- RBA
* Ontario
* Ottawa/Gatineau
* 04 December 2005
* ONOT0512.04
- Birds mentioned
Tundra Swan
Cackling Goose
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Snow Goose
Ring-necked Duck
Black Scoter
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Northern Goshawk
Golden Eagle
GRAY PARTRIDGE
Wild Turkey
Snowy Owl
NORTHERN HAWK OWL
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Horned Lark
Carolina Wren
Bohemian Waxwing
Snow Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Pine Grosbeak
Common Redpoll
Evening Grosbeak
- Transcript
hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
date: 04 December 2005
number: 613-860-9000
for the status line : press 2
for rare bird alerts: press 1
to report a sighting: press #
coverage: Ottawa/Gatineau (Can. Nat. Capital Reg.), E.Ont., W.Que.
compiler : Chris Lewis hagenius@primus.ca
transcriber: Chris Lewis hagenius@primus.ca
internet : Gordon Pringle parula@magma.ca
THE OFNC BIRD STATUS LINE @ 8:00 pm, SUNDAY DEC. 4, 2005.
This is Chris Lewis reporting.
Interesting birds in the Ottawa area over the past week included
the following:
A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE in a field along French Hill Rd.
east of O'Toole Rd. on the 28th, and another at the large (and now
mostly frozen) pond on the east side of Moodie Dr. south of Trail
Rd. on the 3rd. Small numbers of Snow Geese were still present
both east and west of Ottawa, a single Cackling Goose was at the
west end of Andrew Haydon Park on the 3rd and 4th, and a Tundra
Swan was in the Moodie Dr. pond, and also seen flying south toward
Bankfield Rd. on the 3rd. A male Ring-necked Duck was on the
Ottawa River at Andrew Haydon Park on the 4th, and a few very late
scoters - single Surf and White-winged Scoters and 2 female Black
Scoters - were reported from this location from the 30th through
the 4th. Two male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE on the Ottawa River (one at
Bate Island and one at Lemieux Island) were reported on the 1st. A
single male Barrow's was on the Rideau River behind the Rideau
Tennis Club on the 2nd and the male Common X Barrow's hybrid was
still on the Rideau, approx. 200 m. south of the Tennis Club on
the 4th.
Bald Eagles have been noted along the Ottawa River almost daily, a
male Northern Harrier was seen along Earl Armstrong Rd. on the
2nd, an immature Northern Goshawk was flying close to the
shoreline of the Ottawa River along Grandview Rd. on the 3rd, and
a sub-adult Golden Eagle flew over Shea Rd. on the 3rd as well.
Ten GRAY PARTRIDGE were seen near the intersection of French Hill
and O'Toole Rds on the 4th, and flocks of Wild Turkeys were seen
along Russell Rd. east of Ottawa the same day - 10 east of
Carlsbad Springs, and 14 west of Bourget. A Snowy Owl was again
reported from the Eagleson Rd. / Akins Rd. / Shea Rd. / Brownlee
Rd. area southwest of Ottawa on the 1st and 3rd. The NORTHERN
HAWK OWL discovered last weekend was still present near the
intersection of Innes Rd. and Frank Kenny Rd. on the 4th.
The RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS in the village of Constance Bay are
evidently settling in for the winter - one adult and 3 juveniles
were seen here on the 1st. Numbers of Horned Larks and Snow
Buntings were still feeding in agricultural fields east of the
city on the 4th. Two previously reported Carolina Wrens are now
visiting feeders in Carp and in Embrun. Bohemian Waxwings continue
to be reported in the Dunrobin area near Woodlawn. A Red-winged
Blackbird and a half-dozen Brown-headed Cowbirds were at a feeder
on Russell Rd. east of Carlsbad Springs on the 3rd. Small numbers
of Pine Grosbeaks and Common Redpolls continue to be reported
across the region, and increasing numbers of Evening Grosbeaks are
arriving, with over 100 birds seen at the periphery of the Larose
Forest and Bourget on the 4th.
The Dunrobin-Breckenridge Christmas Bird Count will be held on
Saturday Dec. 17 - please contact Bruce Di Labio at (613) 839-4395
or email bruce.dilabio@sympatico.ca The Ottawa-Gatineau count is
on Sunday Dec.18 - to participate on the Ontario side, please
contact Eve Ticknor at (613) 737-7551 or email sandbird@magma.ca ;
for the Quebec side, please contact Daniel St-Hilaire at (819)
776-0860.
Thank you - Good Birding!
