For the record : this am at Reesor pond - 5 Baird's sandpipers that flew off after 20mins of watching them - a flight of 23 Semi-palmated sandpipers came in on their heels - newly arrived, they actively fed and preened - some peeps and semi-palmated plovers still frequent the Bypass ponds, even as they are being drained and filled in - lots of other species are nesting for the first time around the pond whose environs are now planted with many trees indigenous to the area - cheers - Stan Long From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon May 29 14:08:49 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from mx1.magma.ca (mx1-4.spamtrap.magma.ca [209.217.78.155]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4685F63C9A for <[email protected]>; Mon, 29 May 2006 14:08:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail2.magma.ca (mail2.internal.magma.ca [10.0.10.12]) by mx1.magma.ca (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k4TI7ugM001426; Mon, 29 May 2006 14:07:57 -0400 Received: from oemcomputer.magma.ca (ottawa-hs-209-217-84-176.d-ip.magma.ca [209.217.84.176]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail2.magma.ca (Magma's Mail Server) with ESMTP id k4TI7rPJ018473; Mon, 29 May 2006 14:07:54 -0400 Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 14:08:34 -0400 To: [email protected] From: Gordon Pringle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-magma-MailScanner-Information: Magma Mailscanner Service X-magma-MailScanner: Clean X-Spam-Status: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-4.399, required 9, ALL_TRUSTED, BAYES_00) Subject: [Ontbirds]Ottawa/Gatineau 28May06... Red-necked Phalarope, Arctic Tern, Brewster's Warbler X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 18:08:49 -0000
- RBA * Ontario * Ottawa/Gatineau * 28 May 2006 * ONOT0605.28 - Birds mentioned Snow Goose Brant Mallard White-winged Scoter Broad-winged Hawk Peregrine Falcon Semipalmated Plover Upland Sandpiper Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Dunlin Wilson's Phalarope RED-NECKED PHALAROPE Bonaparte's Gull ARCTIC TERN Black Tern Black-billed Cuckoo Red-headed Woodpecker Golden-winged Warbler BREWSTER'S WARBLER Cape May Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Wilson's Warbler Canada Warbler Eastern Towhee Clay-colored Sparrow Field Sparrow Grasshopper Sparrow - Transcript hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club date: 28 May 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 @ 10:00 pm, SUNDAY MAY 28, 2006 This is Chris Lewis reporting. As of the 28th, a pair of Greater Snow Geese was still at the Embrun sewage lagoons, and a single Snow Goose was also still in a field at the corner of Carling Ave. and Herzberg Rd. as of at least the 24th. A lone 1st-summer Brant was at the Embrun sewage lagoons from the 26th to the 28th, as well as at least 12 Wilson's Phalaropes and a pair of Upland Sandpipers, 4 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES were seen here on the 24th, and up to 8 Black Terns were here from the 25th to the 28th. The St. Albert lagoons hosted 7 species of shorebirds on the weekend including 10 White-rumped Sandpipers (a high number here in spring) and one female RED- NECKED PHALAROPE. The habitat at the Russell sewage lagoons has changed due to dredging work, but 7 species of shorebirds were feeding happily here on the 27th, with 30 Semipalmated Plovers, 5 Semipalmated, 45 Least and 2 White-rumped Sandpipers and 5 Dunlin dominating the scene. Another Upland Sandpiper was seen on the 27th along Franktown Rd. near the turn-off to Munster Rd. On the Ottawa River on the 25th, a flock of approx. 15-20 probable ARCTIC TERNS was seen flying up the Ottawa River from Britannia Point as well as Shirley's Bay, 4 White-winged Scoters were on the river below the Deschenes rapids on the morning of the 26th, and approx. a dozen Bonaparte's Gulls were hawking insects at this location later the same afternoon. While on the subject of the Britannia area, other noteworthy birds around Mud Lake were a Black-billed Cuckoo on the 27th, Wilson's and Canada Warblers on the 26th, and Blackpoll Warblers were reported from several locations this past week. A report from the Larose forest on the 28th included a Broad-winged Hawk and 18 species of warblers including at least 3 Cape May. In other noteworthy reports, a Peregrine Falcon was seen feeding on a Mallard in a field near the corner of Moodie Dr. and Barnsdale Rd. on the morning of the 28th, and later on the same day (during the height of our sunny plus-29-degree C. weather), no less than 5 Red-headed Woodpeckers were seen and heard in the old burn area along Whistler St. in Constance Bay. A male BREWSTER'S WARBLER was still exhibiting very territorial behaviour in a willow swale along the Thomas Dolan Parkway west of Stonecrest Dr. on the 27th, and 3 Golden-winged Warblers were singing along the railroad tracks east off Huntmar Dr. the same day. Finally, in the sparrow department, Eastern Towhees and Field Sparrows were very vocal in the Carp Hills on the 28th, and 2 Clay-coloured and 4 Grasshopper Sparrows were reported along with the more common species that breed in the fields off Leitrim Rd. south of the international airport. Thank you - Good Birding! - End transcript
