- RBA
* Ontario
* Ottawa/Gatineau
* 01 October 2003
* ONOT0310.01
- Birds mentioned
Horned Grebe
Snow Goose
Canada Goose
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Bald Eagle
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
PURPLE GALLINULE
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden Plover
Killdeer
AMERICAN AVOCET
Lesser Yellowlegs
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Dunlin
Long-billed Dowitcher
PARASITIC JAEGER
Eastern Wood-Pewee
House Wren
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Orange-crowned Warbler
Northern Parula
Palm Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
White-throated Sparrow
- Transcript
hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
date: 01 October 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 : Chris Lewis
: Terry Higgins
: Colin Bowen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
transcriber: Michelle Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
internet : Gordon Pringle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
OFNC BIRD STATUS LINE WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 1 AT 4 PM
This is Chris Lewis reporting.
An exciting week for rare bird sightings. On Sunday September 28,
both an AMERICAN AVOCET and a juvenile PURPLE GALLINULE were
discovered. The avocet was in the south central cell at the
Winchester sewage lagoons and was still present on the 29th. It
appears to be a different bird than the one seen at Chesterville
earlier in the month. The PURPLE GALLINULE was videotaped in the
buckthorn shrubs along the shore of Shirley's Bay between the
parking lot and the base of the dyke. It was searched for but not
found the following day.
A light morph PARASITIC JAEGER flew over Shirley's Bay dyke on
September 23.
One of the two HUDSONIAN GODWITS present at Shirley's Bay since
the 22nd was still feeding happily on the 29th. Many other
shorebirds reported were less reliable. The 25 American Golden
Plovers seen at Winchester on 28th were gone the next day. A
Black-bellied Plover was on the sandbar at Andrew Hayden Park on
the 29th. Two Long-billed Dowitchers and one American Golden
Plover flew south over the Trail Rd landfill on the 28th but were
not subsequently reported.
Some numbers of Killdeer, Lesser Yellowlegs, Semipalmated and
Pectoral Sandpipers were noted at Shirley's Bay throughout the
week. A Baird's Sandpiper here on the 27th was replaced by a
single Dunlin on the 29th.
A Horned Grebe has been at Shirley's Bay east of the dyke since at
least the 28th.
In waterfowl sightings, Snow Goose was with the Canadas in the
southwest pond at the Winchester lagoon on the 29th. Numbers of
American Wigeon are increasing at Shirley's Bay and Mud Lake in
Britannia and a pair of Gadwall was on Mud Lake on the 28th.
On the 26th, a juvenile Bald Eagle was seen at Shirley's Bay and 2
Merlins were joined by an immature Peregrine Falcon on the 29th
here also, increasing the pressure on the few lingering
shorebirds.
A few late songbirds included an Eastern Wood-Pewee on the 28th
and a House Wren on with 26th, both in the woods at Shirley's Bay.
Winter Wrens, Golden-crowned and Ruby-crowned Kinglets were found
in increasing numbers during the week in various locations. A
late evening flight of migrating thrushes was heard in the
Britannia area on the 25th, including hundreds of both Gray-
cheeked and Swainson's Thrushes. Blue-headed and Red-eyed Vireos
and 8 species of warblers including Orange-crowned, Northern
Parula, Palm and Blackpoll were reported during the week, mainly
from the Britannia Conservation Area. An impressive influx of
White-throated Sparrows at Britannia were obviously new arrivals
on the weekend.
Thank-you. Good birding.
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