Ottawa/Gatineau: recent sightings to OCT 31, 2024 Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club (OFNC) Ottawa/Gatineau (50 Km radius from Parliament Hill) E. Ontario, W. Quebec Compiler: Derek Dunnett at sighti...@ofnc.ca
Fairly typical late October with winter birds arriving and late birds lingering. An interesting movement of White-winged crossbills is exciting. Trumpeter Swan (1) Oct 31, Shirley's Bay, Ottawa. (5) Almonte Lagoons, Lanark. Barrow's Goldeneye (1) Oct 24-29, Bate Island, Ottawa. Common Gallinule (1) Oct 28, PN de Plaisance--Baie Noire (Est & Ouest), Papineau. (1) Oct 25, Petrie Island causeway, Ottawa. Spotted Sandpiper (1) Oct 24, Parc Brébeuf, Gatineau. Osprey (1) Oct 25, PN de Plaisance--Baie Noire (Est & Ouest), Papineau. Golden Eagle (1) Oct 28, Shirley's Bay, Ottawa. (1) Oct 26, Britannia CA (general location), Ottawa. Broad-winged Hawk (1) Oct 19, Garlandside Road, Ottawa. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (1) Oct 27, Fletcher Wildlife Garden, Ottawa. Red-headed Woodpecker, Constance Bay, Ottawa. Red-bellied Woodpecker (1) Oct 29, ch Pine Ridge, Wakefield, Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais. (1) Oct 29-30, Queenscourt Cres, Ottawa. (1) Oct 28, Ch Vaillancourt, Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais. (1) Oct 28, Rideau River Provincial Park, Ottawa. (1) Oct 24, Parc Queen, Gatineau. Blue-headed Vireo (1) Oct 25, South March Highlands Conservation Forest, Ottawa. Red-eyed Vireo (1) Oct 19, Clyde Woods, Ottawa Brown Thrasher (1) Oct 28, Old Quarry Trail, Ottawa. (1) Oct 25, PN de Plaisance--Baie Noire (Est & Ouest), Papineau. Veery (1) Oct 27, Fletcher Wildlife Garden, Ottawa. White-winged crossbill - Many reports this week. The only consistent location is the Pine Grove forest. The atlas would appreciate any evidence of breeding. Eastern Towhee (1) Oct 28, Prescott-Russell Trail Link, Ottawa. Atlas notes: Did you encounter a singing bird back in May? Have you seen fledged birds or adult birds carrying food in the summer? Do you have photographs of local species from this summer? If so, it is not too late to join one of Ontario’s largest citizen science projects by adding your observations to the Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas: a once in a generation opportunity to provide important data that will help inform conservation policies for years to come. #youcanatlasthat anywhere in Ontario via the NatureCounts app, the Atlas website, or by taking 90 seconds to import an eBird checklist. For more on the Atlas, visit www.birdsontario.org or contact the Ottawa Regional Coordinator at ott...@birdsontario.org. -- 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: birdnews@ontbirds.ca. If you have any questions or concerns, contact the Birdnews Moderators by email at birdn...@ofo.ca. Please review posting rules and guidelines at http://ofo.ca/site/content/listserv-guidelines To find out more about OFO, please visit our website at ofo.ca or Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists.
