- RBA * Ontario * Ottawa/Gatineau * 27 February 2005 * ONOT0502.27
- Birds mentioned Wood Duck BARROW'S GOLDENEYE Bald Eagle Cooper's Hawk Northern Goshawk Snowy Owl NORTHERN HAWK OWL GREAT GRAY OWL Common Raven Carolina Wren TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE American Robin Bohemian Waxwing Cedar Waxwing Pine Grosbeak White-winged Crossbill Pine Siskin - Transcript hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club date: 27 February 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 - FEB 27 2005 AT 8:00 PM This is Chris Lewis reporting. The TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE is still present in the Rothwell Heights neighbourhood, and was most recently seen on Feb. 24th on Coxford St. just west of Rothwell Dr. Please do not park on Coxford, as it is a very short & narrow street, but rather on Wick Cr. or Rothwell Dr. and please do not enter private property. The Carolina Wren was also heard singing again in this neighbourhood, near #106 Rothwell on Feb. 26th. Two male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE are still on the Ottawa River at Remic Rapids, and the Barrow's X Common hybrid is still on the Rideau River behind the Tennis Club as of the 25th and so is the male Wood Duck. At least 9 Bald Eagles - 4 adults and 5 immature birds of various ages - were seen in the Gatineau Hills in the vicinity of the Eardley-Masham Rd. on the 27th, along with increasing numbers of Common Ravens and small numbers of White-winged Crossbills and Pine Siskins. A Northern Goshawk was feeding on a pigeon in a backyard in Forest Park, Embrun, on the 20th, and Cooper's Hawks were noted at Hunt Club & Merivale Rd. and at Parc Brebeuf. An adult female Peregrine Falcon was on the southeast corner of the Crowne Plaza hotel in downtown Ottawa on the 27th. The NORTHERN HAWK OWL is still in its favourite location at ski trails # 29 and #5 in Gatineau Park, GREAT GRAY OWLS are still being found around the region, and a Snowy Owl was at the southwest corner of Eagleson and Fallowfield Rds. on the 27th. Approx. 15 American Robins were along Rifle Rd. near Shirley's Bay on the 26th and one was singing at Mud Lake in Britannia the same day. Bohemian Waxwings continued to be reported from Rifle Rd. and areas west of Ottawa during the week, and a dozen Cedar Waxwings and a few Pine Siskins were in the Rockcliffe Park area near the parkway on the 25th. Pine Grosbeaks were also reported during the past week in Carp along Robert Lee Rd. near Donald B. Munro. Thank you - Good Birding! - End transcript
