- RBA
* Ontario
* Ottawa/Gatineau
* 07 March 2004
* ONOT0403.07
- Birds mentioned
Canada Goose
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Golden Eagle
BLACK-TAILED GULL
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
NORTHERN HAWK OWL
Barred Owl
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Brown Creeper
American Robin
Red-winged Blackbird
Red Crossbill
HOARY REDPOLL
- Transcript
hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
date: 07 March 2004
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 SUNDAY MARCH 7 AT 7 PM
This is Chris Lewis reporting.
A few early spring migrants are beginning to arrive, including
Canada Geese and Red-winged Blackbirds in many locations.
The first Turkey Vulture in the region was spotted at Otter Lake
in the Rideau Lakes district south of Ottawa today, the 7th, and
an immature Bald Eagle was also seen today, on the ice of the
Ottawa River, east of Deschenes. Both an immature and an adult
Bald Eagle were in the Eardley-Masham and Steel Line area on the
6th and 7th. An adult Golden Eagle was seen along the Steel Line
on March 7. A male Northern Harrier was at Earl Armstrong Rd on
March 1.
A Northern Flicker was reported from Promenade Cres in Aylmer
Québec on the 6th. American Robins and Brown Creepers have become
more active and vocal with the milder temperatures last week as
well.
A first spring Lesser Black-backed Gull was with numerous Herring
Gulls on the ice on the river behind Parc Lucette in Hull on the
7th. Also present were 2 Glaucous Gulls, dozens of Great Black-
backed Gulls and Ring-billed Gulls, mostly adults, are now
ubiquitous in the region.
Lingering owls include a Barred Owl at museum feeders on Pink Rd
in Aylmer and the NORTHERN HAWK OWL at 840 Clayton Rd in Almonte,
reported March 1 and 3 respectively.
A male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE is still on the Rideau River at the
Hurdman overpass and a HOARY REDPOLL was with a large flock of
Common Redpolls on Cumberland Ridge Rd. Both of these reports are
from the 3rd.
Back on February 29, two flocks of Red Crossbills, approximately
half a dozen in each flock, were seen in the Larose Forest, on the
east side of the forest near the intersection of Champlain Rd and
Clarence Cambridge Rd.
A Red-bellied Woodpecker that evidently over-wintered was first
reported to the status line on March 1. The bird has been coming
to a feeder in a backyard on Notre Dame St in Embrun, east of
Ottawa, but it is not a reliable customer. According to the
homeowner, it does not come everyday. It has not been reported
since the 2nd.
And a report of an unusual immature gull on the Québec side of the
Ottawa River came in on both March 3 and 4. It was with the Ring-
billed Gulls, above the Deschenes Rapids, at the south end of
Vanier St, at approximately 4:30 to 5 pm. Its identity is
unconfirmed but its plumage and shape led to speculation that it
might be a first or second year BLACK-TAILED GULL. The bird has
not been seen since then but may still be around. Any further
sightings of such a gull would be appreciated for the status line.
Thank-you. Good birding.
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