- RBA * Ontario * Ottawa/Gatineau * 18 September 2005 * ONOT0509.18
- Birds mentioned Pied-billed Grebe Great Egret Black-crowned Night-Heron Snow Goose Northern Pintail Northern Shoveler American Wigeon Lesser Scaup Common Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Osprey Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Northern Goshawk American Kestrel Merlin Peregrine Falcon Black-bellied Plover Black-bellied Plover Sanderling Dunlin Long-billed Dowitcher PARASITIC JAEGER FRANKLIN'S GULL Bonaparte's Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Brown Creeper Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Veery Swainson's Thrush American Pipit Blue-headed Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Tennessee Warbler Nashville Warbler Northern Parula Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-and-white Warbler American Redstart Wilson's Warbler Scarlet Tanager White-throated Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Rusty Blackbird - Transcript hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club date: 18 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 - SUN SEP 18 2005 AT 11:30 PM This is Chris Lewis reporting. Shirley's Bay was the place to be this weekend. A juvenile PARASITIC JAEGER was discovered here on Sept. 17th and was seen again from the boat launch on the 18th, performing spectacular gull-chasing displays on both days. Up to 10 Pied-billed Grebes and 5 Great Egrets were also present here on the 18th, but the waterfowl numbers are still low with only 9 common species seen here and elsewhere along the Ottawa River including a few American Wigeon, Northern Shoveler, Northern Pintail and Lesser Scaup. A juvenile Long-billed Dowitcher, the 1st of the season, was among 10 species of shorebirds at Shirley's Bay on the weekend. A nice variety of songbirds was also seen in the woods near the Shirley's Bay causeway, with Blue-headed and Philadelphia Vireos noted on the 17th. Several Brown Creepers, Golden-crowned and Ruby-crowned Kinglets, American Pipits and 10 species of warblers were noted here over the weekend including Tennessee, Nashville, Northern Parula, Yellow-rumped, Black-throated Green, Bay-breasted, Blackpoll, Black-and-white, American Redstart and Wilson's. A single Rusty Blackbird was also noted here on the 18th. For permission to access the Shirley's Bay causeway, please call the Range Control office at (613) 991-5740. The FRANKLIN'S GULL found on the Ottawa River on Sept. 10th was last reported from the north end of Scrivens St. on the 14th. Also along the River in the vicinity of Andrew Haydon Park there was an early Snow Goose on the 15th. The mudflats east of Andrew Haydon Park hosted 11 Black-bellied Plovers and the season's 1st Dunlin on the 17th. At the Des Chenes rapids below the Britannia Yacht Club on the weekend, the single female Common and Red- breasted Mergansers were still hanging out together, and there were also 4 Bonaparte's Gulls, 3 adult and 1 juvenile Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 4 Black-bellied Plovers and 1 Sanderling. Raptor sightings since the 11th included Osprey, Bald Eagle, Northern Harrier, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Northern Goshawk, American Kestrel and Merlin, mostly single birds seen along or near the Ottawa River. A Peregrine Falcon was on the north side of the R.H. Coats building at Tunney's Pasture on the 15th. Finally, immature Black-crowned Night-Herons were seen on the Rideau River at Billings Bridge on the 15th and at the Britannia Conservation Area on the 13th. Britannia was also productive for migrant songbirds over the weekend including a few warbler species as well as Veery, Swainson's Thrush, Scarlet Tanager, White- throated Sparrow and Dark-eyed Junco. Thank you - Good Birding! - End transcript
