- RBA
* Ontario
* Ottawa/Gatineau
* 19 May 2008
* ONOT0805.19
- Birds mentioned
Snow Goose
Brant
White-winged Scoter
Solitary Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Upland Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Dunlin
RUFF
Bonaparte's Gull
Red-eyed Vireo
Sedge Wren
Swainson's Thrush
Golden-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
PALM WARBLER
Bay-breasted Warbler
American Redstart
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Indigo Bunting
Pine Siskin
- Transcript
hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
date: 19 May 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 MAY 19, 2008
This is Chris Lewis reporting.
Mostly warm temperatures and sunshine made for a very pleasant week
and holiday weekend
for getting out and enjoying the birds that continue to arrive or
move through. The forecast rain
and unsettled weather did not materialize until Victoria Day and, as
of the time of this report,
here's the latest from our area:
The breeding-plumaged RUFF in the Marais des Laiches East on the
Quebec side of the
Ottawa River has not been reported since May 12th. A late Snow Goose
was seen at the
Embrun sewage lagoons on the 16th, and the first Brant of the season
was a lone bird
(probably wondering where all his buddies were?) at Shirley's Bay the
same day, along with
4 White-winged Scoters.
A couple of good locations for shorebirds on the 16th were the St.
Albert lagoons (Least and
Semipalmated Sandpiper were reported along with Greater and Lesser
Yellowlegs and Dunlin),
and the small ponds along March Valley Rd. west of Klondike Rd. (6
spp. were seen here,
including a Solitary Sandpiper, 4 Lesser Yellowlegs, 20 Least
Sandpipers and a single Dunlin).
The first local report of Upland Sandpiper came from a field near the
intersection of Dunrobin
and Constance Bay Rds. on the 18th, and an immature Bonaparte's Gull
was seen flying down
the Ottawa River at Shirley's Bay on the 17th.
Visits to the Waterfall and Champlain Lookout trails in Gatineau Park
on the 14th produced
several of the regular expected breeders singing on territory.
Red-eyed Vireo, Swainson's
Thrush and Indigo Bunting were noted in various locations on the
17th, and on the 18th at
least one Sedge Wren was very vocal along Torbolton Ridge Rd. near
the railroad tracks.
Among the 24 spp. of warblers that have now been reported from a
variety of locations,
Golden-winged, Tennessee, Bay-breasted, Wilson's and Canada were new
since the 15th, with
some migrants and residents appearing in good numbers. American
Redstarts and Magnolia
Warblers seem to have replaced the Yellow-rumped's in terms of
quantity. Eight species of
sparrows including Clay-coloured, Field, Vesper and Grasshopper are
now on territory south of
the international airport and were actively competing in a mid-day
chorus on the 18th.
Interesting arrivals back on territory in the Mer Bleue Conservation
Area as of at least the 18th
were a singing male of the eastern or "yellow" race of PALM WARBLER,
and a Lincoln's
Sparrow. Pine Siskins - a species that has been virtually absent this
year - were reported from
feeders in a couple of neighbourhoods on both the Ontario and Quebec
sides on the 16th and 17th.
Thank you - Good Birding!
- End transcript
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