- RBA * Ontario * Ottawa/Gatineau * 13 November 2006 * ONOT0611.13
- Birds mentioned RED-THROATED LOON COMMON LOON Double-crested Cormorant Greater White-fronted Goose Snow Goose Brant Canvasback Black Scoter Bald Eagle Golden Eagle Peregrine Falcon Wild Turkey SANDHILL CRANE Bonaparte's Gull Thayer's Gull Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Glaucous Gull THREE-TOED WOODPECKER BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER Gray Catbird Northern Shrike Eastern Towhee Lapland Longspur Snow Bunting Red Crossbill White-winged Crossbill - Transcript hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club date: 13 November 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 @ 4:30 pm, MONDAY NOVEMBER 13, 2006 This is Chris Lewis reporting. A significant movement of northern birds dominated the local scene this week. On Nov. 7th, at least 1 Greater White-fronted Goose and 31 mostly adult Snow Geese were in a field off Brophy Dr. south of Moodie Dr. On the 8th, 12 Brant arrived to become the now almost traditional fall "lawn ornaments" at Andrew Haydon and Dick Bell Parks, 4 were still here on the 13th, and an increase in the numbers of diving ducks on the Ottawa River continues, including up to 26 male Black Scoters on the 13th, and 3 male Canvasbacks off the boat launches along Grandview Rd. since the 12th. An exciting movement of loons occurred on the 13th, with a total of 178 RED-THROATED LOONS and 123 COMMON LOONS on the Ottawa River from Shirley's Bay east through to Remic Rapids. Wild Turkeys were again seen along March Valley Rd. and Kerwin Rd. on the weekend, a late Double-crested Cormorant was at Deschenes rapids on the 13th, single adult and immature Bald Eagles were at Shirley's Bay on the past 2 days, and 2 immature Golden Eagles were reported in flight from separate locations on the 12th. Two adult Peregrine Falcons, probably our local breeding pair, have been seen at the R.H. Coats building at Tunney's Pasture, a record high count of 74 SANDHILL CRANES were feeding in the fields on the west side of Milton Rd. northeast of Carlsbad Springs on the 13th, and a visit to the Embrun sewage lagoons on the 9th produced approx. 20 very late Bonaparte's Gulls. The 1st seasonal reports of 2 Iceland Gulls came from the Trail Rd. Landfill environs on the 9th, along with an immature Thayer's Gull, 3 adult Lesser Black-backed Gulls and a Glaucous Gull. Since last weekend, additional reports of both American Three-toed and BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS have come in. A male Three-toed was seen at Vances Side Rd. near Dunrobin on the 8th, and 2 Black- backed's were found in the Pinhey Forest off Slack Rd. between Merivale Rd. and Woodroffe Ave. the same day. Both species were seen again along the Kerwin Rd. trail northwest of Kanata again on the 12th and 13th. Noteworthy passerines included a Northern Shrike at Dolman Ridge Rd. on the 9th, an extremely late Gray Catbird in a yard on Quigley Hill Rd. in Cumberland from the 4th to at least the 10th. Good numbers of Lapland Longspurs have been reported among flocks of several hundred Snow Buntings in agricultural fields both east and west of Ottawa since the 7th. A very late Eastern Towhee was on the Kerwin Rd. trail on the 13th, and a recent flight of finches included 6 Red Crossbills at Kerwin on the 6th and a dozen White-winged Crossbills here on the 12th. Thank you - Good Birding! - End transcript
