- RBA * Ontario * Ottawa/Gatineau * 16 January 2005 * ONOT0501.16
- Birds mentioned Bald Eagle Northern Goshawk Golden Eagle American Kestrel GRAY PARTRIDGE Wild Turkey SNOWY OWL NORTHERN HAWK OWL GREAT GRAY OWL BOREAL OWL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER Carolina Wren Cedar Waxwing Pine Grosbeak Red Crossbill White-winged Crossbill Pine Siskin - Transcript hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club date: 16 January 2005 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 - JAN 16 2005 AT 8:15 PM This is Chris Lewis reporting. GREAT GRAY OWLS continued to be found in good numbers in many locations west of Ottawa, as well as in the Breckenridge area of Quebec this past week. The NORTHERN HAWK OWL and at least one of the Great Grays along Trail #5 at the southeast end of Gatineau Park were reported on the 12th. Please remember that this is a ski-trail and pedestrian traffic is discouraged. A BOREAL OWL spent the entire day at bird feeders in a backyard in Nepean east of the Queensway-Carleton Hospital on the 15th, but was not seen today. Two SNOWY OWLS were at Akins & Eagleson Rds. on the 15th; one very white male SNOWY OWL was in a field along Eagleson north of Akins on the 16th. On the 15th, a Golden Eagle was seen on the Quebec side in the area of Steel Line Rd. and Eardley-Masham Rd. Also nearby, in the Lac de Loup and Lac La Peche area north of Quyon, Quebec on the 16th, there were at least 2 Bald Eagles as well as a Northern Goshawk. A rare adult dark-morph Red-tailed Hawk continues to winter at the Gatineau Airport; it was most recently reported on the 12th. American Kestrels are now rarely seen in winter in the Ottawa area; one was found on the 15th at Kinburn Side Rd. and Hwy 417 on the 15th, and another was in Aylmer, Quebec, at Deschenes on the 16th. Three GRAY PARTRIDGES were found 3670 Woodkilton Rd. east of Kinburn Side Rd. on the 16th where the railway crosses the road. Nine Wild Turkeys were at Earl Armstrong Rd. between Limebank and Bowesville Rds on the 16th. Two RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue to hold out in Constance Bay, and the female RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER is still visiting the feeders at the Miller's farm at 6158 Rideau Valley Dr. south of Manotick...birders are most welcome, but please allow vehicles to pass on the laneway. A male BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER was discovered early this afternoon along Eardley- Masham Rd., approx. 1 km. into Gatineau Park in a large stand of young pine and spruce at the crest of the hill. A Carolina Wren was heard singing near the corner of Rothwell and Naskapi Dr.'s in Rothwell Heights on the 13th, a flock of 13 Cedar Waxwings (unusual in Ottawa in winter) were at Hilda Rd. at Shirley's Bay on the 15th. A few reports of interesting "winter finches" have FINALLY started coming in. Although numbers have been small, recent observations may be encouraging for the Ottawa-Gatineau region as the season progresses. Pine Grosbeaks, White-winged Crossbills and Pine Siskins were found in the Steel Line, Lac de Loup, Lac La Peche and Eardley-Masham area of Quebec on the 16th, and farther afield on the Ontario side along Hydro Dam Rd. in the Calabogie Peaks area a pair of Red Crossbills was noted on the 15th. Thank You - Good Birding! - End transcript
