- RBA
* Ontario
* Ottawa/Gatineau
* 30 September 2007
* ONOT0709.30
- Birds mentioned
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Brant
CACKLING GOOSE
Snow Goose
American Wigeon
Blue-winged Teal
Green-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Red-breasted Merganser
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Ruddy Duck
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden Plover
Semipalmated Plover Plover
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Spotted Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Dunlin
Stilt Sandpiper
Wilson's Snipe
Long-Billed Dowitcher
WESTERN SANDPIPER
Great Crested Flycatcher
Blue-headed Vireo
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
American Pipit
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Pine Warbler
Palm Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle
- Transcript
hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
date: 30 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 @ 11:0 0 pm, SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 30, 2007
This is Chris Lewis reporting.
The past week was quite dynamic in terms of bird migration. Twenty-one
species of waterfowl were observed including a Greater White-fronted
Goose at the large quarry pond along Moodie Dr. south of Trail Rd. on the
30th, a few very early Brant at Andrew Haydon Park on the Ottawa River (3
on the 27th and a flock of 36 on the 30th) and what were probably the 1st
September Ottawa records of Cackling Geese - single birds at the Moodie
Dr. pond on the 23rd and 30th, as well as on the Ottawa River at Andrew
Haydon Park on the 27th. Two Greater Snow Geese were in a field along
Eagleson Rd. and 2 were also at the Moodie Dr. pond on the 30th. Puddle
duck numbers have also started to increase, especially American Wigeon,
Blue-winged and Green-winged Teal, Northern Shoveler and Northern Pintail
in various locations. On the 27th, the Ottawa River hosted up to 17 Redhead
and over 100 Ring-necked Ducks at Shirley's Bay, and up to 22 Surf Scoters,
73 White-winged Scoters and 2 Black Scoters at points along the river from
Britannia Bay through to Shirley's Bay. Two Surf Scoters have been present off
Andrew Haydon from the 26th to the 30th. At least a dozen Common
Goldeneye were at the west end of Andrew Haydon on the 27th, 2 were still
here on the 30th, and 5 Red-breasted Mergansers flew over on the 30th as
well. The Moodie Dr. pond on the 30th had only a few diving ducks including
small numbers of Ring-necked Ducks, Lesser Scaup and Ruddy Ducks. On
27th there was a flight of at least a dozen Common Loons, 2 Horned Grebes
were on the Ottawa River west of Wendover on the 24th, Double-crested
Cormorant numbers have continued to increase as the season progresses,
and 11 Lesser Black-backed Gulls were counted at the Deschenes rapids on
the 27th.
Fourteen spp. of shorebirds have been reported since the 24th including
Black-bellied, American Golden and Semipalmated Plover, Killdeer, Greater
and Lesser Yellowlegs, Spotted, Least and Pectoral Sandpiper, Dunlin, Stilt
Sandpiper and Wilson's Snipe. The 1st seasonal report of a
Long-Billed Dowitcher
came from the Moodie Dr. pond on the 30th. A juvenile Western
Sandpiper seen on the morning of the 30th was called in to the Bird Status
Line later that evening - it was on the Quebec side, at the mouth of the
Quyon River where it empties into the Ottawa River on the west side of the
Quyon ferry dock.
In local passerine news, a Great Crested Flycatcher in a backyard in
Manotick on the 28th was somewhat late for this species. A few
Blue-headed Vireos were noted on the weekend, and Brown Creeper,
Winter Wren and Hermit Thrush were seen here & there. Large numbers of
American Robins and American Pipits were reported on the weekend, and
the 1st reports of the season of both Golden-crowned and Ruby-crowned
Kinglets came from the Britannia Conservation area on the 29th. Most of the
warblers have cleared out other than Yellow-rumped's; other species
reported this week (mostly singletons) were Nashville, Northern Parula,
Black-throated Blue, Black-throated Green, Pine, Palm, and Common
Yellowthroat. In addition to a continuing influx of White-throated and
White-crowned Sparrows, a NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW was
discovered (right on time!) at the edge of the vegetation along the
mud-flats at the
east end of Andrew Haydon Park on the 28th, and several Rusty Blackbirds
and Common Grackles were also noted over the weekend.
Thank you - Good Birding!
- End transcript
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