- RBA
* Ontario
* Ottawa/Gatineau
* 25 May 2003
* ONOT0305.25
- Birds mentioned
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Golden-winged Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Mourning Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
- Transcript
hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
date: 25 May 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 - MAY 25 2003 AT 7:00 PM
Hello. This is Terry Higgins reporting for the Bird Status Line
on May 25 at 7:00 p.m.
On May 24 a Yellow-billed Cuckoo was spotted in Gatineau Park. It
was both seen and heard along the Gatineau Parkway near the turn
off to Champlain Lookout.
Many species of Warbler have been reported this weekend. A report
received from the Britannia area on the 25th listed 10 species,
including Blackpoll, Chestnut-sided, Northern Parula, Nashville,
Bay-breasted, Canada and Blackburnian.
Reports from the Huntmar area also on the 25th totalled an amazing
21 species. Highlights included Mourning Warbler, Golden-winged,
Wilson s and Orange-crowned Warbler. Other Warblers seen in the
Huntmar/Old Carp Road area were American Redstart, Chestnut-sided
Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Yellow Warbler, Ovenbird and
Blackpoll.
Also in the Huntmar area were Alder, Willow, Least and Great-
crested Flycatcher.
A Black-billed Cuckoo was seen carrying nesting material on Old
Carp Road on the 25th.
If you would like to hear this report again, please stay on the
line and the tape will be repeated. Directions to these and many
other local birding spots can be found on the O.F.N.C. website.
Thank you. Good birding.
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