- RBA * Ontario * Ottawa/Gatineau * 10 June 2006 * ONOT0606.10
- Birds mentioned American Bittern Black-crowned Night-Heron Brant Ring-necked Duck Ruddy Duck Bald Eagle GOLDEN EAGLE Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover Upland Sandpiper Ruddy Turnstone Semipalmated Sandpiper Wilson's Phalarope Bonaparte's Gull Black Tern Black-billed Cuckoo Swainson's Thrush Golden-winged Warbler Palm Warbler Wilson's Warbler Canada Warbler Lincoln's Sparrow - Transcript hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club date: 10 June 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 @ 5:30 pm, SATURDAY JUNE 10, 2006. This is Chris Lewis reporting. With spring migration mostly over and the local breeding bird season now in full swing, only a few reports were received this week. Unexpected sightings included an adult Bald Eagle and an unprecedented 1st-year GOLDEN EAGLE, both seen west of Dunrobin on the 4th, and a very vocal and somewhat out-of-place Wilson's Warbler in Carlington Heights on the 6th. A nice find on June 2nd was a Palm Warbler on territory in the Mere Bleu bog, near the two benches along the boardwalk. The "eastern" or"yellow" race of this species (which is rare in eastern Ontario) breeds in this area, as do Lincoln's Sparrows which were also noted here again on the 2nd. The Embrun, St. Albert and Russell sewage lagoons were very quiet during a recent visit, with the only noteworthy birds being a lone Brant still present at Embrun on the 4th along with a single male Ring-necked Duck and 3 male Ruddy Ducks. Wilson's Phalaropes are again breeding here, as well as at St. Albert. However, the Almonte lagoons produced single Black-bellied and Semipalmated Plovers and a Ruddy Turnstone as well as 35-40 Semipalmated Sandpipers on the 10th. A few Brant are still migrating through, with a flock of 10 seen on the Quebec side of the Ottawa River west of the Champlain bridge on the 7th. Also in Quebec, in the Marais aux Grenouillettes west of Masson, 6 American Bitterns and at least 2 dozen Black Terns were noted on the 4th. Single Black-crowned Night-Herons were observed at Mud Lake in Britannia on the 8th and at Lemieux Island on the 10th, and the numbers of Bonaparte's Gulls on the river off Britannia Point dwindled to 14 and then zero by the 10th. Other reports of uncommon local breeding species included Upland Sandpiper, seen again along Franktown Rd. south of the town of Richmond, Black-billed Cuckoos in various locations, at least 3 Golden-winged Warblers heard and seen on territory along the railroad tracks east of Huntmar Dr. near the hydro line crossing on the 4th, and on the 9th, 5 species of thrushes including Swainson's, and 11 species of warblers including Canada, were all singing along the trail network off the Champlain Lookout in Gatineau Park. Thank you - Good Birding! - End transcript
