- RBA * Ontario * Ottawa/Gatineau * 08 May 2005 * ONOT0505.08
- Birds mentioned Snow Goose Canada Goose Long-tailed Duck Common Goldeneye Ruddy Duck Merlin Peregrine Falcon Gray Partridge Wild Turkey Virginia Rail Sora Common Moorhen American Coot Sandhill Crane Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Spotted Sandpiper Upland Sandpiper Wilson's Phalarope Glaucous Gull Black Tern Chimney Swift Great Crested Flycatcher Marsh Wren Wood Thrush Gray Catbird Blue-headed Vireo Warbling Vireo Tennessee Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler Yellow Warbler Cape May Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Pine Warbler Palm Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Black-and-white Warbler American Redstart Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush White-crowned Sparrow Bobolink Baltimore Oriole - Transcript hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club date: 08 May 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 - MAY 08 2005 AT 7:00 PM This is Chris Lewis reporting. A great improvement in the weather this past week encouraged an impressive influx of migrants into the Ottawa-Gatineau area, and a few both late and early species were reported as well. The Britannia Conservation Area was THE "hot spot" for migrant songbirds. Since May 2nd, the following were reported here: Great Crested Flycatcher, Blue-headed Vireo, Warbling Vireo, Gray Catbird, Baltimore Oriole and 11 species of warblers: Tennessee, Nashville, Yellow, Black-throated Blue, Black-throated Green, Pine, Palm, Black-and-white, American Redstart and Ovenbird, along with the now ubiquitous Yellow-rumped's. A Wood Thrush was reported from Green's Creek north of the NCC greenhouses on the 7th, Northern Waterthrushes were heard along Berry Side Rd. near Dunrobin on the 8th, a Cape May Warbler was seen in Carp on the 6th, an Orange-crowned Warbler was reported from the Mer Bleue on the 5th, and a male Bay-breasted Warbler was reported from Dow's Lake back on April 30th. Chimney Swifts and all 6 species of swallows are now present. The 1st reports of Marsh Wren and Black Tern came from the Marais aux Grenouillettes west of Masson, Quebec on the 6th, and White-crowned Sparrows were in Britannia and Dunrobin on the 8th. Single male Ruddy Ducks were observed at Shirley's Bay and at the large pond at the east end of Earl Armstrong Rd. at High Rd. Otherwise, very few waterfowl other than numerous Canada Geese (which now seem to be nesting everywhere) have been seen on the local ponds and rivers. In local raptor reports, Merlins were seen in the Rothwell Heights, Carlingwood and Carlington areas this past week, and individual Peregrine Falcons were observed at Britannia on the 3rd and from Tunney's Pasture on the 6th. Gallinaceous birds of interest were 2 Gray Partridge at French Hill Rd. and O'Toole Rd. north of Navan on May 1st and a breeding plumaged male Wild Turkey was on March Valley Rd. on the 7th. Virginia Rail, Sora, Common Moorhen, and American Coot have been reported from most of the local marshes since May 1st. Two Sandhill Cranes were seen along Milton Rd. southeast of Carlsbad Springs on the 5th. Shorebird reports remain slim, but Spotted Sandpipers are on the increase in many locations, and several Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs and 15 Wilson's Phalaropes were at the Embrun sewage lagoons on May 5th. Two Upland Sandpipers were seen on Findlay Rd. off Hwy 148 near Masson, Quebec. Late lingerers included a blue-morph Snow Goose on the aforementioned pond on Earl Armstrong Rd. on the 7th, a female Long-tailed Duck on the Ottawa River at Shirley's Bay on May 6th along with several Common Goldeneye, and a Glaucous Gull at the Nepean Equestrian Park west of Moodie Dr. on the 6th. Early arrivals were 2 male Bobolinks flying over Rifle Rd. south of Shirley's Bay also on the 6th. Thank you - Good Birding! - End transcript
