Ottawa/Gatineau: recent sightings to Jul 31, 2025 Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club (OFNC) Ottawa/Gatineau (50 Km radius from Parliament Hill) E. Ontario, W. Quebec Compiler: Derek Dunnett at [email protected]
Though this is the final summer to participate in the Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas, there is still plenty of breeding bird evidence to be found, and many opportunities to enhance the breeding evidence of common species across Eastern Ontario. That bird you only see or hear can still be atlassed as a possible breeding bird, but if you see it carrying food or tending young, that will confirm the presence of a breeding bird. Every bird counts! Please consider converting your eBird reports or those outings to capture incredible bird photographs into valuable Atlas data. As the summer progresses, it doesn’t matter if you are walking the dog at home, visiting your friend’s cottage, or enjoying a break in a favourite Provincial Park: almost every bird you encounter can be easily added to the Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas, a once in a generation province-wide community-science effort. For more information on how to be a part of the community of more than 270 local observers who have contributed their observations to the Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas, please visit www.birdsontario.org or contact the Ottawa Regional Coordinator at [email protected] Trumpeter Swan (2) Jul 28, Kinburn old rail trail, Ottawa. Harlequin Duck (1) Jul 29, Wakefield, Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais. Continuing. Yellow-billed Cuckoo (1) Jul 28, Ottawa River P27 (Green's Creek), Ottawa. Red-headed Woodpecker (2) Constance Bay, Ottawa. Philadelphia Vireo (1) Jul 25-31, Rockcliffe Airport Woods, Ottawa. (2) Jul 26, Extrémité Ch. de l'Hôtel de Ville, Luskville, Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais. Sedge Wren(1-3) Jul 26, Torbolton Ridge Road, Ottawa. Tennessee Warbler (1) Jul 31, Britannia CA--Mud Lake, Ottawa. (1) Jul 28, Rideau Tennis Club, Ottawa. (1) Jul 28, Devine Rd, Ottawa. Cape May Warbler (1) Jul 27, Richmond CA (formerly Richmond Sewage Lagoons), Ottawa. Northern Parula - Everywhere. Bay-breasted Warbler (2) Jul 26, Champlain Street Marsh, Ottawa. Lincoln's Sparrow (1) Jul 31, -Mer Bleue Bog, Ottawa. Locally rare in July, it breeds annually in the bog. -- 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 To find out more about OFO, please visit our website at ofo.ca or Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists.
