Ontario/Quebec
Ottawa/Gatineau
31 October 2013
Coverage: Ottawa/Gatineau (Canada National Capital Region) E. Ontario, W. Quebec
Compiler & transcriber Bob Cermak robertcerm...@hotmail.com or sighti...@ofnc.ca
You may be interested in the following OFNC Ottawa area birding field trip
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> Today October 31st, present at 11:00 & still there when I had to leave at
> 2:30pm, both adults in winter plumage. Observed one at south end of third
> pond from road, mostly hiding in the long grass, only saw it come out twice
> for brief periods during my stay. The other was at the north en
Bob Cummings and myself saw the Hudsonian Godwit take off from the east side of
cell one and fly toward the north west.
Geoff Carpenter and I walked. the rest of the lagoons trying to relocate it
with no luck. We did see a single Snow Bunting at the furthest west cell and a
Wilson's Snipe on t
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CLAY-COL. SPARROW
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Horned G
BRANT
LONG-TAILED DUCK
NORTHERN GOSHAWK
GOLDEN EAGLE
Migrating waterfowl this week included: Brant (194 over Spruce Bog Boardwalk
on the 25th); Green-winged Teal; Long-tailed Duck; Bufflehead; and
Red-breasted Merganser.
Hawk and eagle sightings continued, with: Bald Eagle; Northern Goshawk
(sing
Ontario Birders,
It was an exhilarating week at Long Point, and we are bracing for more
action following an impending storm from the American south. A brief list of
highlights from the last week is available on the Long Point Bird
Observatory Sightings Board, available here -
http://www.birdsca
Around 2:15 this afternoon Betsy picked out a first-winter FRANKLINS GULL
at Devils Hole State Park, as we scoped from the Power Vista viewing deck.
We were about ¾ mile downriver from the bird. There were many Bonapartes
Gulls (about 1300) in the area where the Franklins was seen. There were
Holiday Beach Conservation Area
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 31, 2013
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Turkey Vultu
In contrast to the preceding two weeks, birding has been very active at
Presqu’ile Provincial Park this week. Birders have been here almost every day
and have turned up some interesting finds. A second printing of a book
entitled For the Birds: Recollections and Rambles, by Fred Helleiner, is
Ontbirders, Stu Williams and I just saw (10:35am) the Hudsonian Godwit at
Nonquon sewage lagoons in Port Perry. It was on the west side of cell #1 when
we left and was associating with a couple of greater yellowlegs and pectoral
sandpipers.
Directions as per Steve:
> To reach the lagoons, fro
Hello Ontbirders,
The Hudsonian Godwit that was reported present yesterday at the Nonquon
Lagoons by Steve LaForest is still there this morning.
I saw it about 8:45 on the east side of the first cell along with 3
Yellowlegs and about 5 Pectoral. The rain made spotting/confirming it
difficult what
The Glossy Ibis is still at Holiday Beach. It took a while to find it in the
rain this morning and I was partly blocked by a Willow tree. It is just north
of the trout pond with a group of 20 Great Egrets.
Holiday Beach is on County Road 50 in Amherstburg.
Todd Pepper
Leamington, ON
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