Ontario/Quebec
Ottawa/Gatineau
12 September 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]
This week there have been good numbers of migrating species but shorebird
numbers and variety continues to be limited.
A very successful OFO trip on September 8th found 92 of the migratory and
resident species which can be found at this time on a good day in our area.
Notable species found were:
- warbler (15) at the Britannia Conservation Area and Shirley's Bay:
BLACK-AND-WHITE, TENNESSEE, ORANGE-CROWNED, NASHVILLE, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT,
AMERICAN REDSTART, CAPE MAY, NORTHERN PARULA, MAGNOLIA, BAY-BREASTED,
BLACKBURNIAN, YELLOW, CHESTNUT-SIDED, BLACKPOLL, BLACK-THROATED BLUE, PALM,
YELLOW-RUMP and BLACK-THROATED GREEN
- vireo (4) at the Britannia Conservation Area and Shirley's Bay: RED-EYED,
WARBLING, BLUE-HEADED and PHILADELPHIA
- herons (5): BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, GREEN, GREAT-BLUE, GREAT EGRET and
AMERICAN BITTERN
- hawks (9): SHARP-SHINNED, COOPER'S, BROAD-WINGED, NORTHERN HARRIER,
RED-TAILED, OSPREY, AMERICAN KESTREL, BALD EAGLE and TURKEY VULTURE
- shorebirds (7) at Shirley's Bay and Almonte lagoon: SEMIPALMATED PLOVER,
GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, LEAST, PECTORAL, SEMIPALMATED and SPOTTED
SANDPIPER
Also reported this week were: GOLDEN PLOVER (3 adults) at Twin Elm rd and
Barnsdale Rd on the 6th, AMERICAN PIPIT (1) at the Shirley's Bay mudflats on
the 8th, WILSON'S PHALAROPE (1) at the Russell lagoon on the 6th, THAYER'S GULL
(1) at the Russell Dump on the 7th, SNOW GOOSE (1) at Carling Ave and Herzberg
Rd on the 8th and (4) at the Alfred lagoon on the 10th, at the Britannia
Conservation Area RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET (1) on the 7th and CANADA WARBLER on the
11th and RED-NECKED PHALAROPE (1) at the Shirley's Bay mud flats on the 10th
and 11th.
Thank you to everyone who contributed bird observations!
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