- RBA * Ontario * Ottawa/Gatineau * 23 March 2008 * ONOT0803.23
- Birds mentioned GRAY PARTRIDGE Great Blue Heron Turkey Vulture Bald Eagle Iceland Gull Glaucous Gull Northern Shrike Bohemian Waxwing Cedar Waxwing Common Grackle - Transcript hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club date: 23 March 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 @ 8:30 pm, MARCH 23, 2008 This is Chris Lewis reporting. As the seasons continue to duke it out weather-wise, a few local firsts of the year were reported on the first "official" day of spring. On the 20th a Great Blue Heron flew over Richmond at Rushmore Rd., single Turkey Vultures were seen over the Ottawa River at Tunney's Pasture as well as the Trail Rd. landfill and Laverendrye Blvd. in Gatineau, and the first report of a Common Grackle was on the 19th at a feeder on McGillivray St. near the Rideau Canal. Subsequent reports of all 3 species came in from other locations over the Easter weekend as well. The GRAY PARTRIDGES in Kanata were most recently seen near the utility buildings at #1655 Maple Grove Rd. on the 23rd and they are now beginning to pair off. Large groups of Bohemian Waxwings numbering up to 300 birds per flock were again noted in many locations during the past several days and are being joined by increasing numbers of Cedar Waxwings. Other noteworthy birds seen in our area included 2 adult Bald Eagles as well as 1 Iceland and 6 Glaucous Gulls at the Deschenes and Remic rapids of the Ottawa River on the 20th, and a Northern Shrike was singing at March Valley Rd. on the 23rd. 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
