- RBA
* Ontario
* Ottawa/Gatineau
* 11 August 2003
* ONOT0308.11
- Birds mentioned
Double-crested Cormorant
American Bittern
Green-backed Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Canada Goose
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Blue-winged Teal
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Bald Eagle
Merlin
Virginia Rail
Sora
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Spotted Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Bonaparte's Gull
Common Tern
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Northern Waterthrush
Scarlet Tanager
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Fox Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Evening Grosbeak
- Transcript
hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
date: 11 August 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 MONDAY AUGUST 11 AT 9 AM
This is Chris Lewis reporting.
Post-breeding activity has begun to pick up a little. Increasing
numbers of Double-crested Cormorants and Canada Geese can now be
seen gathering on the Ottawa River.
At the east end of Andrew Haydon Park, the water levels are quite
high with only 1 female Northern Pintail and 5 Blue-winged Teal
among the many Mallards on August 10. On the 9th at Shirley's
Bay, an American Bittern was seen on the dyke and in the marsh
between Nortel and the Equestrian Park on Moodie Dr, there was a
Green Heron, Sora and Virginia Rails with young. A Green Heron
and 4 Black-crowned Night-Herons were also found at Britannia on
the 10th, along with 4 juvenile Hooded Mergansers and 2 Common
Mergansers. The same day, 7 Ruddy Ducks were in the large pond
on Moodie Dr south of the Trail Rd landfill. The water level was
also high and very few other birds were present.
Young Merlins have been noted following adults. On the 6th there
were two separate observations from Rockcliffe and from Dow's Lake
and another young bird is frequenting the Britannia Conservation
Area. A Bald Eagle flew over Pink Rd in Aylmer Québec back on
July 30.
One of the best places to find a good variety of shorebirds
continues to be the High Falls Conservation Area in Casselman. On
the 10th, there were 2 Semipalmated Plovers, 1 Killdeer, 1 Greater
and at least 50 Lesser Yellowlegs, 6 Spotted Sandpipers, 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper, 1 Pectoral Sandpiper, 1 Stilt Sandpiper
and 1 Short-billed Dowitcher. Back on August 2, a Whimbrel was
heard in flight in the Carlington area at 4 am.
Several Bonaparte's Gulls were at Deschenes Rapids last week,
including 3 adults and up to 6 juveniles. Six Common Terns were
on the river at the same time including 3 juveniles being fed by 2
adults on a small gravel bar east of the Britannia Filtration
Plant.
Songbird activity is also increasing. Reports of Black-billed
Cuckoos come from the Bowesville Rd south of the airport and from
the Rockcliffe area early last week, and on August 10 there were
five species of warbler at Britannia including Yellow,
Blackburnian, Black-and-white, American Redstart and Northern
Waterthrush along with a female Scarlet Tanager and female Rose-
breasted Grosbeak.
A few White-throated Sparrows were at Britannia on the 10th and a
Fox Sparrow was reported from south of the airport as well.
Back on July 30, 3 male Evening Grosbeaks were at a feeder on
Higgins Rd south of the Pinecrest Cemetery.
And speaking of feeders, the annual seedathon is coming up on
September 7. Please consult the OFNC website for more details or
the bird column in next Saturday's Ottawa Citizen.
Thank-you. Good birding.
- End transcript
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