- RBA
* Ontario
* Ottawa/Gatineau
* 11 November 2003
* ONOT0311.11
- Birds mentioned
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Snow Goose
Brant
Canada Goose
Northern Pintail
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Canvasback
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Long-tailed Duck
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Sandhill Crane
Black-bellied Plover
Greater Yellowlegs
White-rumped Sandpiper
Dunlin
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
SLATY-BACKED GULL
Glaucous Gull
Great Horned Owl
Short-eared Owl
Winter Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Brown Thrasher
Chipping Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Snow Bunting
- Transcript
hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
date: 11 November 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 TUESDAY NOVEMBER 11 AT 6 PM
This is Chris Lewis reporting.
The Ottawa River continues to be the focal point for birds.
Common Loons, Horned Grebes and Red-necked Grebes have been
present in small numbers from Remic Rapids through to Shirley's
Bay. A late Double-crested Cormorant was at Remic on November 7.
A few Brant are still around. A group of 6 remain at Andrew
Haydon Park as of the 11th.
Multiple thousands of Canada Geese have been feeding in the
cornfields along Greenbank Rd between Hunt Club and Fallowfield
Rds. A single Snow Goose was among them on the 9th.
On the 8th, there were at least 13 Gadwall, several Northern
Shovelers, American Wigeon and Hooded Mergansers on Mud Lake. A
male Canvasback was among the Greater and Lesser Scaup on the
river and to female Northern Pintails were at Andrew Haydon on the
9th. All three species of scoter were still present in good
numbers as of the 9th. 15 Long-tailed Ducks were in the Deschenes
Rapids between the Britannia Yacht Club and the south end of
Vanier Rd from the 7th to the 9th, along with a male BARROW'S
GOLDENEYE. Good numbers of Ring-necked Ducks were in the pond at
the east end of Earl Armstrong Rd on the 6th and at the large pond
on the east side of Moodie Dr, south of the Trail Rd landfill on
the 11th. Common and Red-breasted Mergansers have been seen on the
Ottawa River as well as at other locations.
An adult Bald Eagle flew over Andrew Haydon Park on the November
11th. An immature bird was at Shirley's Bay on the 7th. An adult
Red-shoulder Hawk was also seen on the 7th, flying over the
parkway at Lincoln Fields. Red-tailed and Rough-legged Hawks are
increasing in numbers locally, in the fields south of the
international airport and south of the Trail Rd landfill. Milton
Rd, northeast of Carlsbad Springs, was also good for Rough-legged
Hawks on the 6th and 17 Sandhill Cranes were in the fields along
Milton Rd on the 7th.
Shorebird sightings included 4 Black-bellied Plovers and 3 Greater
Yellowlegs along Bankfield Rd west of the 416 on November 5, 2
Black-bellied Plovers at Shirley's Bay the same day, and several
Dunlin at various locations, 6 of which were still at the western
pond of Andrew Haydon Park on the 11th. A single White-rumped
Sandpiper was at this pond on the 8th.
There have been no further reports of the SLATY-BACKED GULL since
November 2 but at least 6 Lesser Black-backed Gulls were seen in
and around the Trail Rd landfill since then. The first white-
winged gulls of the season were a 1st winter Iceland Gull on
November 3 and an adult Glaucous Gull the next day, both at the
landfill.
Two Great Horned Owls have been frequenting the pines at the
southwest corner of the Britannia woods for nearly a week. A
Short-eared Owl was seen along Earl Armstrong Rd on the 6th.
Late songbirds included a Winter Wren and 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglets
in the Britannia woods on the 8th, a Brown Thrasher at the feeder
on Hilda Rd near Shirley's Bay the same day, a White-crowned
Sparrow and a Chipping Sparrow in the Remic Rapids area on
November 7 and 4 respectively. More typical for the season was a
flock of 300 Snow Buntings along Barnsdale Rd on November 11.
Thank-you. Good birding.
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