- RBA
* Ontario
* Ottawa/Gatineau
* 22 August 2005
* ONOT0508.22
- Birds mentioned
American Bittern
GREAT EGRET
Green Heron
Snow Goose
Canada Goose
Green-winged Teal
American Black Duck
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Ruddy Duck
Osprey
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Common Moorhen
SANDHILL CRANE
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Sanderling
Stilt Sandpiper
COMMON NIGHTHAWK
Alder Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Dark-eyed Junco
Bobolink
Baltimore Oriole
- Transcript
hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
date: 22 August 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
OFNC BIRD STATUS LINE - MON AUG 22 2005 AT 6:00 PM
This is Chris Lewis reporting.
A rather static week for bird movement. Many of the migrants that
were so plentiful a week ago seem to have cleared out, and only a
few new arrivals were reported.
One GREAT EGRET was seen at Shirley's Bay on the 18th, and 4 GREAT
EGRETS were reported from the Sabourin marsh behind the
"Sportheque" sports centre off Boul. Jean-Proulx in Hull, Quebec
on the 18th as well. American Bitterns and Green Herons were found
at Shirley's Bay and also at Petrie Island during the week.
Waterfowl species on the Ottawa River have so far consisted mainly
of Canada Geese, Green-winged Teal, American Black Ducks, Mallards
and Blue-winged Teal, but good numbers of Ruddy Ducks, many with
young, were noted at the Alfred, St-Isidore and Casselman sewage
lagoons, and a lone Snow Goose was seen near Casselman on the
17th. The water levels at all these lagoons are evidently quite
high.
Ospreys and Merlins have been seen frequently in many locations,
particularly along the Ottawa River from Britannia through
Shirley's Bay where Merlins are actively hunting the shorebirds.
Peregrine Falcons were spotted at Tunney's Pasture and in the
Carlington area on the 16th. Several Common Moorhens including 1
juvenile and 3 downy young were at the Sabourin marsh on the
21st, and 2 SANDHILL CRANES flew over the marsh on the north side
of Dolman Ridge Rd. on the 18th.
Shorebird numbers have generally decreased, but a few new species
for the season were reported...Two Ruddy Turnstones were on the
river at Deschenes at the end of Vanier St. in Aylmer, Quebec on
the 16th. Two juvenile Red Knots were found on the mudflats at
the east end of Andrew Haydon Park (aka "Ottawa Beach") on the
17th and were seen again a bit father east from the end of
Scrivens St. on the 21st. Three Sanderlings were at "Ottawa
Beach" on the 20th, one of which was still here on the 21st, and a
juvenile Stilt Sandpiper was at the Sabourin marsh on the 15th and
18th.
Reports of COMMON NIGHTHAWKS have come in throughout the week,
mainly from downtown and the west end of Ottawa; nine were seen
flying over Stittsville on the evening of the 21st. The first
report of a migrant Ruby-crowned Kinglet came from Britannia on
the 15th, along with a flurry of Alder and Least Flycatchers,
Rose-breasted Grosbeaks and Baltimore Orioles. No new warblers
were reported, but a somewhat early Dark-eyed Junco was at
Britannia on the 21st, and a significant movement of Bobolinks was
noted over the past week.
Thank you - Good Birding!
- End transcript