- RBA
* Ontario
* Ottawa/Gatineau
* 26 April 2004
* ONOT0404.26
- Birds mentioned
Common Loon
Red-necked Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
American Bittern
GREAT EGRET
GLOSSY IBIS
TUNDRA SWAN
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE
Snow Goose
Gadwall
EURASIAN WIGEON
Redhead
Ruddy Duck
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Goshawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Virginia Rail
American Coot
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
Brown Thrasher
Blue-headed Vireo
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Pine Warbler
Palm Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Snow Bunting
Bobolink
- Transcript
hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
date: 26 April 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 - APR 26 2004 AT 9:00 AM
This is Chris Lewis reporting.
In spite of strong northwest and northeast winds and cold
temperatures over the past several days, many migrants continue to
be reported.
The PINK-FOOTED GOOSE first discovered on April 17 at Parc
Plaisance on the Quebec side of the Ottawa River was still present
on the 25th. Two male EURASIAN WIGEONS are at Petite Baie Clement
west of Masson, but the GLOSSY IBIS found in the marshes west of
Thurso on the 22nd has not subsequently been reported. On the
Ontario side, a GREAT EGRET was at Clarence Creek on the 19th and
a TUNDRA SWAN was still at the Embrun sewage lagoons in the 24th.
Speaking of sewage lagoons, a visit to Alfred, St-Isidore,
Casselman and Embrun on the 24th revealed high water levels at all
sites except Embrun, where the habitat evidently looks excellent
for waterfowl as well as shorebirds. Interesting birds noted were
American Bittern, Gadwall, 15 Redhead and 40 Ruddy Ducks at
Alfred, a Red-necked Grebe at St-Isidore, and at least 20 Greater
Yellowlegs along with a good selection of puddle and diving ducks
at Embrun.
From the 22nd to the 25th other sightings of interest included a
Common Loon, a Red-necked Grebe and 3 Double-crested Cormorants at
Shirley's Bay, a Greater Snow Goose and a TUNDRA SWAN at Parc
Plaisance, and 19 species of ducks in various locations along the
Ottawa River and the aforementioned sewage lagoons.
An immature Bald Eagle, an immature Northern Goshawk, several
Rough-legged Hawks and a Broad-winged Hawk were seen between
Masson and Plaisance, and Ospreys are being seen all across the
region. A pair of Merlins have been displaying near the Central
Experimental Farm for several days, and the downtown pair of
Peregrine Falcons now have at least 3 eggs in the nest on the
southeast corner of the Crowne Plaza hotel.
The first reports of American Coot and Virginia Rail came in last
week, along with both Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, a Spotted
Sandpiper at Britannia on the 24th and an early Solitary Sandpiper
at Twin Elm Rd. the same day.
Blue-headed Vireos were reported from the Clyde Avenue woods and
Shirley's Bay, many Ruby-crowned Kinglets are still about, and all
6 species of swallows are now back. Pairs of Eastern Bluebirds
were reported from Earl Armstrong Rd. on the 24th, a Brown
Thrasher has been singing along Rifle Rd. near Shirley's Bay since
the 21st, and Yellow-rumped, Pine, Palm and Black-throated Green
Warblers were at Britannia on the weekend.
Six species of sparrows including many Chipping, Vesper and White-
throated Sparrows, were found south of the international airport
on the 24th and Swamp Sparrows were singing in the marshes at
Thurso on the 23rd. A late flock of 10 Snow Buntings was at St-
Isidore on the 24th and an early Bobolink was at Moodie Drive and
Trail Rd. the same day.
Thank you - Good Birding!
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