- RBA
* Ontario
* Ottawa/Gatineau
* 18 September 2004
* ONOT0409.18
- Birds mentioned
GREAT EGRET
Green-backed Heron
Snow Goose
Canada Goose
Redhead
Bald Eagle
Merlin
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
WHIMBREL
Ruddy Turnstone
Least Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Blue Jay
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Water Pipit
Blue-headed Vireo
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Palm Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Indigo Bunting
- Transcript
hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
date: 18 September 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 - SEP 18 2004 AT 6:30 PM
This is Chris Lewis reporting.
The highlight over the past several weeks has been a juvenile
WHIMBREL feeding on the lawn at the Remic Rapids Lookout near the
parking area. It was still present here today the 18th.
At least 4 GREAT EGRETS are also still present as of today on the
west side of the Shirley's Bay causeway.
A sign of the season to come was a single Snow Goose flying with a
flock of Canada Geese over Britannia on the 12th. The only other
interesting waterfowl species was a Redhead on the Carp River at
March Road on the 13th.
Single Bald Eagles were reported from Shirley's Bay and Britannia
from the 16th through the 18th, and 2 Merlins were seen at
Britannia on the same days.
The water levels of the Ottawa River have fluctuated over the past
two weeks and are currently going down again, but only very small
numbers of shorebirds have been noted. A Black-bellied Plover was
at Remic Rapids on the 17th and 18th, and a single Least Sandpiper
was on the mud flats at Shirley's Bay on the 18th along with a
handful of Killdeer and 7 Lesser Yellowlegs. At the east end of
Andrew Haydon Park on the 11th there were 2 American Golden
Plovers, 5 Semipalmated Plovers, 2 Greater Yellowlegs, 1 Ruddy
Turnstone, 5 Least Sandpipers and 1 Baird's Sandpiper - all have
evidently since moved on. A Green Heron and a juvenile Lesser
Black-backed Gull were here on the 17th, but not much else. A
Lesser Black-backed Gull was also reported from Bradley Side Rd.
at Huntmar Dr. on the 13th.
Finally, the cold front and northeast winds brought some migrant
songbirds into the Ottawa area. On the 17th a large influx of
Blue Jays was noted, and on the 18th a late Indigo Bunting was
seen at Britannia. Warblers noted today, mainly from Shirley's
Bay and Britannia, totalled 13 species including Tennessee,
Nashville, Northern Parula, Magnolia, Black-throated Blue, Black-
throated Green, Palm, Bay-breasted and Blackpoll. Numbers of
Golden-crowned Kinglets and a few Blue-headed Vireos were observed
at Shirley's Bay on the 18th. The first American Pipits of the
season have begun moving through as well.
Thank you - Good Birding!
- End transcript
