- RBA
* Ontario
* Ottawa/Gatineau
* 29 April 2003
* ONOT0304.29
- Birds mentioned
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
GREAT EGRET
Tundra Swan
TRUMPETER SWAN
Greater White-fronted Goose
Snow Goose
BARNACLE GOOSE
Green-winged Teal
Northern Pintail
Blue-winged Teal
American Wigeon
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
GOLDEN EAGLE
Virginia Rail
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Dunlin
Wilson's Phalarope
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Pine Warbler
- Transcript
hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
date: 29 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 TUESDAY April 29 AT 7 AM
This is Chris Lewis reporting.
The swan first discovered near north Russell on April 23 was
determined as a TRUMPETER SWAN in first spring plumage. On both
the 26th and 27th, it was feeding in a flood field close to the
west side of Frontier Rd, 1 km south of Devine Rd. The bird was
not here on the 28th.
An adult Tundra Swan was at the Embrun sewage lagoon on both the
26th and 28th.
Neither the BARNACLE GOOSE nor the Greater White-fronted Goose
have been seen since April 21st at Cedarview Rd but a flock of
2000 Snow Geese has been present on the Québec side of the Ottawa
River in the vicinity of the Petit Nation River near Plaisance for
about 2 weeks and a GREAT EGRET found in the Plaisance marsh on
the 26th was seen flying west later that day.
On the Ottawa River, at Deschenes, on the 27th, there was one
Common Loon and also 6 Horned Grebes and 2 Double-crested
Cormorants.
At the Embrun sewage lagoon on the 26th, small numbers included
both Green-winged and Blue-winged Teal, Northern Pintail, Ring-
necked Ducks and Lesser Scaup. Also at Embrun on the 26th, 13
Lesser Yellowlegs, 1 Dunlin and 1 Wilson's Phalarope. On the
25th, a Greater Yellowlegs was in a pond on the west side of
Moodie Dr at Cambrian Rd and farther south along Moodie in a large
pond on the east side, there was a male Red-breasted Merganser
among the numerous Common Mergansers and small numbers of American
Wigeon, Ring-necked Duck, Lesser Scaup, Common Goldeneye and
Bufflehead.
Barn and Tree Swallows were present here as well as along the
Ottawa River. Pine Warblers and Yellow-rumped Warblers are now
regular in the Britannia Conservation Area.
A GOLDEN EAGLE was reported from the Shirley's Bay dyke on the
27th. The same day a Cooper's Hawk and a Red-shouldered Hawk were
seen along Mountain Rd between Cook Rd and Vanier Rd in Québec and
the first report of a Virginia Rail in the Mer Bleue bog came on
the 27th as well.
Finally, some unfortunate news for birders regarding the Trail Rd
landfill. As of last week and for the foreseeable future, there
is no public access into the dump except for waste disposal in
designated, supervised areas. The landfill may be viewed from
Trail Rd but due to insurance and liability concerns, municipal
authorities are not allowing anyone to enter the dump to view the
birds.
Thank-you. Good birding.
- End transcript
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