- RBA * Ontario * Ottawa/Gatineau * 15 December 2007 * ONOT0712.15
- Birds mentioned Lesser Scaup HARLEQUIN DUCK Long-tailed Duck Bufflehead BARROW'S GOLDENEYE GRAY PARTRIDGE Wild Turkey Snowy Owl Yellow-bellied Sapsucker BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER Northern Shrike Horned Lark Carolina Wren GRAY CATBIRD Bohemian Waxwing Cedar Waxwing White-throated Sparrow White-throated Sparrow OREGON JUNCO Lapland Longspur Snow Bunting Common Redpoll HOARY REDPOLL - Transcript hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club date: 15 December 2007 Number: 613-860-9000 For the status line PRESS * (star) To report bird sightings, PRESS 1 (one) Rare bird alerts are now included in the introductory message 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 @ 9:30 am, SATURDAY DECEMBER 15, 2007 This is Chris Lewis reporting. Several interesting reports came in this past week, so here's an update before tomorrow's Ottawa-Gatineau Christmas Bird Count. On the 14th, a female HARLEQUIN DUCK was discovered on the Ottawa River north of Bate Island and east of the Champlain bridge. It was best seen from the Quebec side and was still present as of at least 4:00 pm. Other noteworthy ducks in this location as well as farther west at Deschenes included a single Lesser Scaup and a couple of Long-tailed Ducks and Bufflehead. On the 9th a male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was still on the Rideau River and was seen near the Hwy 417 overpass. Eight GRAY PARTRIDGE were spotted at Ste-Rose Rd. and Concession #20 east of Casselman on the 9th. A Snowy Owl was still present at Conc. #19 and many Snow Buntings along with perhaps a dozen Horned Larks and a Lapland Longspur were in the same area on the same day. At least 16 Wild Turkeys were noted at Rideau and Limebank Rds. also on the 9th. An unintentionally belated report of a female BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER came from Gatineau Park back on Nov. 24th, by the new ski shelter along Trail #50 near Herridge. On Dec. 13th there was a report of an extremely late Yellow-bellied Sapsucker at the Fletcher Wildlife Garden, along with a single Cedar Waxwing among several hundred Bohemian Waxwings. The OREGON JUNCO and a White-throated Sparrow were still at the Fletcher feeders the same day. Not many reports of Northern Shrikes have come in since the fall, however one was seen along Diamondview Rd. on the 9th. A Carolina Wren was present for at least 3 days until Dec. 11th and is likely still around in the Graham Park / Qualcomm neighbourhood between Beaumaris Dr. and Esquimault Ave. A very late GRAY CATBIRD discovered in Constance Bay during the 1st week of December was still hanging out at a feeder on Goodin St. as well as sheltering in cedar hedges and a garage on the 14th. A White-throated Sparrow was also seen at #100 Rothwell Dr. on the 13th, and two feeders along Torbolton Ridge Rd. southwest of Constance Bay continue to host good numbers of Common Redpolls, with up to 100 at #4544 and a single HOARY REDPOLL with a flock of 30 Common's at #4670 Torbolton Ridge on the 12th. 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/information/ontbirdssetup.php ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdsguide.php
