- RBA
* Ontario
* Ottawa/Gatineau
* 06 September 2003
* ONOT0309.06
- Birds mentioned
Green-winged Teal
American Black Duck
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
American Wigeon
Canvasback
Lesser Scaup
Ruddy Duck
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Virginia Rail
Sora
Common Moorhen
American Coot
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Spotted Sandpiper
Ruddy Turnstone
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Pine Warbler
Palm Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Ovenbird
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Clay-colored Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
- Transcript
hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
date: 06 September 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 - SEP 06 2003 AT 5:00 PM
This is Chris Lewis reporting.
Songbird migration is beginning to pick up a bit. At the
Britannia Conservation Area an Olive-sided Flycatcher was seen on
the ridge on Sept. 3rd and again in the northwest corner of the
woods on the 6th. The 1st report of Ruby-crowned Kinglet this
season came from Britannia on the 6th as well. 19 species of
warblers have been reported collectively from Britannia and
Shirley's Bay from Sept. 2nd - 6th. The most recent reports
included Northern Parula, Magnolia, Black-throated Blue, Black-
throated Green, Blackburnian, Pine, Palm, Bay-breasted, Blackpoll,
Ovenbird, Wilson's and Canada. Philadelphia Vireos were seen at
both locations on the 2nd and 3rd, among the many Warbling and
Red-eyed Vireos, and a Blue-headed Vireo was at Britannia on the
6th. Other migrants at Britannia this past week included Scarlet
Tanager and Rose-breasted Grosbeak.
In waterfowl reports, a pair of Canvasbacks was at St. Albert
sewage lagoon on Sept. 2nd. The large pond on the east side of
Moodie Drive south of the Trail Road Landfill had 40 Lesser Scaup
and approx. 10 Ruddy Ducks on the 2nd. On the 3rd there were 17
adult and 5 very young Ruddy Ducklings in the Casselman lagoon.
Otherwise there has been very little variety and very low numbers
of waterfowl at the eastern sewage lagoons and the Ottawa River,
with only the odd Northern Shoveler, American Wigeon and Northern
Pintail among the Black Ducks, Mallards, Green-winged and Blue-
winged Teal.
Shorebird numbers and species have dropped since the weekend, but
hopefully only temporarily. A visit to the Manderley Sod Farms
south of Manotick on Sept. 4th produced 26 Killdeers in one field
but nothing else. The sewage lagoon in St. Isidore had impressive
habitat on the 3rd and multiple Virginia and Sora Rails, American
Coots and Common Moorhens were found here, as well as 2 Greater
and 9 Lesser Yellowlegs, 12 Semipalmated and 2 Baird's Sandpipers,
5 Pectoral Sandpipers and 1 Short-billed Dowitcher.
The Casselman and Embrun lagoons have very high water levels, so
are currently not very attractive for shorebirds - however, there
were 2 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES in the southwest corner of the
southwest cell at Embrun on the 6th. Conditions are still good at
St. Albert and Winchester lagoons. The RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was
still present at Winchester on the 2nd , but on the 3rd an immature
Peregrine Falcon was hunting here and shorebird numbers were much
reduced from the weekend. A Merlin was hunting at St. Albert
lagoon on the 3rd and shorebirds consisted of only small numbers
of Killdeers, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Least and
Semipalmated Sandpipers, Spotted Sandpipers and a couple of
Pectoral Sandpipers in the northeast cell.
One juvenile Semipalmated Sandpiper and 1 immature Ruddy Turnstone
were on the sandbar at the east end of Andrew Haydon Park on the
2nd and the only shorebird here on the 3rd was a lone Sanderling.
A Merlin has also been making its presence known here and in
Britannia for the past two weeks.
On Sept. 4th in the fields south of the International Airport,
there were several Eastern Bluebirds including one singing male,
as well as 6 species of sparrows including Lincoln's, Vesper,
Clay-colored and Grasshopper.
Thank you - Good Birding!
- End transcript
Gordon Pringle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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