- RBA * Ontario * Ottawa/Gatineau * 12 September 2005 * ONOT0509.12
- Birds mentioned Canada Goose Blue-winged Teal Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover Lesser Yellowlegs Sanderling Baird's Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper FRANKLIN'S GULL Barred Owl American Pipit Rusty Blackbird - Transcript hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club date: 12 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 - MON SEP 12 2005 AT 9:30 PM This is Chris Lewis reporting. An immature FRANKLIN'S GULL discovered on Sept. 10th on the Ottawa River at Bate Island was definitely the highlight in an otherwise very quite week. This gull was still present on the southwest side of Bate Island at 3:15 pm today, the 12th. The entrance to Bate Island is approx. 1/2 way across the Champlain Bridge between Ontario and Quebec. Britannia Bay, from the north end of Scrivens St. west through Andrew Haydon Park, continues to host large numbers of Blue-winged Teal among the Canada Geese and common duck species, and on the 11th there were 5 Black-bellied Plovers, 6 Semipalmated Plovers, 12 Lesser Yellowlegs, and 1 juvenile Sanderling in this general area. At Shirley's Bay on the 10th there was 1 Stilt Sandpiper and 1 Baird's Sandpiper. A strong movement of American Pipits was also noted along the Ottawa River on the weekend. Approx. 15 Rusty Blackbirds - another sign of the season to come - were seen at Mud Lake in the Britannia Conservation Area on the 10th, and on the evening of the 9th a Barred Owl was found at Meech Lake in Gatineau Park. Thank you - Good Birding! - End transcript
