Ontario/Quebec Ottawa/Gatineau 29 November 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] A remarkable second ever sighting of a CAVE SWALLOW in this area occurred on the 23rd at the edge of the Ottawa River at the end of Whistler Rd in Constance Bay. It was last seen very briefly early the next morning. PINE GROSBEAK (single birds and small flocks up to 20), COMMON REDPOLL (flocks up to 20) and BOHEMIAN WAXWING (flocks up to 100) were seen throughout our area this past week. Smaller numbers of EVENING GROSBEAK (up to 9 at Fitzroy Harbour) and RED CROSSBILL (single birds heard and a flock of 7 in Constance Bay) have been reported at many locations. BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER continue to be seen near the Stony Swamp Trail and at the Rockcliffe Park "Pine Hill", from the boardwalk at Mer Bleue Conservation Area and on Bowesville Rd just south of Leitrim Rd. A record number of SANDHILL CRANE (183) were seen on the west side of Milton Road south of Smith Road on the 24th. BOREAL CHICKADEE were seen this past week on the trails near Ramsay Lake on the Eardley-Masham Road in Gatineau Park. Three were seen on the 23rd from the trail that runs to the south on the west side of the lake and two were seen on the 25th at the beginning of the trail that runs north from the east end of the lake. HOARY REDPOLL (1) was seen with COMMON REDPOLL (11) near the Ottawa River at the end of Whistler Road in Constance Bay on the 25th. The Moodie Dr pond (Burnside Pit) just south of Trail Road is about half covered with ice today. On the 22nd there were; GREATER-WHITE-FRONTED (1), SNOW (10) and thousands of CANADA GEESE, RUDDY (2) and RING-NECKED (40) DUCKS, COMMON (10) and HOODED (30) MERGANSER and LESSER SCAUP (3). On the 28th along with the thousands of CANADA GEESE there were SNOW GOOSE (6), MALLARD and AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS, LESSER SCAUP (25), LESSER (1) and GREATER (10) BLACK-BACKED GULL and in the area NORTHERN HARRIER (1), RED-TAILED HAWK (2) and BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD (53). Today there were COMMON REDPOLL (20+) along Trail Road. Other interesting sighting were; - RED-THROATED LOON (1) on the Ottawa River from Constance Bay on the 24th - CHIPPING SPARROW (1) at a west end feeder on the 24th - GREAT-BLUE HERON (1) near the Carp River at hwy 417 on the 29th Thanks to everyone who contributed 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/
