- RBA
* Ontario
* Ottawa/Gatineau
* 13 April 2003
* ONOT0304.13
- Birds mentioned
Snow Goose
ROSS'S GOOSE
Canada Goose
Green-winged Teal
Northern Pintail
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Northern Harrier
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
American Woodcock
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
- Transcript
hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
date: 13 April 2003
number: 613-860-9000 press 2
to report: 613-860-9000 press #
coverage: Ottawa/Gatineau (Can. Nat. Capital Reg.), E.Ont., W.Que.
compilers : Bev McBride
: Colin Bowen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
: Chris Lewis
transcriber: Michelle Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
internet : Gordon Pringle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
OFNC BIRD STATUS LINE SUNDAY APRIL 13 AT 6 PM
This is Chris Lewis reporting.
Two adult ROSS'S GEESE were found on Saturday April 12 with a flock
of approximately 3000 Snow Geese, east of Bourget, south of the
intersection of Russell Rd and Johnston Rd, west of the Cobb's
Lake Creek bridge. This flock could not be relocated today and no
other Snow Geese were reported. Canada Geese numbers have
declined dramatically since last weekend with only small groups
scattered in the fields.
Good numbers of Green-winged Teal, Northern Pintail and American
Wigeon are still present in the area, along the with common puddle
ducks. A single Gadwall was a Russell and Johnston Rds on the
9th.
Several Northern Harriers and American Kestrels were out east as
well. Merlins were reported from the Carlingwood and Rockcliffe
areas and the downtown Peregrine Falcons are nesting on the
northwest corner of the Crowne Plaza Hotel. As of April 9, the
female is incubating 2 to 3 eggs.
An American Woodcock was found in the Clyde Ave woods on the 11th
as well as a Long-eared Owl. A single Short-eared Owl was on Earl
Armstrong Rd on the evening of the same day.
The first report of a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was on the 11th at
the Britannia Conservation Area. Northern Flickers and Eastern
Phoebes are now widespread and single Yellow-rumped Warblers were
seen at Britannia on both the 11th and 13th.
Increasing numbers of sparrows include a Chipping Sparrow at
Britannia on the 11th. Fox Sparrows are still moving through as
well as lots of Dark-eyed Juncos.
And least but not least, another kind beast, behind all the geese
in Bourget, running loose was a moose, not a goose.
Thank-you. Good birding.
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Gordon Pringle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
