- RBA
* Ontario
* Ottawa/Gatineau
* 10 February 2007
* ONOT0702.10
- Birds mentioned
GRAY PARTRIDGE
Wild Turkey
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Golden Eagle
NORTHERN HAWK OWL
GREAT GRAY OWL
Short-eared Owl
AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER
Northern Shrike
Horned Lark
Carolina Wren
Chipping Sparrow
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
Purple Finch
Red Crossbill
WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL
Pine Siskin
- Transcript
hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
date: 10 February 2007
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 & transcriber: Chris Lewis hagenius@primus.ca
internet: Gordon Pringle parula@magma.ca
THE OTTAWA FIELD-NATURALISTS' CLUB BIRD STATUS LINE @ 5:30 pm, SATURDAY
FEBRUARY 10, 2007
This is Chris Lewis reporting.
A week of pleasant surprises during what are usually the winter doldrums in
the Ottawa-Gatineau area!
Highlights included at least 4 GRAY PARTRIDGE among the corn stubble in a
field along Garvin Rd. west of Shea Rd. near Richmond, discovered on the 8th
and still present on the 10th; 2 separate reports of GREAT GRAY OWLS - 1 on
Galetta Rd. near Fitzroy Harbour on the 2nd and another along March Valley
Rd. in Kanata on the 6th; a NORTHERN HAWK OWL still present along McDonald
Rd. west of Brennan's Hill on the 6th; a Short-eared Owl hunting in a farm
field at Woodkilton and Vances Rds near Dunrobin on the 9th; and yet another
one of those elusive AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKERS - this time in the
Deschenes area of Aylmer, Quebec on the 3rd.
A visit to Eardley-Masham Rd. in Gatineau Park on the 6th was very
productive. Two adult Bald Eagles and an adult Golden Eagle were seen flying
over the Eardley escarpment, and several finch species were seen along the
road including several groups of Red Crossbills, many White-winged
Crossbills, and small numbers of Purple Finches and Pine Siskins.
Winter lingerers included a very late Great Blue Heron on the 5th in the
Riviere Blanche along Rte 366 at the entrance to the village of Perkins in
Val-des-Monts, Quebec; the dark-morph Red-tailed Hawk still in the vicinity
of the Gatineau airport on January 31st, a Carolina Wren by the bridge along
the recreational pathway west of the end of Vanier St. in the village of
Deschenes, Quebec, on the 5th and 6th; and a Chipping Sparrow still coming to
a feeder in Carleton Place since December, most recently reported on
February 7th.
Other birds of local interest were 4 Wild Turkeys and a Northern Shrike near
the Pinto Valley Ranch in the Dunrobin area on the 6th, and a single Lapland
Longspur among a flock of Horned Larks and Snow Buntings in a field along
Garvin Rd. west of Shea Rd. on the 10th.
Thank you - Good Birding!
- End transcript
* Ontario
* Ottawa/Gatineau
* 10 February 2007
* ONOT0702.10
- Birds mentioned
GRAY PARTRIDGE
Wild Turkey
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Golden Eagle
NORTHERN HAWK OWL
GREAT GRAY OWL
Short-eared Owl
AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER
Northern Shrike
Horned Lark
Carolina Wren
Chipping Sparrow
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
Purple Finch
Red Crossbill
WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL
Pine Siskin
- Transcript
hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
date: 10 February 2007
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 & transcriber: Chris Lewis hagenius@primus.ca
internet: Gordon Pringle parula@magma.ca
THE OTTAWA FIELD-NATURALISTS' CLUB BIRD STATUS LINE @ 5:30 pm, SATURDAY
FEBRUARY 10, 2007
This is Chris Lewis reporting.
A week of pleasant surprises during what are usually the winter doldrums in
the Ottawa-Gatineau area!
Highlights included at least 4 GRAY PARTRIDGE among the corn stubble in a
field along Garvin Rd. west of Shea Rd. near Richmond, discovered on the 8th
and still present on the 10th; 2 separate reports of GREAT GRAY OWLS - 1 on
Galetta Rd. near Fitzroy Harbour on the 2nd and another along March Valley
Rd. in Kanata on the 6th; a NORTHERN HAWK OWL still present along McDonald
Rd. west of Brennan's Hill on the 6th; a Short-eared Owl hunting in a farm
field at Woodkilton and Vances Rds near Dunrobin on the 9th; and yet another
one of those elusive AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKERS - this time in the
Deschenes area of Aylmer, Quebec on the 3rd.
A visit to Eardley-Masham Rd. in Gatineau Park on the 6th was very
productive. Two adult Bald Eagles and an adult Golden Eagle were seen flying
over the Eardley escarpment, and several finch species were seen along the
road including several groups of Red Crossbills, many White-winged
Crossbills, and small numbers of Purple Finches and Pine Siskins.
Winter lingerers included a very late Great Blue Heron on the 5th in the
Riviere Blanche along Rte 366 at the entrance to the village of Perkins in
Val-des-Monts, Quebec; the dark-morph Red-tailed Hawk still in the vicinity
of the Gatineau airport on January 31st, a Carolina Wren by the bridge along
the recreational pathway west of the end of Vanier St. in the village of
Deschenes, Quebec, on the 5th and 6th; and a Chipping Sparrow still coming to
a feeder in Carleton Place since December, most recently reported on
February 7th.
Other birds of local interest were 4 Wild Turkeys and a Northern Shrike near
the Pinto Valley Ranch in the Dunrobin area on the 6th, and a single Lapland
Longspur among a flock of Horned Larks and Snow Buntings in a field along
Garvin Rd. west of Shea Rd. on the 10th.
Thank you - Good Birding!
- End transcript