- RBA * Ontario * Ottawa/Gatineau * 14 November 2004 * ONOT0411.14
- Birds mentioned Red-throated Loon Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe Greater White-fronted Goose Snow Goose Brant CACKLING GOOSE Redhead BARROW'S GOLDENEYE Ruddy Duck Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Northern Goshawk Rough-legged Hawk Peregrine Falcon SANDHILL CRANE Black-bellied Plover Greater Yellowlegs Dunlin Thayer's Gull Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull RED-HEADED WOODPECKER THREE-TOED WOODPECKER BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER Bohemian Waxwing Northern Shrike SUMMER TANAGER Fox Sparrow Pine Grosbeak White-winged Crossbill Common Redpoll Pine Siskin Evening Grosbeak - Transcript hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club date: 14 November 2004 number: 613-860-9000 for the status line : press 2 for rare bird alerts: press 1 to report a sighting: press # coverage: Ottawa/Gatineau (Can. Nat. Capital Reg.), E.Ont., W.Que. compiler : Chris Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] transcriber: Chris Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] internet : Gordon Pringle [EMAIL PROTECTED] OFNC BIRD STATUS LINE - NOV 14 2004 AT 8:00 PM This is Chris Lewis reporting. The SUMMER TANAGER 1st discovered at a feeder on 51 Starwood Rd. was still feeding on the suet on the 14th. The feeders are easily viewable from the corner of Starwood Rd. and Pender St. Please do not enter the property. A Red-throated Loon was at Constance Bay on the 14th. A less than fortunate report of a Red-throated Loon was of a dead bird in the ice just off the shore of Shirley's Bay between the boat launch and the east side of the dyke. A few Red-necked Grebes are still present along the Ottawa River at Shirley's Bay and east of the Des Chenes rapids, and a Horned Grebe was at Shirley's Bay on the 14th. The stars of the waterfowl show in the Ottawa area were a Greater White-fronted Goose at Constance Bay from Nov. 8th -11th, and several Cackling Geese. 2 "Cacklers" have been present at Andrew Haydon Park since at least the 10th; 3 were here on the 14th. An additional 2 were at the large pond on the east side of Moodie Dr. south of the Trail Rd. landfill on the 14th. At least 200 Snow Geese were at this location today. Other waterfowl on this pond on the 14th included a few late species for Ottawa -- 1 Brant, 1 female Redhead, and 1 female Ruddy Duck. 2 BARROW'S GOLDENEYE were seen again at Remic Rapids on the 11th. Raptor reports from this week included Bald Eagles on Nov. 11th and 14th, Northern Harrier, Northern Goshawk, Rough-legged Hawk and Peregrine Falcon from various locations. On Nov. 8th, 24 SANDHILL CRANES were seen in the fields along Milton Rd. northeast of Carlsbad Springs. Interesting shorebird reports included 3 Black-bellied Plovers at Constance Bay from Nov. 8th - 14th, single Greater Yellowlegs at Shirley's Bay at Andrew Haydon Park on the 7th, and a few late Dunlin including an flock of approx. 100 flying east down the river from Constance Bay on the 7th and a single bird at Andrew Haydon Park on the 11th. A Thayer's Gull was at Andrew Haydon on the 8th, a Kumlien's (Iceland) Gull was at the Trail Rd. Landfill on the 13th. Several reports of Lesser Black-backed Gulls have also come in from the river as well as the landfill this week. The RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS in Constance Bay continue to linger, surprisingly late - at least 3 were still at the old burn site off Whistler Rd on the 14th. The trail off Kerwin Rd. opposite #881 west of Kanata produced 1 BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER on Nov. 8th, and a female American THREE-TOED WOODPECKER on the 12th. Songbird reports included 2 Bohemian Waxwings at Britannia on the 14th and a few Northern Shrikes from various locations. A Fox Sparrow has been visiting a feeder on West River Rd. in Manotick for the past 3 weeks. A strong influx of finches was noted in many areas of Ottawa this week, with good numbers of Pine Grosbeaks, Common Redpolls and Pine Siskins. White-winged Crossbills and Evening Grosbeaks have been noted at the Kerwin Rd. trail and Constance Bay. Thank you - Good Birding! - End transcript
