Ontario Ottawa/Gatineau 18 August 2008 Birds mentioned:
Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Redhead Ring-necked Duck Ruddy Duck HORNED GREBE AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN Great Egret Black-crowned Night-Heron Bald Eagle Peregrine Falcon Common Moorhen American Coot American Golden Plover Semipalmated Plover Spotted Sandpiper Solitary Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Sanderling Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Red-necked Phalarope BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE Common Nighthawk Olive-sided Flycatcher Swainson's Thrush Hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club Phone number: 613-860-9000 For the Bird Status Line PRESS * (star) To report bird sightings PRESS 1 (one) Rare bird alerts are now included in the introductory message Coverage: Ottawa/Gatineau (Canada National Capital Regin) E. Ontario, W. Quebec Compiler & transcriber: Chris Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 11:30 AM, Monday August 18, 2008 this is Chris Lewis reporting. No major changes on the local scene yet, but it's a great time of year to get out and look for fall migrants as well as rarities. The large quarry pond on Moodie Dr. south of Trail Rd. remains a hot spot. The AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN discovered here on August 11th was still present on the 18th. The last report of BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES was on the evening of the 13th, but other good birds since then included 4 Black-crowned Night-Herons, a juvenile Peregrine Falcon, and an immature Bald Eagle that has been sporadically seen here since the 11th of June. Shorebirds at this location have included a fly-by American Golden Plover on the 16th, small numbers of Spotted Sandpipers, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, 10 Sanderlings on the 10th, and up to 3 Red-necked Phalaropes with 1 still present on the 17th. * PLEASE NOTE * that this pond is on private property. Do not cross the gate on Moodie Dr. The south end of the pond may also be viewed from Trail Rd.; again, please do not enter private property. The latest news from the eastern sewage lagoons indicates that the HORNED GREBE continues its record-breaking summer sojourn at the Embrun lagoons as of the 14th. Three Redhead and several Common Moorhens and American Coots with young were observed the same day. At both the Embrun and Casselman lagoons on the 14th there were several waterfowl spp. including Blue-winged Teal, Northern Shoveler, Northern Pintail, Green-winged Teal, Ring-necked Duck and Ruddy Duck, and Casselman had small numbers of shorebirds including Lesser Yellowlegs, Semipalmated and Least Sandpiper and a juvenile Red-necked Phalarope. The Ottawa River remains very high, but alternative locations for shorebirds have been the ponds at the Bruce Pit on Cedarview Rd. and along March Valley Rd. as well as along Fernbank Rd. off Eagleson Rd. where Semipalmated Plover, Solitary Sandpiper, both species of Yellowlegs, Semipalmated and Least Sandpiper, and a Baird's Sandpiper have been spotted since the 16th. A Great Egret continues to frequent the Fernbank/Eagleson area as of the 16th and up to 5 Black-crowned Night-Herons were here during the past week. Many reports of migrating Common Nighthawks have come in since the 10th, from a wide variety of locations. While songbird reports remained slim, of interest were an Olive-sided Flycatcher reported again from Deschenes, Quebec, along a trail off the end of Lamoureux St. on the 17th, and Swainson's Thrushes migrating in the wee hours of the 18th. Hopefully more passerines will begin to move through during the next few days, if the forecast of a cold front holds true. Thank you - Good Birding! _______________________________________________ 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
