- RBA * Ontario * Ottawa/Gatineau * 06 December 2004 * ONOT0412.06
- Birds mentioned Green-backed Heron Northern Pintail Barrow's Goldeneye Bald Eagle American Kestrel Dunlin Snowy Owl NORTHERN HAWK OWL GREAT GRAY OWL Red-headed Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Tufted Titmouse Northern Shrike Common Redpoll - Transcript hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club date: 06 December 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 - DEC 06 2004 AT 9:00 AM This is Chris Lewis reporting. Winter weather has arrived in Ottawa-Gatineau, along with a few interesting birds. Both a GREAT GRAY OWL and a NORTHERN HAWK OWL are being seen regularly in Gatineau Park along the Pink Lake trail, approx. 1.5 km northwest of the Relais Plein Air sports centre at #397 Boul. de la Cite-des-Jeunes. The trail is now closed to pedestrian traffic unless you are on skis or snow shoes. There is also a $3.00 charge to park at the sports centre. A female Red-bellied Woodpecker has been coming to a feeder south of Manotick for at least 5 days and was seen yesterday December 5th. The address is 6158 Rideau Valley Dr. and the feeder is in the front of the farm house but it is not easily viewable from the road. Evidently the bird has usually been seen at the feeder between 1:00 and 2:30 PM but also spends a lot of time in the trees at the side of the house. Please request permission from the residents to enter the laneway to view the feeder. The Tufted Titmouse at 1676 Christina Cr. in Hallville was last reported on November 30th, but is likely still coming to the backyard feeders. It has usually been seen between 9:30 and 10:00 AM. Please stay on the east side of the property, near the pines. On December 1st a very late Green Heron was in the same area as the GREAT GRAY and NORTHERN HAWK OWLS, a late Dunlin was at the east end of Andrew Haydon Park, and at least one adult Red-headed Woodpecker was at the old burn area off Whistler Rd. in Constance Bay. On the 3rd, a male Barrow's Goldeneye was seen from the railway bridge on the east side of Lemieux Island and a male Northern Pintail was on the river at the end of Scrivens Rd. On the 5th, an adult Bald Eagle flew over Fallowfield Rd., American Kestrels were reported from Chapel Hill in Orleans as well as Hunt Club Rd. at Riverside Dr., and an adult male Snowy Owl was at the "S-curve" of Earl Armstrong Rd. between Limebank and Bowesville Rds. In passerine reports, a Northern Shrike was at Dick Bell Park on the 5th and Common Redpolls continue to be reported from a variety of locations. Thank you - Good Birding! - End transcript
