- RBA * Ontario * Ottawa/Gatineau * 28 August 2005 * ONOT0508.28
- Birds mentioned GREAT EGRET Bald Eagle Black-bellied Plover American Golden Plover Whimbrel RED KNOT Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Wilson's Phalarope Ring-billed Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Caspian Tern Great Horned Owl Common Nighthawk Red-headed Woodpecker Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler Northern Parula Cape May Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-and-white Warbler Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Wilson's Warbler Scarlet Tanager Rose-breasted Grosbeak Baltimore Oriole Purple Finch - Transcript hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club date: 28 August 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 - SUN AUG 28, 2005 AT 7:00 PM This is Chris Lewis reporting. The highlight of the week was an increase in the number of GREAT EGRETS at Shirley's Bay. As of Aug. 27th, there are now 6 birds, equalling the record high number seen last year in exactly same location. Shorebird species and numbers continue to change on an almost daily basis, with 15 species found along the Ottawa River from Andrew Haydon Park through to Constance Bay on the 27th and 28th including single Black-bellied and American Golden Plovers at Andrew Haydon Park, a Whimbrel at Shirley's Bay on the evening of the 28th, as well as small numbers of Semipalmated, Least, White- rumped and Baird's Sandpipers at various points along the river on the 28th. 7 Pectoral Sandpipers and 6 Stilt Sandpipers were at Shirley's Bay on the 27th. A Wilson's Phalarope was here on the 25th and another was present on the 28th. For permission to access the Shirley's Bay causeway, please call the Range Control office at (613) 991-5740. Since the 17th, 2 juvenile RED KNOTS have been happily feeding along the Ottawa River between Andrew Haydon Park and Lakeside Gardens. They were still present on the 28th, and seem to prefer the mud flats at the north end of Scrivens St. Please do not block the residential laneways. An adult Lesser Black-backed Gull was seen from the pier at Lakeside Gardens on the 27th, and a Caspian Tern was with Ring- billed Gulls at the Petersen Sod Farm south of the town of Osgoode on the morning of the 28th. A Great Horned Owl was seen and heard in the Britannia woods on the evening of the 26th, and 30 Common Nighthawks were flying in the evening in the village of Carp on the 25th. On the 22nd, the pair of adult Red-headed Woodpeckers were seen with 3 juveniles in the area where they nested again this year in Constance Bay. Going further back to the 20th, an adult Bald Eagle was seen along the Ottawa River on the Quebec side at Quyon. Songbird reports remain somewhat thin, with a few noteworthy sightings. A Blue-gray Gnatcatcher was found on a private property in Carp on the 25th. Fifteen species of warblers in low numbers were reported from various locations over the past week including an early Orange-crowned Warbler at Britannia, as well as Nashville, Northern Parula, Cape May, Blackburnian, Blackpoll, Black-and-white, Ovenbird, Northern Waterthrush and Wilson's. Scarlet Tanagers, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks and Baltimore Orioles continue to be seen at Britannia, and Purple Finches have been noted here and at Shirley's Bay since the 25th. Thank you - Good Birding! - End transcript
