Ontario Ottawa/Gatineau 29 September 2008 Birds mentioned:
Greater White-fronted Goose Snow Goose CACKLING GOOSE Redhead Surf Scoter Wild Turkey RED-THROATED LOON Bald Eagle Peregrine Falcon Black-bellied Plover American Golden Plover Semipalmated Plover Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Pectoral Sandpiper Bonaparte's Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Common Tern Barred Owl Blue-headed Vireo Brown Creeper Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Gray-cheeked Thrush Swainson's Thrush American Pipit warblers (16 spp. including): Tennessee Orange-crowned Northern Parula Black-throated Blue Yellow-rumped Blackburnian Pine Palm Blackpoll American Redstart Wilson's Canada Field Sparrow LE CONTE'S SPARROW Lincoln's Sparrow White-throated Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Rusty Blackbird Pine Siskin 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 National Capital Region) E. Ontario, W. Quebec Compiler & transcriber: Chris Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 10:30 am, Monday September 29, 2008 this is Chris Lewis reporting. The first official week of fall brought in more migrants, with songbirds dominating the local scene. Multiple Blue-headed Vireos, Brown Creepers, Golden-crowned and Ruby-crowned Kinglets, a few American Pipits, and Rusty Blackbird and Pine Siskin were noted throughout the week. Another large wave of thrushes occurred on the night of the 27th; over 2000 Swainson's and at least 50 Gray-cheeked Thrushes were heard flying over. Sixteen species of warblers were reported with the most activity on 27th. Among the predominantly Yellow-rumped's were Tennessee, Northern Parula, Black-throated Blue, Blackburnian, Pine, Palm, Blackpoll, American Redstart, Wilson's and Canada, and 'tis the season for Orange-crowned Warblers - individuals were seen at Deschenes and Britannia from the 25th through the 28th. An influx of sparrows during the week included Field, Lincoln's, White-throated, White-crowned and Dark-eyed Juncos in several locations. A rare LE CONTE'S SPARROW was discovered on a rural property west of Ottawa on the 26th - the observer respectfully declined to provide details to protect the privacy of the property owners. On the 26th six Snow Geese were at the Central Experimental Farm, and two were at a pond along the Carp River. The first seasonal reports of CACKLING GEESE came from the Moodie Dr. quarry pond and the Carp River on the 26th and 27th. The last report of the Greater White-fronted Goose at the Moodie Dr. pond was on the 24th, and a gradual increase in the numbers of ducks has begun, with mostly common puddle ducks reported. However, a male Redhead at Britannia and a female Surf Scoter on the Ottawa River near Wendover on the 22nd were of interest. A rather early RED-THROATED LOON flew over Britannia on the 24th. Twenty-eight Wild Turkeys were seen at Flewellyn and Munster Rds on the 24th, immature Bald Eagles were again reported from the Moodie Dr. pond and the Ottawa River during the week, a Peregrine Falcon stirred things up at Britannia on the 26th, and shorebird numbers continue to be very low - among the few species reported this week were Black-bellied Plover, American Golden Plover, Semipalmated Plover, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs and Pectoral Sandpiper. A few Bonaparte's Gulls and Common Terns were still around on the weekend, individual Lesser Black-backed Gulls were seen along Eagleson Rd. at Fernbank Rd. as well as south of Flewellyn Rd. on the 27th, and a Barred Owl was heard in Forest Park, Embrun, on the evening of the 23rd. Thank you - Good Birding! _______________________________________________ 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
