Ontario Ottawa/Gatineau 22 September 2008 Birds mentioned:
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE Snow Goose Redhead Wild Turkey Red-necked Grebe Black-crowned Night-Heron GREAT EGRET Bald Eagle Black-bellied Plover Yellow-throated Vireo Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Swainson's Thrush Nashville Warbler Northern Parula Magnolia Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Pine Warbler Palm Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Ovenbird NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW Pine Siskin 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 Region) E. Ontario, W. Quebec Compiler & transcriber: Chris Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 6:30 am on Monday September 22, 2008 this is Chris Lewis reporting. A few interesting birds among the usual mix of migrants included a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE (the 3rd September record for Ottawa) at the large quarry pond on Moodie Dr. south of Trail Rd. on the 18th and 21st, and likely the same bird was seen at the Richmond lagoons off Eagleson Rd. also on the 21st. Up to 5 Snow Geese were in the Moodie Dr. pond by 21st along with a few Redhead. NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW is a species that can be encountered in Ottawa with some effort at this time of year - one was discovered along the pond by the new housing development on the south side of Fernbank Rd. off Eagleson Rd. on the morning of the 21st. Wild Turkey sightings continue to be entertaining; a group of 10 including 6 young were seen loafing on a driveway along Flewellyn Rd. on the 16th. A Red-necked Grebe still sporting some breeding colours was in an odd location - the Richmond lagoons - on the 13th, and a Black-crowned Night-Heron was seen here on the 19th. A wet area near the "S-curve" along Earl Armstrong Rd. south of the international airport has been attractive for GREAT EGRETS; one was seen here from the 17th to the 21st and another joined in on the 20th. An adult Bald Eagle flew over Britannia on the 18th, and a single Black-bellied Plover was noted at Britannia Beach on the 19th. Water levels on the Ottawa River are up again, so it still remains to be seen if we'll have good shorebird habitat along the river this season. Although the Britannia Conservation Area continues to be the most popular spot for birders seeking migrant songbirds, good numbers and species were also noted in other locations such as the Sandy Hill area of downtown Ottawa and the Champlain Lookout trails in Gatineau Park. A Yellow-throated Vireo was a nice find at Britannia on the 17th, both Golden-crowned and Ruby-crowned Kinglets have become more evident, and a large movement of Swainson's Thrushes was heard during the nights of the 18th and 19th. Among the increased numbers of Yellow-rumped Warblers over the past week other warbler species included Nashville, Northern Parula, Magnolia, Black-throated Blue, Black-throated Green, Blackburnian, Pine, Palm, Bay-breasted, Blackpoll, and Ovenbird. And last but not least, a Pine Siskin - a species hardly reported at all this year - was seen and heard in flight over Britannia on the 18th. 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
