- RBA * Ontario * Ottawa/Gatineau * 24 September 2006 * ONOT0609.24
- Birds mentioned GREAT EGRET SNOW GOOSE Turkey Vulture Wild Turkey SANDHILL CRANE Black-bellied Plover AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Spotted Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Dunlin LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Carolina Wren Winter Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Blue-headed Vireo ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER Nashville Warbler Northern Parula Chestnut-sided Warbler Magnolia Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Scarlet Tanager Rose-breasted Grosbeak Lincoln's Sparrow White-throated Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow - Transcript hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club date: 24 September 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 @ 5:30pm SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 24, 2006. This is Chris Lewis reporting. A good variety of migrants were reported over the past week. Both north and south were represented by "big white birds" - 5 Snow Geese were at the large quarry pond on Moodie Dr. south of Trail Rd. on the 19th, and 2 GREAT EGRETS were still at Shirley's Bay on the 21st. East of Ottawa, 17 SANDHILL CRANES were spotted on the 20th at a sod farm along Peat Moss Rd. south of Alfred. While on the subject of big birds, 10 Wild Turkeys were resting near the shed by the Sherman Tank on Shirley Blvd. on the 22nd, and the lone Wild Turkey of Britannia is still around - most recently seen on the 21st and 24th, strolling on the lawn near the water purification plant as well as in the woods. In shorebird reports, 4 AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVERS were at the west end of Andrew Haydon Park on the 22nd and at least 2 were still here on the 23rd. Eight species were at Shirley's Bay on the 22nd including 2 Black-bellied Plovers, a few Greater and approx. 20 Lesser Yellowlegs, 1 each of rather late Spotted and Least Sandpipers, 3 Pectoral Sandpiper and a Dunlin. An interesting shoreline sighting was of 4 Turkey Vultures eating gull carcasses on the sandbar at the east end of Andrew Haydon Park, also on the 22nd, and a record number of 21 mostly adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were counted in the Deschenes rapids between Britannia and Deschenes, Quebec, on the 21st. A family of Carolina Wrens continues to frequent a property on Stillwater Dr. near the Nepean Sailing Club. Several Yellow- bellied Sapsuckers, Blue-headed Vireos and Winter Wrens were observed at Britannia and Shirley's Bay over the past few days, Golden-crowned Kinglets have begun to appear along with increasing numbers of Ruby-crowned Kinglets, and up to 11 species of warblers could still be found at both locations as well. Orange-crowned, Nashville, Northern Parula, Chestnut-sided, Magnolia, Black- throated Blue, and Black-throated Green were noted among the multitudes of Yellow-rumped Warblers. The expected influx of White-throated Sparrows has begun, Lincoln's and White-crowned Sparrows were seen at Shirley's Bay on the 22nd, and two late species, Scarlet Tanager and Rose-breasted Grosbeak, were on the ridge at Britannia the same day. Thank you - Good Birding! - End transcript
