Ontario Ottawa/Gatineau 09 June 2010 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]
Wednesday June 9, 2010 this is Chris Lewis reporting. No real surprises on the local scene as shorebirds are winding up their northward migraton and most passerines are where they want to be, on breeding territories. A good number and variety of ducks were still at Shirley's Bay on the 7th. Among the multitude of MALLARDS in the incredibly shallow water on the west side of the causeway were WOOD DUCK, GADWALL, AMERICAN WIGEON, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, a single male NORTHERN PINTAIL, several GREEN-WINGED TEAL and a single male REDHEAD that has been here for several days. Single GREAT EGRETS were seen again on the Ottawa River at Britannia on the 5th and Shirley's Bay on the 7th. The Embrun sewage lagoons hosted a good number of shorebirds on the 6th including 2 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 350 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, and one each of WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER and DUNLIN. The same day at the Casselman lagoons there were 2 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 60 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, one each of LEAST & WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER and DUNLIN, and a late-for-Ottawa PECTORAL SANDPIPER. Shirley's Bay was disappointing for shorebirds other than a few SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS and SANDPIPERS on the 6th, and on the 7th the only species were resident KILLDEER and SPOTTED SANDPIPERS. Both YELLOW-BILLED and BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS were found again in Gatineau Park last week, the first local report of COMMON NIGHTHAWK (that this compiler is aware of) came from the Carp ridge along Thomas Dolan Parkway on the 5th, and if there is only one PINE SISKIN in town, it was at a feeder in Cumberland on the 7th. 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 information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
