Tree Swallows, Green-wing Teal, yellowlegs sp, Fox Sparrow and Northern Shoveller have all arrived in the area. A trip along Georgian Bay produced over 100 Long-tailed Ducks, White-winged Scoters, Horned Grebe, Red-necked Grebe, Common and Red-breasted Mergansers. House Finch, Eastern Bluebirds, American Robins and Starlings are building nests.
Good birding, Cindy Cartwright Saugeen Shores www.ontariohummingbirds.ca Other sightings: Common Loon Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe Great Blue Heron Turkey Vulture Canada Goose Tundra Swan Mute Swan Wood Duck American Wigeon Mallard Black Duck Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Blue-winged Teal Green-winged Teal Ring-necked Duck Common Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Hooded Merganser Common Goldeneye Bufflehead Lesser Scaup Greater Scaup Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Merlin American Kestrel Snowy Owl Great Horned Owl Ring-necked Pheasant Wild Turkey Sandhill Crane Wilson's Snipe American Woodcock Pileated Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Northern Flicker Eastern Phoebe Tree Swallow Golden-crowned Kinglet Varied Thrush American Robin Eastern Bluebird Eastern Meadowlark Song Sparrow American Tree Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Apr 10 11:45:50 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from mx2.magma.ca (mx2.magma.ca [206.191.0.250]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4889642B4 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 11:45:34 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail3.magma.ca (mail3.magma.ca [206.191.0.221]) by mx2.magma.ca (8.13.6/8.13.0) with ESMTP id k3AFjYsi019038; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 11:45:35 -0400 Received: from oemcomputer.magma.ca (ottawa-hs-209-217-96-78.d-ip.magma.ca [209.217.96.78]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail3.magma.ca (Magma's Mail Server) with ESMTP id k3AFjUw8008691; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 11:45:32 -0400 Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 11:45:23 -0400 To: [email protected] From: Gordon Pringle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: [Ontbirds]Ottawa/Gatineau 08Apr06... Tundra Swan, Greater White-fronted Goose, Ross's Goose, Sandhill Crane, Lesser Black-backed Gull X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 15:45:50 -0000 - RBA * Ontario * Ottawa/Gatineau * 08 April 2006 * ONOT0604.08 - Birds mentioned Pied-billed Grebe Double-crested Cormorant TUNDRA SWAN GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE Snow Goose ROSS'S GOOSE Canada Goose Wood Duck Redhead Ring-necked Duck Lesser Scaup Bufflehead Hooded Merganser Red-shouldered Hawk Wild Turkey SANDHILL CRANE Greater Yellowlegs LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL Snowy Owl Belted Kingfisher Eastern Phoebe Golden-crowned Kinglet Northern Mockingbird Vesper Sparrow Fox Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco White-winged Crossbill - Transcript hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club date: 08 April 2006 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] THE OFNC BIRD STATUS LINE @ 6:00 pm, SATURDAY APRIL 8, 2006 This is Chris Lewis reporting. Another good week in the Ottawa area, with migrants arriving and moving through. The east continued to be productive for waterfowl - at least 5 TUNDRA SWANS were still present along Milton Rd. northeast of Carlsbad Springs on the 7th, and 2 Ross's Geese were seen among a large flock of approx. 5000 - 7500 Snow Geese along Concession 20 at Ste-Rose Rd. east of Casselman on the 5th. Another large flock of Snow Geese was at Russell Rd. and Johnston Rd. east of Bourget the same day. These birds may well have moved on; there have been no further reports since this date. At least 2 SANDHILL CRANES were observed again in the fields on the west side of Milton Rd. north of Perrault Rd. on the 6th, and a Snowy Owl was again seen at Russell & Johnston Rds. on the 7th. The fields and ponds southwest of Ottawa have also been productive - the 1st local reports of a Pied-billed Grebe and a Double- crested Cormorant were at the flooded area along the Jock River south of the bridge at Twin Elm Rd. on the 8th, and a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE has been quite faithful to this location since the 2nd - it was seen again here among a flock of approx. 2000 Canada Geese on the morning of the 8th. The large pond on the east side of Moodie Dr. south of Trail Rd. had 13 spp. of waterfowl including a pair of Redhead since the 5th. The 1st local report of a Greater Yellowlegs also came from this location on the 2nd, and an adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was here on the 8th. The Ottawa River is largely open now, with ice remaining only in the shallow areas and large bays. Seven spp. of waterfowl were seen above and below the Deschenes rapids on the 8th including Wood Duck, Ring-necked Duck, Lesser Scaup, Bufflehead and Hooded Merganser. A Snowy Owl and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL were also seen on the ice of Dick Bell Park on the 2nd. In other reports of local interest, an adult Red-shouldered Hawk was at Riddell Dr. near March Valley Rd. on March 31st, a Wild Turkey was seen in (of all places!) the scrubby field on the west side of the Britannia Conservation Area on the 8th, the 1st local sighting of a Belted Kingfisher came from the Canadian Museum of Nature property on the 3rd. A singing Northern Mockingbird was heard in a backyard on or near Nestow Dr. in Nepean on the 8th - the bird was heard from the field area near the railway tracks behind the property. Migrant songbirds continue to move through with many reports from various locations of numbers of Golden- crowned Kinglets, Eastern Phoebes, Fox Sparrows, White-throated Sparrows and Dark-eyed Juncos. The 1st report of a Vesper Sparrow was from the Moodie Dr. pond on the 8th, and a female White-winged Crossbill continues to come to a feeder in Merrickville south of Ottawa as of the 7th. Thank you - Good Birding! - End transcript
