- RBA * Ontario * Ottawa/Gatineau * 16 September 2007 * ONOT0709.16
- Birds mentioned Greater White-fronted Goose Snow Goose Great Egret American Coot Sandhill Crane Black-bellied Plover American Golden-Plover Semipalmated Plover Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Sanderling Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Dunlin Stilt Sandpiper Bonaparte's Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull SABINE'S GULL Ruby-throated Hummingbird Philadelphia Vireo Carolina Wren Winter Wren GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH Hermit Thrush Wood Thrush Tennessee Warbler Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Magnolia Warbler Cape May Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Pine Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Wilson's Warbler - Transcript hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club date: 16 September 2007 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 & transcriber: Chris Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] internet: Gordon Pringle [EMAIL PROTECTED] THE OFNC BIRD STATUS LINE @ 7:30 pm, SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 16, 2007 This is Chris Lewis reporting. Most of the local excitement this week was caused by the discovery of a juvenile SABINE'S GULL at the Deschenes rapids on the Ottawa River on the evening of the 12th. It was seen feeding with Bonaparte's Gulls from both the Ontario and Quebec sides of the river, and was present until the evening of the 13th. A Greater White-fronted Goose in one of the ponds at Andrew Haydon Park on the 13th was a surprise, and is possibly a 1st September record for Ottawa - the bird was last reported on the afternoon of the 14th. Six Greater Snow Geese were seen again at the large quarry pond on Moodie Dr. south of Trail Rd. on the 14th as well as 2 American Coots and a good variety of ducks. Great Egrets continued to be seen at various locations during the past week, including Shirley's Bay, Mud Lake in Britannia, Bruce Pit on Cedarview Rd., and the west end of Andrew Haydon Park - 2 were at the Andrew Haydon site on the 16th. A Sandhill Crane flew over Andrew Haydon Park on the 14th. Shorebird numbers remain low. Again, almost none were at the eastern sewage lagoons on the 14th. Four American Golden Plovers were at the Petersen Sod Farms southeast of Osgoode on the 12th, and one Golden Plover was with 2 Black-bellied Plovers at the east end of Andrew Haydon Park on the 15th and 16th. Other species along the river at Andrew Haydon this weekend included Sanderling, Pectoral Sandpiper and Dunlin. The Richmond Conservation Area (former sewage lagoons) still had pretty good shorebird habitat on the 16th and 7 species were noted here including Semipalmated Plover, Greater & Lesser Yellowlegs, and Semipalmated, Least, and Stilt Sandpiper. The Almonte lagoons west of Ottawa had 1 American Golden Plover and 3 Sanderlings, also on the 16th. At least 8 Lesser Black-backed Gulls were in the Deschenes rapids on the 13th and a single bird was still at Andrew Haydon on the 16th. Several Ruby-throated Hummingbirds were reported this week from various locations, but not much has changed in the number or variety of migrant songbirds. A Philadelphia Vireo and a Winter Wren at Britannia on the 16th were noteworthy, as was a GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH in the woods behind Pontiac St. east of Island Park Dr. on the 14th. On the 13th a Carolina Wren was seen near the recreational pathway at the north end of Scrivens St. A few Hermit Thrushes have been reported here & there, and a Wood Thrush was in the Shirley's Bay woods on the 12th. Warblers on the 15th and 16th were pretty much the same in terms of species and numbers, as they've been for the past couple of weeks, and included Tennessee, Northern Parula, Yellow, Magnolia, Black-throated Green, Cape May, Pine, Blackpoll and Wilson's. Thank you - Good Birding! - End transcript _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdshow.htm ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm
