Ontario/Quebec Ottawa/Gatineau 19 September 2013
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] HUDSONIAN GODWIT (19) were found at the Shirley's Bay mud flats (west of the causeway) on the 15th. They were seen again at dawn the next morning but except for one that was present briefly at noon that day they have not been seen again. NELSON'S SPARROW (1) was seen in the wetland near the mouth of Constance Creek at the Ottawa River in Constance Bay (east of the east end of Allbirch Rd) on the 18th. The reporter indicated that boots are required and "There are a couple of dead fallen trees in the wetland and the Nelson's popped up onto that along with a Lincoln's Sparrow, many Swamps and Song Sparrows and Common Yellowthroats." Another was found the same day at the St-Isidore lagoon. The Britannia Conservation Area was very active last weekend. One birder reported on the 15th "Sunday was the best with 17 species of warblers and 3 vireos. Of interest. Warblers - Yellow-rumped 75+; Cape May 3; Yellow 2; Magnolia 3; Chestnut-sided 3; Blackburnian 1; Palm 2; Bay-breasted 2; Blackpoll 4, Black & White 2; Redstart 1; Tennessee 10; Nashville 4; Parula 4; Wilson`s 1; Yellowthroat 1; Black-throated Green 1. Also Rusty Blackbird 3; Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2; Thrasher; Broad-winged Hawk 1; Tanager 2; Red-eyed Vireo 2; Warbling Vireo 3; Blue-headed Vireo 1; Golden-crowned Kinglet 2." Also seen at the BCA that day were RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET (1), PHILADELPHIA VIREO (1), GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH (1 heard and another seen) and ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER (1). Small numbers of shorebirds continue to be seen in the area: - Shirley's Bay mud flats on the 15th there were DUNLIN (3 juv), PECTORAL SANDPIPER (9), SEMIPALMATED PLOVER (10) and GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS. On the 16th there were also BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER (1), SOLITARY, SEMIPALMATED, LEAST and PECTORAL (20) SANDPIPER. A SANDERLING (1) was seen at the Shirley's Bay boat launch on the 13th - on the sod farms along Snake Island Rd east of Kars there were SEMIPALMATED PLOVER (6), BAIRD'S SANDPIPER (2 juv) and GREATER YELLOWLEGS (1) on the 13th and AMERICAN PIPIT (40) on the 17th - Andrew Haydon Park west mudflats and at Britannia Point DUNLIN (1) on the 13th - Moodie Dr ponds on the 15th BLACK-BELLIED (1) and AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER (1) Interesting sightings: - CAROLINA WREN (1) in the Hurdman Park woods on the 13th - WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW (1) at Shirley's Bay on the 16th - RED-NECKED PHALAROPE (1) and SORA (1) at the Embrun lagoon on the 17th - RUSTY BLACKBIRD have been moving through our area in numbers all week - CACKLING GOOSE (2) were seen over the BCA woods on the 13th and (1) along Moodie Dr on the 15th - SNOW GOOSE (1) was seen along Fallowfield Dr between Merivale and Woodroffe on the 13th - SWAINSON'S and GRAY-CHEEKED (1) THRUSH were heard overhead the evening of the 16th Thank you to everyone who contributed bird observations! _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup
