte's Gull Ring-billed Gull GLAUCOUS GULL Black-billed Cuckoo Common Nighthawk OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER Willow Flycatcher Blue-headed Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Sedge Wren AMERICAN PIPIT 15 spp. (breeding) warblers Scarlet Tanager Indigo Bunting Red Crossbill Evening Grosbeak Transcript: Hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club Phone 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. Ontario, W. Quebec Compiler & transcriber: Chris Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] THE OFNC BIRD STATUS LINE @ 7:30 pm, MONDAY JUNE 9, 2008. This is Chris Lewis reporting. Various ventures to well-known locations around our area were productive mainly for breeding birds, however a few migrants and lingerers were noted as well. On June 2nd, both the St. Albert and Casselman lagoons had good shorebird habitat and several Semipalmated and Least Sandpipers were present as well as a Sanderling, a couple of White-rumped Sandpipers and over 40 Dunlin. The lingering HORNED GREBE was still at the Embrun lagoons on the 2nd, and 8 Black Terns were at St. Albert the same day. Bonaparte's Gull numbers at the Deschenes rapids on the Ottawa River had dwindled to about 10 individuals by the 7th. Very late for Ottawa were an immature GLAUCOUS GULL on the Ottawa River at Dick Bell Park on the 4th, and an AMERICAN PIPIT at the now nearly dry pond along March Valley Rd. near Klondike Rd. on the 8th. The resident pair of PEREGRINE FALCONS have hatched 2 of their 3 eggs on the Crowne Plaza Hotel as of June 5th. Due to the larger family this year, there is a serious need for volunteers to participate in the Falcon Watch. Please contact volunteer coordinator Melanie Moore at 613-234-6464 or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] The small Double-crested Cormorant colony (first noted 3 years ago) on the Ottawa River north of the Lemieux Island filtration plant has at least 4 active nests, and the Ring-billed Gull colonies at both Lemieux and Deschenes now have many young wandering about. On both the 2nd and the 8th, an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was heard in the Larose Forest near the intersection of Indian Creek Rd. and J.D.G. Logging Rd.. Fifteen species of warblers on territory were found in Larose on the 8th, as well as Blue-headed Vireo, Indigo Bunting and a small number of in-flight Red Crosbills and car-shade-seeking Evening Grosbeaks. Visits to the Champlain, Western, Etienne Brule and Pink Lake lookouts in Gatineau Park on the 7th also produced 15 species of warblers, a Philadelphia Vireo and other residents including Red-shouldered Hawk, Broad-winged Hawk, Black-billed Cuckoo and Scarlet Tanager. A night-time walk along the railroad tracks from Kettles Rd. into the Richmond fen revealed very high water levels in the fen and expected breeders such as American Bittern, Wilson's Snipe, Willow Flycatcher and a couple of Sedge Wrens. On the 8th, the first local report of Common Nighthawks came from the Thomas Dolan Parkway in the Carp Hills. Thank you - Good Birding! ___________________________________________ Chris Lewis Ottawa, ON [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ 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
