Ontario/Quebec
Ottawa/Gatineau
29 March 2012
Hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club (OFNC)
Phone number: 613-860-9000
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Coverage: Ottawa/Gatineau (Canada National Capital Region)
E. Ontario,W. Quebec
Compiler & transcriber: Bob Cermak [email protected] or
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The recent cold weather seems to have slowed the arrival of early spring
migrants. There are no flooded areas on Milton Road and Frank Kenny Road.
Cobb's Creek Lake east of Bourget still has some flooded areas. The Ottawa
River and the lagoons are ice free. 19 to 20 SANDHILL CRANES are being seen
regularly on the west side of Milton Road and smaller numbers have been seen
from Smith Road. On March 25th there were 25000 to 30000 SNOW GEESE on Cobb's
Creek Lake of which about 30% were blue morph. On March 29th there were about
32000 SNOW GEESE on Dunning Road north of Colonial Road including at least one
ROSS'S GOOSE.
Some of the more interesting birds have been;
- EASTERN PHOEBE at many locations
- up to 10 RUDDY DUCKS all week at the Burnside pit on Moodie Drive
- GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS at many locations
- CACKLING GEESE were seen at a number of locations
- FOX SPARROWS were seen on the Jack Pine and Stoney Swamp trails
- 14 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS were seen on Thomas Dolan south of Stonecrest Road on
March 27th and 28th
- on March 24th a male EURASIAN WIGEON was seen from Russell Road on Cobb's
Creek Lake but it was not subsequently found
- a GREATER YELLOWLEGS was heard and seen at the Casselman lagoon on March 24th
- 2 PEREGRINE FALCONS were seen on the west face of the Delta Inn on March 24th
- 2 male and 1 female NORTHERN SHOVELERS were seen at the Embrun lagoons on
March 25th
- single ROSS'S GEESE were seen on March 25th at the Frank Kenny bridge and
along Russell road
- a BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen on March 26th at Mud Lake in the
Britannia Conservation area
- 2 HERMIT THRUSH were seen near Lac Phillipe along with 30+ PINE SISKINS on
March 27th
Thank you for your bird observations,
Good Birding
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