Ontario/Quebec Ottawa/Gatineau 12 April 2012 Hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club (OFNC) Phone number: 613-860-9000 For the Bird Status Line PRESS * (star) To report bird sightings PRESS 1 (one) Coverage: Ottawa/Gatineau (Canada National Capital Region) E. Ontario,W. Quebec Compiler & transcriber: Bob Cermak [email protected] or [email protected] Early spring migrants continue to arrive. The LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER was last reported on April 6th but may still be present on the shore of the Bearbrook Creek at the bridge on Frank Kenny. Increasing numbers of DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS, WILSON'S SNIPE, AMERICAN WOODCOCK'S, READHEAD, RUDDY DUCKS, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS and TREE SPARROWS were reported this week. YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS, BARN SWALLOWS and single RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, BROAD-WINGED HAWK, VIRGINIA RAIL and HERMIT THRUSH were also reported. Some of the more interesting birds have been; - 36 SANDHILL CRANES were seen from Milton Road on April 6th - 4 CACKLING GEESE were seen among 4 flocks of CANADA GEESE in the Twin Elm area on April 7th - 3 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were seen on the ponds on the south side of Trail Road from the top of the Trail Road hill on April 7th and single birds were seen at the same place on April 8th, 9th and 10th - DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS were seen at Shirley's Bay, Moodie Drive pit and the Britannia Conservation Area (BCA) Mud Lake - 2 YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS were seen at the Bill Mason Conservation area on Dunrobin Road on April 8th - 50 RUDDY DUCKS and 1 RED-BREASTED MERGANSER were seen at the Moodie Drive pit on April 8th - a HERMIT THRUSH was reported on April 7th in the Clyde woods - a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER was heard at the Britannia Conservation Area (BCA) on April 9th. 2 were reported near the Museum of Nature on April 3rd - an early BROAD-WINGED HAWK was seen south of the Macdonald-Cartier (Ottawa) International Airport on April 6th - an early ViRGINIA RAIL was heard from the Mer Bleue Conservation Area boardwalk on April 9th - numbers of TREE SWALLOWS were seen at Shirley's Bay, BCA over Mud Lake and the Moodie Drive pit - small numbers of BARN SWALLOWS were seen at Shriley's Bay and Mud Lake - REDHEADS were seen at the Embrun lagoons on April 11th and at Shirley's Bay on April 9th - a ROSS"S GOOSE was seen on the Giroux Road pond on April 8th - outside the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club (OFNC) area (50 km circle centered on the Peace Tower, Parliament Hill) at the Alfred lagoons on April 8th were; 2 GADWALL, 4 MALLARD, 6 NORTHERN SHOVELER, 2 NORTHERN PINTAIL, 15 REDHEAD, 10 RING-NECKED DUCK, 4 GREATER SCAUP, 15 LESSER SCAUP, 6 BUFFLEHEAD and 12 RUDDY DUCKS Thank you for your bird observations, Good Birding _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
