Ontario/Quebec
Ottawa/Gatineau
03 July 2009
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Coverage: Ottawa/Gatineau (Canada National Capital Region) E. Ontario, W.
Quebec
Compiler & transcriber: Chris Lewis [email protected]
At 8:30 am, Friday 03 July, 2009 this is Chris Lewis reporting.
Breeding birds dominated the local reports, interspersed with several
uncommon species. A Great Egret flew over Britannia on the 24th,
Black-crowned Night-Herons were noted in a variety of locations including
the falls at Hog's Back Park, and Green Herons were also widely reported
last week. The downtown Peregrine Falcon watch wrapped up another successful
season with both offspring flying well in time for Canada Day.
The Embrun lagoons hosted a single adult Semipalmated Plover on June 27th
and an adult Dunlin on July 2nd - both quite unusual for this time of year
in our part of the world. An influx of Caspian Terns evidently occurred in
the last week of June, with multiple reports from the Ottawa River - a group
of five (a large number for this rare visitor to our area) was seen on a
sandbar near the Fitzroy - Quyon ferry docks on the 24th and two were seen
at Shirley's Bay the following day.
On the 22nd and 24th, the calls of both Black-billed and Yellow-billed
Cuckoos were again heard in a couple of areas of Gatineau Park. On July 1st
a pair of Northern Parulas was a nice find on the west side of Lac La Peche.
Fifteen breeding species of warblers as well as several other woodland
species were in good voice in the Larose forest on the 30th, and two
Lincoln's Sparrows and a Palm Warbler were noted in their traditional
breeding areas in the Mer Bleue bog the same day. A rich assortment of field
species was again reported from the fields south of the international
airport.
The Western Meadowlark remains a fixture in a field along Lac des Loups Rd.
north of Quyon, Quebec as of the 1st, and a pair of Evening Grosbeaks and a
Pine Siskin were seen at a feeder in the same location.
Thank you - Good Birding!
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