Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club (OFNC) Ottawa/Gatineau (50 Km radius from Parliament Hill) E. Ontario, W. Quebec Compiler: Derek Dunnett at [email protected]
Barrow's Goldeneye - Carleton Place, Riverside Park, Lanark. Rapides Deschênes, Gatineau. Tundra Swan - Martin/St. Paul St lookout, Almonte, Lanark. Northern Harrier - Adult male at Greenbank Pond (just south of the Jock river), Ottawa. Adult male at the Trail Road landfill, Ottawa. Red-headed Woodpecker - Constance Bay, Ottawa. Red-bellied Woodpecker - Feb 27, Parc de la Gatineau, Relais Shilly-Shallly, Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Overwintering on Chickasaw Crescent, Ottawa. Northern Flicker - Feb 26, Richmond Centennial Golf Course, Ottawa. Carolina Wren - Frank Ryn & Elmhurst Parks, Ottawa. Hermit Thrush - Britannia CA, Ottawa, easiest to find around open water, such as the outflow from Mud Lake. Still too many winter finch reports to count. Just the rarer ones: Bohemian Waxwings - Flocks around the area of Shirleys Bay, Greenbelt Pathway West, and Nortel Marsh, Ottawa. Parc de la Gatineau, Lac Pink, Gatineau. Mont-Luc, Gatineau. As many as 60 on the Sentier des voyageurs, Gatineau. White-winged Crossbill - Feb 26, Boileau Road, Prescott and Russell. Parc de la Gatineau, Ch. Eardley Masham, Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais. Upper Dwyer Hill Rd, Ottawa. Greenbelt Trail 10, Ottawa. Red Crossbill - Parc de la Gatineau, Ch. Eardley Masham, Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais, CA-QC Pine Siskin - Numbers have dropped since the beginning of March, but still all over. Check flocks for the elusive green morph, reported this week from Monty Dr, Ottawa on Feb 26, and Rue de Saint-Malo, Gatineau, on Mar 01. Evening Grosbeak - zero reports so far in March. White-crowned Sparrow - Adult Feb 28, Central Experimental Farm (manure piles at Morningside and Ash lane), Ottawa. eBird Tip: Now that you've memorized all the bird-banding codes from playing BRDL, did you know you can search in eBird using those same codes? Works in the app and the web site. -- Ontbirds and Birdnews are moderated email Listservs provided by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) as a service to all birders in Ontario. Birdnews is reserved for announcements, location summaries, first of year reports, etc. To post a message on Birdnews, send an email to: [email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns, contact the Birdnews Moderators by email at [email protected]. Please review posting rules and guidelines at http://ofo.ca/site/content/listserv-guidelines During the COVID-19 pandemic, all Ontario birders should be taking extra precautions and following local, provincial, and federal regulations regarding physical distancing and non-essential travel. To find out more about OFO, please visit our website at ofo.ca or Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists.
