- RBA
* Ontario
* Ottawa/Gatineau
* 27 March 2005
* ONOT0503.27
- Birds mentioned
Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Gadwall
Greater Scaup
Long-tailed Duck
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Turkey Vulture
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
GRAY PARTRIDGE
Wild Turkey
THAYER'S GULL
Iceland Gull
Glaucous Gull
NORTHERN HAWK OWL
GREAT GRAY OWL
Horned Lark
Eastern Bluebird
TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE
American Robin
Song Sparrow
Snow Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
- Transcript
hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
date: 27 March 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 - MAR 27 2005 AT 6:30 PM
This is Chris Lewis reporting.
Lots of sun and milder temperatures encouraged more migrants into
the Ottawa area. The 1st report of a Great Blue Heron came from
Moodie Dr. near the Tomlinson quarry on the 26th. Canada Goose
numbers are building up daily; perhaps 500 birds were above the
Deschenes and Remic rapids on the 26th and more continue to move
in. A pair of Wood Ducks and a male Gadwall in the channel north
of the ridge at Britannia, a female Greater Scaup and a female
Long-tailed Duck below the Deschenes rapids, were also new this
weekend. Increasing numbers of Bufflehead and Hooded Mergansers
were at the Britannia Yacht Club and a male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was
still at Remic rapids. Other newcomers this past weekend included
increased numbers of American Robins, Song Sparrows, Red-winged
Blackbirds and Common Grackles, all of which are now widespread,
and the 1st Eastern Bluebird of the season was reported from
Greenland Rd. in Dunrobin on the 27th.
The agricultural fields east of Ottawa are still largely frozen
and produced only a few Horned Larks, Brown-headed Cowbirds and
Snow Buntings, as well as a single Northern Harrier and Rough-
legged Hawk on the 25th. Next weekend, the picture out east will
hopefully be more interesting!
On the 27th, several raptors were spotted flying over the Dunrobin
area including Turkey Vulture, Northern Harrier, both an adult
Sharp-shinned and Northern Goshawk, and several Red-tailed Hawks.
On March 20th, 2 GRAY PARTRIDGE were in a field near Chrysler east
of Ottawa, and in the west end several Wild Turkeys continue to be
seen along March Valley Rd. with spectacular male displays and
copulation observed here on the 24th.
Back to the Ottawa River, an advanced 1st-winter THAYER'S GULL was
seen on the ice above Remic rapids on the afternoon of the 27th,
behind the water filtration plant on the Quebec side west of Parc
Moussette along Lucerne Blvd. and at least 6 Iceland and 10
Glaucous Gulls were still at Deschenes and Remic rapids on the
same day.
Up to 25 GREAT GRAY OWLS were still in the Kanata, Carp and
Dunrobin areas on the 23rd, and the NORTHERN HAWK OWL at Trails #
29 and #5 in Gatineau Park was most recently reported on March
20th. Other lingering rarities were the dark morph Red-tailed
Hawk still at the Gatineau Airport on the 24th, and the TOWNSEND'S
SOLITAIRE still singing on Coxford St. on the 26th.
Thank you - Good Birding!
- End transcript
