Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club Ottawa/Gatineau (National Capital Region) E. Ontario, W. Quebec Compiler and transcriber: Bob Cermak at [email protected] or [email protected]
Recent reports to July 31, 2014 Shorebirds, most notably a very early adult BAIRD'S SANDPIPER at the Casselman lagoons on the 27th, have been found this week at the limited shorebird habitat in the Ottawa/Gatineau area. The Embrun, St. Albert, Casselman and Winchester lagoons had numbers of LEAST, SEMIPALMATED and SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER and KILLDEER. There were also occasional PECTORAL, SOLITARY and STILT SANDPIPERS and WILSON'S SNIPE. There was one WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER at the St. Albert lagoon on the 29th. Numbers of TREE, BANK, a few BARN, and a very few CLIFF and ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS were found at those lagoons. There is no shorebird habitat at the Shirleys Bay dyke (a few SPOTTED SANDPIPERS on the rocks) and although there is some shorebird habitat along the Ottawa River at Andrew Haydon Park and Ottawa Beach (east of Andrew Haydon) there were no shorebirds reported there this week. There were SPOTTED, LEAST and SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS at Parc Brebeuf and shorebirds are possible on the rocks in the Deschenes Rapids or on inland storm management ponds. GREAT EGRET, COMMON TERN, BALD EAGLE, OSPREY, a few HOODED MERGANSER, BLACK TERN (at Petrie Island), BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, CASPIAN TERN (2) and BONAPARTE'S GULL (1) were seen along the Ottawa River. A CAPE MAY WARBLER was found at Shirleys Bay on the 29th and a TENNESSEE WARBLER was found in the tree line along Ottawa Beach on the 31st. Due to widespread concerns regarding disturbance of wildlife and property, the OFNC's Birds Committee no longer reports OWL sightings on the internet. We will continue to encourage the reporting of owls to [email protected] for the local records. Thanks 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 Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