- End transcript
* Ontario
* Ottawa/Gatineau
* 04 December 2005
* ONOT0512.04
- Birds mentioned
Tundra Swan
Cackling Goose
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Snow Goose
Ring-necked Duck
Black Scoter
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Northern Goshawk
Golden Eagle
GRAY PARTRIDGE
Wild Turkey
Snowy Owl
NORTHERN HAWK OWL
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Horned Lark
Carolina Wren
Bohemian Waxwing
Snow Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Pine Grosbeak
Common Redpoll
Evening Grosbeak
- Transcript
hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
date: 04 December 2005
number: 613-860-9000
for the status line : press 2
for rare bird alerts: press 1
to report a sighting: press #
coverage: Ottawa/Gatineau (Can. Nat. Capital Reg.), E.Ont., W.Que.
compiler : Chris Lewis hagenius@primus.ca
transcriber: Chris Lewis hagenius@primus.ca
internet : Gordon Pringle parula@magma.ca
THE OFNC BIRD STATUS LINE @ 8:00 pm, SUNDAY DEC. 4, 2005.
This is Chris Lewis reporting.
Interesting birds in the Ottawa area over the past week included
the following:
A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE in a field along French Hill Rd.
east of O'Toole Rd. on the 28th, and another at the large (and now
mostly frozen) pond on the east side of Moodie Dr. south of Trail
Rd. on the 3rd. Small numbers of Snow Geese were still present
both east and west of Ottawa, a single Cackling Goose was at the
west end of Andrew Haydon Park on the 3rd and 4th, and a Tundra
Swan was in the Moodie Dr. pond, and also seen flying south toward
Bankfield Rd. on the 3rd. A male Ring-necked Duck was on the
Ottawa River at Andrew Haydon Park on the 4th, and a few very late
scoters - single Surf and White-winged Scoters and 2 female Black
Scoters - were reported from this location from the 30th through
the 4th. Two male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE on the Ottawa River (one at
Bate Island and one at Lemieux Island) were reported on the 1st. A
single male Barrow's was on the Rideau River behind the Rideau
Tennis Club on the 2nd and the male Common X Barrow's hybrid was
still on the Rideau, approx. 200 m. south of the Tennis Club on
the 4th.
Bald Eagles have been noted along the Ottawa River almost daily, a
male Northern Harrier was seen along Earl Armstrong Rd. on the
2nd, an immature Northern Goshawk was flying close to the
shoreline of the Ottawa River along Grandview Rd. on the 3rd, and
a sub-adult Golden Eagle flew over Shea Rd. on the 3rd as well.
Ten GRAY PARTRIDGE were seen near the intersection of French Hill
and O'Toole Rds on the 4th, and flocks of Wild Turkeys were seen
along Russell Rd. east of Ottawa the same day - 10 east of
Carlsbad Springs, and 14 west of Bourget. A Snowy Owl was again
reported from the Eagleson Rd. / Akins Rd. / Shea Rd. / Brownlee
Rd. area southwest of Ottawa on the 1st and 3rd. The NORTHERN
HAWK OWL discovered last weekend was still present near the
intersection of Innes Rd. and Frank Kenny Rd. on the 4th.
The RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS in the village of Constance Bay are
evidently settling in for the winter - one adult and 3 juveniles
were seen here on the 1st. Numbers of Horned Larks and Snow
Buntings were still feeding in agricultural fields east of the
city on the 4th. Two previously reported Carolina Wrens are now
visiting feeders in Carp and in Embrun. Bohemian Waxwings continue
to be reported in the Dunrobin area near Woodlawn. A Red-winged
Blackbird and a half-dozen Brown-headed Cowbirds were at a feeder
on Russell Rd. east of Carlsbad Springs on the 3rd. Small numbers
of Pine Grosbeaks and Common Redpolls continue to be reported
across the region, and increasing numbers of Evening Grosbeaks are
arriving, with over 100 birds seen at the periphery of the Larose
Forest and Bourget on the 4th.
The Dunrobin-Breckenridge Christmas Bird Count will be held on
Saturday Dec. 17 - please contact Bruce Di Labio at (613) 839-4395
or email bruce.dilabio@sympatico.ca The Ottawa-Gatineau count is
on Sunday Dec.18 - to participate on the Ontario side, please
contact Eve Ticknor at (613) 737-7551 or email sandbird@magma.ca ;
for the Quebec side, please contact Daniel St-Hilaire at (819)
776-0860.
Thank you - Good Birding!
- End transcript