- RBA * Ontario * Ottawa/Gatineau * 09 October 2005 * ONOT0510.09
- Birds mentioned Snow Goose Redhead Ring-necked Duck Lesser Scaup White-winged Scoter Ruddy Duck Osprey Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk American Coot Black-bellied Plover American Golden Plover Semipalmated Plover White-rumped Sandpiper Dunlin Winter Wren Ruby-crowned Kinglet Gray-cheeked Thrush Hermit Thrush Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler Northern Parula Black-throated Blue Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Palm Warbler Black-and-white Warbler Ovenbird Indigo Bunting American Tree Sparrow Fox Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Rusty Blackbird White-winged Crossbill Evening Grosbeak - Transcript hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club date: 09 October 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 OCT 09 2005 AT 7:00 PM This is Chris Lewis reporting. Record high temperatures in the early part of last week were brought back down to normal by a cold front, stimulating lots of bird activity. In the Britannia Conservation Area over the past week, up to 10 species of waterfowl have been reported on Mud Lake including an unusual sight of at least 10 Redhead gorging themselves on snails in the pond on the 8th. Numbers of Ring-necked Ducks and Lesser Scaup continue to build up in our region, and additional waterfowl sightings included 17 Snow Geese and 14 Ruddy Ducks at a large pond on the east side of Moodie Dr. south of Trail Rd. on the 9th, and White-winged Scoters were again reported on the Ottawa River heading west from Britannia the same day. Also on the 9th at the Moodie Dr. pond there were 4 American Coots. A nice flight of raptors noted over Britannia on the 8th included all 3 species of accipiters, 2 Red-shouldered and at least 12 Red- tailed Hawks migrating high overhead in the northeast wind. A late Osprey was seen in Manotick on the 7th. Among the small numbers of shorebirds at Shirley's Bay on the 9th were 3 Black- bellied Plovers, 1 American Golden Plover, and 2 Semipalmated Plovers, as well as 3 White-rumped Sandpipers and 4 Dunlin. The Ottawa birding "hot-spots", especially Britannia, were hopping with songbirds throughout the week. Gray-cheeked Thrushes were still moving through from the 3rd through the 5th. Winter Wrens, Ruby-crowned Kinglets and Hermit Thrushes were commonly encountered in good numbers over the past week, and several warbler and sparrow species were also present all over the region. Among the ubiquitous Yellow-rumped Warblers there were also Orange-crowned, Nashville, Northern Parula, Black-throated Blue, Black-throated Green, Palm, Black-and-white, and Ovenbird. A very late Indigo Bunting was seen at Britannia on the 8th. Sparrow sightings were dominated by 100's of White-throated Sparrows and Dark-eyed Juncos. Also of note were a Lincoln's Sparrow and the 1st reports of American Tree Sparrow and Fox Sparrow on the 8th. Rusty Blackbirds were seen in the Clyde Ave. woods and Britannia from the 4th through the 8th. More signs of the coming colder season were a White-winged Crossbill at Britannia on the 8th and an Evening Grosbeak at a feeder in Manotick on both days this weekend. The Ottawa-Gatineau Fall Bird Count will be held next weekend Oct. 15 to 16th. For the Ontario side, please contact Eve Ticknor at 737-7551 or e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] For the Quebec sectors, please contact Daniel St-Hilaire at 776-0860. Thank you - Happy Thanksgiving...and Good Birding! - End transcript
