- RBA
* Ontario
* Ottawa/Gatineau
* 28 March 2004
* ONOT0403.28
- Birds mentioned
Great Blue Heron
Snow Goose
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Green-winged Teal
Northern Pintail
American Wigeon
Ring-necked Duck
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
GOLDEN EAGLE
Merlin
Wild Turkey
Killdeer
American Woodcock
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Snowy Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Water Pipit
Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing
HOARY REDPOLL
Pine Siskin
- Transcript
hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
date: 28 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 28 AT 6:30 PM
This is Chris Lewis reporting.
The agricultural areas east of Ottawa, near Carlsbad Springs,
Bourget, Pendleton and other areas, were visited by many birders
this past weekend and resulted in numerous reports of returning
migrants, especially multiple thousands of Canada Geese and
Northern Pintails. Other new waterfowl arrivals were Snow Geese,
up to 15 at Johnston Rd, east of Bourget on the 27th, and 600-700
were reported west of Cooper's Marsh near Cornwall on the 28th.
Small numbers of Wood Duck, Green-winged Teal, American Wigeon and
Ring-necked Duck were reported from various locations as well.
Numbers of Red-tailed and Rough-legged Hawks have also increased.
Red-shouldered Hawks were noted both east and west of Ottawa, and
several eagles were seen on the 27th; 2 Bald Eagles at Britannia,
1 at Milton Rd, 2 at Bourget and an adult GOLDEN EAGLE was at
Milton Rd that day as well, bizarrely being pursued by a flock of
Northern Pintails. An immature GOLDEN EAGLE was also seen near
Wendover, east of Ottawa, on the 28th. Turkey Vultures and
Northern Harriers have been reported since March 20 from all over
the areas.
First reports of the season include the following: a few Great
Blue Herons back at the heronry in the Leitrim wetlands east of
Albion Rd on the 27th, Killdeer in good numbers everywhere since
the 26th, also on the 27th, an American Woodcock was seen off
Kirkwood Ave, a Belted Kingfisher was on Moodie Dr near Jack Pine
Trail, and 2 early American Pipits were on Twin Elm Rd, another
pipit was at Milton Rd on the 28th.
In other reports, an adult male Merlin flew over the geese on
Milton Rd on the 28th. 3 Wild Turkeys were at a farm north of
Poltimore the same day. An adult Lesser Black-backed Gull was on
the frozen pond on Moodie Rd south of the Trail Rd landfill, with
Ring-billed, Herring, Great Black-backed and 1 Glaucous Gull on
27th.
6 Snowy Owls were still east of Casselman, near Ste Rose on the
26th, 6 Short-eared Owls were also still at Earl Armstrong Rd on
the 27th. A Long-eared Owl was in a pine plantation on Leitrim,
south of the International Airport today, and a Northern Saw-whet
Owl was found in the Clyde Ave woods today as well.
2 Cedar Waxwings joined a flock of approximately 200 Bohemian
Waxwings at the northwest corner of Mud Lake and the Britannia
Conservation Area back on the 18th. Small numbers of Pine Siskins
have been moving back into the region, reported from several
feeders in both the east and west ends of town, and a HOARY
REDPOLL was still coming to a feeder on Cumberland Ridge Rd on the
23rd.
Thank-you. Good birding.
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