Ontario/Quebec
Ottawa/Gatineau
24 January 2013
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 [email protected]
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE (female) continues on the Ottawa River rapids north of Bate
Island just east of the Champlain Bridge and a male continues on the Rideau
River near the Hurdman Bridge.
The RED-NECKED GREBE continues on the Ottawa River east of the Deschenes
rapids.
Gulls at the Russell dump (on Ste-Catherine Rd south of Route 400) on the 22nd
included ICELAND (2), GLAUCOUS (2) and GREATER BLACK-BACKED (14). On the 19th
on the ice at the Moodie Dr pit there were about 100 gulls including ICELAND
(5) and GLAUCOUS (1).
COMMON REDPOLL and HOARY REDPOLL continue to be seen all over the
Ottawa/Gatineau area.
Other interesting sighting were;
- CANADA GOOSE (3) at the Bridge St western bridge over the Rideau River in
Manotick on the 18th
- BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD (2+) continue at the west entrance to the land fill site
on Trail Rd
- SONG SPARROW (1) continues at a Meadowlands feeder
- WHITE-THROATED SPARROW (2) continue at the southern feeder at Fletcher
Wildlife Gardens
- WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL (1) with HOUSE FINCHES at a Barrhaven feeder on the
17th and (4) at the feeders on the west side of Larose Forest on Clarence
Cambridge Rd on the 19th
- RED CROSSBILL (1) was seen at Stonecrest Elementary School in Kanata on the
23rd
- AMERICAN ROBIN (1) at the Hurdman transit station on the 16th
- NORTHERN FLICKER was seen near the southern feeder at Fletcher Wildlife
Gardens on the 17th
- GRAY PARTRIDGE (11) were seen on Farmview Rd about 1 km south of Kinburn Sdrd
on the 17th
- CAROLINA WREN continues at feeders along Britannia Rd and along the fence on
the west side of the Britannia Conservation Area and another was seen at a
Lynnwood Village feeder on the 17th
- BUFFLEHEAD (1 male) near the Champlain Bridge north of Bate Island on the 19th
- BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER (1 female) continues to be seen from the Lime Kiln
Trail
- GREEN-WINGED TEAL (male) on the small creek on March Valley Rd south of
Klondike Rd on the 21st
- PINE GROSBEAKS (6) at the Duck Club feeders on March Valley Rd near Riddell
Dr all week
- MERLIN in a Kanata South neighbourhood on the 22nd
Thanks to everyone who contributed bird observations - Good Birding!
Bob
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