Ontario/Quebec
Ottawa/Gatineau
3 October 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]
ROSS'S GOOSE (1 adult) was found with CANADA GEESE at the Almonte Lagoon (from
the viewing stand) on the 27th and 29th.
The SABINE'S GULL (1 adult) which was at the Ottawa River Deschenes Rapids
since the 22nd was last reported on the 29th.
EURASIAN WIGEON (1 male in eclipse plumage) was seen briefly on the 1st east of
Andrew Haydon Park on Britannia Bay.
NELSON'S SPARROW was last reported on the 29th (with a late adult MARSH WREN)
but are likely still present in the wetland near the mouth of Constance Creek
at the Ottawa River in Constance Bay east of the east end of Allbirch Rd.
Two were seen near the base of the Shirley's Bay dyke on the 28th and one was
found near the Ottawa River at the north end of Scrivenes St on the 1st.
Increasing numbers of CANADA, CACKLING (including 12 Richardson's at Ottawa
Beach on the 1st) and SNOW GEESE, including blue morph SNOW GEESE, continue to
move into and through our area.
Birds of interest at the Britannia Conservation Area (BCA) on the weekend of
the 28th and 29th were AMERICAN REDSTART, PALM, PINE, TENNESSEE, NASHVILLE,
NORTHERN PARULA, BLACK-THROATED GREEN and many YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, RED-EYED
and BLUE-HEADED VIREO, AMERICAN WIGEON and RING-NECKED DUCK, RUBY-CROWNED and
GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET, YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, INDIGO BUNTING, SONG, SWAMP,
WHITE-THROATED and WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW.
At Ottawa Beach on the 1st there were RED-NECKED (6) and HORNED (1) GREBE,
RING-NECKED DUCK, LESSER SCAUP (3), COMMON TERN (7), AMERICAN WIGEON (2), BLACK
DUCK, MALLARD, BLUE-WINGED and GREEN-WINGED TEAL, NORTHERN PINTAIL (3),
NORTHERN SHOVELER (1). The same day there was an AMERICAN COOT at Andrew Haydon
Park west.
Interesting sightings:
- CLAY-COLORED SPARROW (1) with CHIPPING SPARROWS at the Britannia Conservation
Area on the 28th
- BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO (1) near the Giroux Rd ponds on the 28th
- SANDHILL CRANE (14) on the south side of Smith Rd west of Milton Rd on the
29th
- WOOD THRUSH (1) seen at dusk on the track into the Shirley's Bay dyke on the
1st
- Winter Wren (6) at Petrie Island on the 1st
- FIELD SPARROW (1) at the BCA on the 2nd
Thank you to everyone who contributed bird observations!
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