- RBA
* Ontario
* Ottawa/Gatineau
* 17 February 2007
* ONOT0702.17
- Birds mentioned
Barrow's Goldeneye
GRAY PARTRIDGE
Wild Turkey
Bald Eagle
Northern Goshawk
Golden Eagle
Wilson's Snipe
Snowy Owl
NORTHERN HAWK OWL
Short-eared Owl
AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER
BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER
Northern Shrike
Horned Lark
Carolina Wren
American Robin
Song Sparrow
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
Pine Siskin
- Transcript
hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
date: 17 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 OFNC BIRD STATUS LINE @ 7:00 pm, SATURDAY FEBRUARY 17, 2007
This is Chris Lewis reporting.
Another week in the freezer curtailed birding ventures this past week, but
there were yet again some good reports.
The 1st report in 2 weeks of a male Barrow's Goldeneye was on the 16th on
the Ottawa River east of Remic rapids north of Lemieux Island. On the 12th,
a small group of GRAY PARTRIDGE were seen again in the corn stubble in a
field along Garvin Rd. between Shea and Huntley Rds. near Richmond, and Wild
Turkeys were reported from Earl Armstrong Rd. south of the international
airport on the 10th as well as March Valley Rd. near Riddell Dr. on the 11th
and 16th. Visits by several parties to the Eardley-Masham and Steele Line
Rd. area of the Gatineau Hills from the 10th through the 17th yielded a
total of 6 Bald Eagles of various ages, an adult and an immature Golden
Eagle, and an adult Northern Goshawk. This area continues to be an excellent
location for winter finches, with good numbers of both Red and White-winged
Crossbills and small numbers of Pine Siskins seen here as of the 17th.
A Wilson's Snipe appears to have wintered in a warm water ditch in the
parking lot behind the National Research Council at Montreal and Blair
Rds. - a bird discovered here in early December may be the same one that was
seen here on the 8th and 10th of February. Owl reports included 2 Snowy
Owls at French Hill Rd. between Frank Kenny and O'Toole Rds. on the 11th,
and one in the Ste-Rose area between Conc. 19 and 20 on the 17th, the
NORTHERN HAWK OWL still present along Ch. McDonald west of Brennan's Hill
the same day, and a Short-eared Owl hunting at dusk in a field along
Woodkilton Rd. west of Vances Side Rd. near Dunrobin on the 15th.
A couple of those elusive northern woodpeckers continue to be spotted by
lucky observers - a male AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER was found along the
trail off Kerwin Rd. on the 14th, and a male BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER was
seen along the same trail on the 12th. Northern Shrikes have not been
common in our area this winter; the most recent reports were of individuals
at Steele Line & Lac de Loups Rd. in Quebec, and March Valley Rd. in Kanata
on the 11th. A Carolina Wren continues to sporadically visit a feeder on
Burland St. near Britannia Bay as of at least the 11th, a single American
Robin was feeding on Staghorn Sumac fruits in the Britannia Conservation
Area on the 17th, a Song Sparrow was seen along Ste-Rose Rd. near Conc. 20
on the 17th, and small numbers of Horned Larks and Snow Buntings continue to
be reported from agricultural fields around our area, with some flocks
containing single Lapland Longspurs.
Thank you - Good Birding!
- End transcript
* Ontario
* Ottawa/Gatineau
* 17 February 2007
* ONOT0702.17
- Birds mentioned
Barrow's Goldeneye
GRAY PARTRIDGE
Wild Turkey
Bald Eagle
Northern Goshawk
Golden Eagle
Wilson's Snipe
Snowy Owl
NORTHERN HAWK OWL
Short-eared Owl
AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER
BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER
Northern Shrike
Horned Lark
Carolina Wren
American Robin
Song Sparrow
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
Pine Siskin
- Transcript
hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
date: 17 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 OFNC BIRD STATUS LINE @ 7:00 pm, SATURDAY FEBRUARY 17, 2007
This is Chris Lewis reporting.
Another week in the freezer curtailed birding ventures this past week, but
there were yet again some good reports.
The 1st report in 2 weeks of a male Barrow's Goldeneye was on the 16th on
the Ottawa River east of Remic rapids north of Lemieux Island. On the 12th,
a small group of GRAY PARTRIDGE were seen again in the corn stubble in a
field along Garvin Rd. between Shea and Huntley Rds. near Richmond, and Wild
Turkeys were reported from Earl Armstrong Rd. south of the international
airport on the 10th as well as March Valley Rd. near Riddell Dr. on the 11th
and 16th. Visits by several parties to the Eardley-Masham and Steele Line
Rd. area of the Gatineau Hills from the 10th through the 17th yielded a
total of 6 Bald Eagles of various ages, an adult and an immature Golden
Eagle, and an adult Northern Goshawk. This area continues to be an excellent
location for winter finches, with good numbers of both Red and White-winged
Crossbills and small numbers of Pine Siskins seen here as of the 17th.
A Wilson's Snipe appears to have wintered in a warm water ditch in the
parking lot behind the National Research Council at Montreal and Blair
Rds. - a bird discovered here in early December may be the same one that was
seen here on the 8th and 10th of February. Owl reports included 2 Snowy
Owls at French Hill Rd. between Frank Kenny and O'Toole Rds. on the 11th,
and one in the Ste-Rose area between Conc. 19 and 20 on the 17th, the
NORTHERN HAWK OWL still present along Ch. McDonald west of Brennan's Hill
the same day, and a Short-eared Owl hunting at dusk in a field along
Woodkilton Rd. west of Vances Side Rd. near Dunrobin on the 15th.
A couple of those elusive northern woodpeckers continue to be spotted by
lucky observers - a male AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER was found along the
trail off Kerwin Rd. on the 14th, and a male BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER was
seen along the same trail on the 12th. Northern Shrikes have not been
common in our area this winter; the most recent reports were of individuals
at Steele Line & Lac de Loups Rd. in Quebec, and March Valley Rd. in Kanata
on the 11th. A Carolina Wren continues to sporadically visit a feeder on
Burland St. near Britannia Bay as of at least the 11th, a single American
Robin was feeding on Staghorn Sumac fruits in the Britannia Conservation
Area on the 17th, a Song Sparrow was seen along Ste-Rose Rd. near Conc. 20
on the 17th, and small numbers of Horned Larks and Snow Buntings continue to
be reported from agricultural fields around our area, with some flocks
containing single Lapland Longspurs.
Thank you - Good Birding!
- End transcript