- RBA
* Ontario
* Ottawa/Gatineau
* 17 November 2003
* ONOT0311.17
- Birds mentioned
Common Loon
Red-necked Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Brant
Greater Scaup
Long-tailed Duck
Black Scoter
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Common Goldeneye
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
Greater Yellowlegs
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
Great Horned Owl
Short-eared Owl
Northern Shrike
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
Pine Grosbeak
Common Redpoll
Pine Siskin
- Transcript
hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
date: 17 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 MONDAY NOVEMBER 17 AT 8 AM
This is Chris Lewis reporting
Strong west winds and cold temperatures failed to cause any
significant change in birds found locally over the past.
The only loons on the Ottawa River have been Common Loons. A Red-
necked Grebe was seen from Andrew Haydon Park on November 12. A
late Double-crested Cormorant flew over downtown on the 13th. It
is also getting late for Great Blue Herons; one was at Britannia
on Mud Lake which is now frozen and another on the golf course on
March Valley Rd, both on the 16th.
Fifteen species of waterfowl were found along the Ottawa River
between Britannia and Shirley's Bay on the weekend including:
increasing numbers of Greater Scaup, 4 Long-tailed Ducks in the
Deschenes Rapids and 3 at Lakeside Gardens, all three species of
scoter, mostly at Andrew Haydon Park. A single White-winged
Scoter was on the Rideau River behind the tennis club on the 15th.
A female BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was with the Common Goldeneye in the
Deschenes Rapids on the 16th. All three species of merganser are
still present in a variety of locations. Three Brant were still
on the river east of the Champlain Bridge as of the 12th.
Northern Harriers, a Red-tailed Hawk and several Rough-legged
Hawks were reported from the Bearbrook area as well as Earl
Armstrong Rd and Shirley's Bay on the weekend. Other raptors
sightings included Sharp-shinned Hawk, American Kestrel and
Merlin.
A single Greater Yellowlegs flew over Britannia on the 16th and a
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was on the ice on Mud Lake the same day.
A third year LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, probably the same bird that
has been seen in and around the Trail Rd landfill since November 2
was following a tractor ploughing a field along Rushmore Rd on the
15th.
A Great Horned Owl was in a pine in the northwest corner of
Tunney's Pasture on the 12th. Up to 3 Short-eared Owls were seen
at the S-curve along Earl Armstrong Rd on several evenings this
week. A Northern Shrike was spotted on Berry Side Rd west
Dunrobin on the 16th. Large flocks of Snow Buntings on Earl
Armstrong Rd that same evening included a few Lapland Longspurs.
And finally, there is a glimmer of hope for winter finches in
Ottawa this year. On the 16th, a Pine Grosbeak was found along
Hilda Rd near Shirley's Bay and two Common Redpolls and 4 Pine
Siskins were coming to a feeder on Grandview Rd north of the
Nortel complex at Carling Ave and Moodie Dr.
Thank you, good birding.
- End transcript
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