- RBA * Ontario * Ottawa/Gatineau * 02 September 2005 * ONOT0509.02
- Birds mentioned Great Egret Redhead Black-bellied Plover American Golden Plover Semipalmated Plover Hudsonian Godwit Ruddy Turnstone Sanderling White-rumped Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Common Nighthawk American Pipit Nashville Warbler Northern Parula Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Palm Warbler Ovenbird Chipping Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco - Transcript hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club date: 02 September 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 - FRI SEP 02 2005 AT 7:00 PM This is Chris Lewis reporting. The most exciting day this week was Aug. 31st, when heavy rains grounded several shorebirds, and large numbers of some species were found along the Ottawa River. At Shirley's Bay early in the morning there were 53 HUDSONIAN GODWITS, all of which had evidently departed by mid-day. Along the river from Shirley's Bay east to Britannia, 9 species were reported including 22 Black- bellied Plovers, 46 Semipalmated Plovers, 3 Ruddy Turnstones, 1 White-rumped, 1 Baird's, 36 Pectoral and 1 Stilt Sandpiper. At Constance Bay the same morning there were 30 Sanderlings and 1 American Golden Plover. Other birds at Constance Bay on the 31st included a Redhead and 2 American Pipits. Seven American Pipits were at this location on Aug. 28th. On Sept. 1st the mudflats at the north end of Scrivens St. still had 1 Black-bellied Plover, 1 Ruddy Turnstone and 1 Baird's Sandpiper, and at Shirley's Bay one of the Great Egrets was seen as well as 2 Stilt Sandpipers. Lots of songbird activity was noted on the "ridge" in the Britannia Conservation Area on the morning of the 1st, but species diversity was low. Seven species of warblers found here consisted mainly of Nashville, Yellow-rumped and Black-throated Green, with a few Blackburnian, Palm, Northern Parula and Ovenbird. Small numbers of Chipping and White-throated Sparrows and Dark-eyed Juncos were also present, and on the 30th a Common Nighthawk was observed sleeping on a telephone wire along Britannia Rd. in mid- day. The annual Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club "Seedathon" will be conducted this Sunday Sept. 4th. For more information about the Seedathon please check the OFNC web site at www.ofnc.ca Thank you - Good Birding! - End transcript
