Ontario Ottawa/Gatineau 16 June 2008 Birds mentioned:
Common Loon Pied-billed Grebe HORNED GREBE American Bittern Common Moorhen SANDHILL CRANE BALD EAGLE PEREGRINE FALCON Upland Sandpiper CASPIAN TERN Black Tern Common Nighthawk Whip-poor-will RED-HEADED WOODPECKER Sedge Wren Marsh Wren Golden-winged Warbler Hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club Phone number: 613-860-9000 For the bird status line PRESS * (star) To report bird sightings PRESS 1 (one) Rare bird alerts are now included in the introductory message Coverage: Ottawa/Gatineau (Canada Natinal Capital Region), E. Ontario, W. Quebec Compiler & transcriber: Chris Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] THE OFNC BIRD STATUS LINE @ 6:30 pm, MONDAY JUNE 16, 2008. This is Chris Lewis reporting. A typically quiet week for this time of year, with summer-like weather and most reports involving common breeding species. Not so common was a CASPIAN TERN at the large quarry pond on Moodie Dr. south of Trail Rd. on the 11th. The disappearance of the tern at around 4:30 pm coincided with the arrival of another unexpected visitor - an immature BALD EAGLE. An unusual location for a Common Loon on the 12th was the Ottawa River between Remic rapids and the Champlain bridge; an out-of-place bird was also noted on the Rideau River at Mooney's Bay and near Shirley's Bay back on the 3rd and 4th. The breeding-plumaged HORNED GREBE was surprisingly still present at the Embrun lagoons as of the 12th, and a SANDHILL CRANE was heard calling in flight from the Mer Bleue boardwalk on the 16th. As of the 14th, reports from the Crowne Plaza Hotel in downtown Ottawa indicate that the 2 PEREGRINE FALCON hatchlings are alive and well. For more information, check out the Falcon Watch page on the OFNC web site at www.ofnc.ca An Upland Sandpiper and a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER were noted again on their established territories in Constance Bay on the 11th. Other birds on territory in the Carp hills along the Thomas Dolan Parkway included Common Nighthawk, Whip-poor-will and Golden-winged Warbler, and Sedge Wrens were heard again in their breeding habitat along Torbolton Ridge Rd. near Woodlawn. Common Nighthawks were also heard on a couple of evenings last week in downtown Ottawa as well as the Lac Leamy Casino in Hull, Quebec. The Black Tern colony in the Marais aux Grenouillettes on the Quebec side of the river is once again thriving and very active this year. Also present in this area on the 15th were Pied-billed Grebe, American Bittern, Common Moorhen, Marsh Wren, and a good variety of other common marsh, field and woodland species. Thank you - Good Birding! Chris Lewis Ottawa, ON [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ 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
