- RBA
* Ontario
* Ottawa/Gatineau
* 14 January 2008
* ONOT0801.14
- Birds mentioned
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Common Merganser
GRAY PARTRIDGE
Ruffed Grouse
Wild Turkey
Bald Eagle
Northern Goshawk
Golden Eagle
Iceland Gull
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER
BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER
Common Raven
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Pine Grosbeak
Common Redpoll
Hoary Redpoll
Evening Grosbeak
- Transcript
hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
date: 14 January 2008
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 @ 5:00 pm, MONDAY JANUARY 14, 2008
This is Chris Lewis reporting.
A week of weird weather with rain and record high temperatures on
January 7th and extremely strong winds on the 9th decimated the nearly
Himalayan snowbanks and raised the water levels on the Ottawa River as
well as other wet areas. One of the female HARLEQUIN DUCKS was still
present on the 12th above the Deschenes rapids in Britannia Bay but was
much harder to spot among the Common Goldeneye. A pair of Bufflehead
was in the rapids the same day, and a handful of Common Mergansers
were below the rapids near the Quebec side.
Blue skies and lack of snow in Gatineau Park on the 13th before the clouds
and snow moved in again, provided excellent viewing conditions, and in
addition to at least 4 Bald Eagles, an adult Golden Eagle, an adult Northern
Goshawk and several Common Ravens, a female AMERICAN THREE-TOED
WOODPECKER was found along the Eardley-Masham Rd. north of Ramsay
Lake. Eight Wild Turkeys were below the escarpment, and 8 GRAY
PARTRIDGE, 3 Rough-legged Hawks and an American Kestrel were in the
Breckenridge area the same day. Very few birds were in the bush, however,
even in the northern reaches of the 50K - only a single Common Redpoll and
a few Evening Grosbeaks were reported. Small numbers of these species as
well as Pine Grosbeaks continue to be seen throughout our area.
Several thousand gulls roosting on the ice at the large quarry pond on
Moodie Dr. south of Trail Rd. included in excess of 20 Iceland, 30 Glaucous
and 450 Great Black-backed Gulls. The Jack Pine Trail hosted a male
BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER near the OFNC feeders on the 11th and 13th.
Several interesting birds that were all first reported back in December,
continue to linger as of the 12th - a Tufted Titmouse in Forest Park
(Embrun), a
Carolina Wren in the Graham Park / Qualicum area, a TOWNSEND'S
SOLITAIRE in Parkwood Hills, and a Gray Catbird in Constance Bay. Two
Northern Mockingbirds were seen this week - the bird near the railroad
tracks between Nestow Dr. and Parkside Cr. was still here on the 14th, and
another bird discovered southeast of Island Park Dr. near the bus Transit way
was still present as of the 10th. A Hoary Redpoll in the Shirley's
Bay area is still
being seen regularly with a flock of Common Redpolls and the ridiculously
tame Ruffed Grouse which is probably a "pet" of one of the residents in this
area.
Thank you - Good Birding!
- End transcript
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