- RBA
* Ontario
* Ottawa/Gatineau
* 17 March 2007
* ONOT0703.17
- Birds mentioned
Wood Duck
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
GRAY PARTRIDGE
Wild Turkey
Bald Eagle
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Golden Eagle
American Kestrel
Merlin
Ring-billed Gull
Short-eared Owl
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Northern Shrike
Common Raven
Horned Lark
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
- Transcript
hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
date: 17 March 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 10:30 am, SATURDAY MARCH 17, 2007
This is Chris Lewis reporting, on a definitely less than green St. Patrick's
Day.
A rather static week with no new arrivals except for a few Red-winged
Blackbirds - a single male at the Hilda Rd. feeders by Shirley's Bay on the
11th was joined by nine more on the 16th...just in time for a snowstorm.
Small numbers were also noted at the Fletcher Wildlife Garden off Prince of
Wales Dr. as well as other locations this week.
The male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE is still out there - somewhere. The most recent
report came from the 11th on the Ottawa River at the Remic rapids lookout.
Two female Wood Ducks continue to be more reliable, still hanging out on the
Rideau River at Billings Bridge as of the 12th. Also on the 12th, a
half-dozen GRAY PARTRIDGE were seen again among the corn stubble on Garvin
Rd. near Shea Rd. but a sighting of 2 birds on Akins Rd. off Eagleson Rd.
indicates that they are starting to pair up for the breeding season. The
March Valley Rd. gang of 4 (Wild Turkeys, that is) continue to be a fixture
at or near the Duck Club feeders.
An adult Bald Eagle was observed in the Gatineau Hills at Eardley-Masham and
Bradley Rds. on the 11th, and an adult Golden Eagle flew over Dow's Lake,
heading north, on the 13th. Both an adult Sharp-shinned Hawk and a female
Merlin have been frequent diners on the passerine patrons at the Hilda Rd.
feeders, and a Merlin and a pair of American Kestrels were noted at the
Fletcher Wildlife Garden this week as well. Ring-billed Gulls are back to
stay, at least 2 Short-eared Owls continue to be seen hunting in the fields
along Ch. de la Riviere south of Breckenridge, Quebec, and the male
Red-bellied Woodpecker was most recently reported on the 13th on the Nortel
campus at Carling Ave. and Moodie Dr. The location is the far west end of
the campus, a short distance along the main trail from parking lot "P" off
Park Place.
The nesting activities of Common Ravens has been a subject of interest for a
few local observers. Since at least the late 1990s, pairs have been
constructing nests and, more recently successfully breeding, on a wide
variety of structures in both urban and rural locations, including gravel
quarries, communication towers, hydro pylons and barnyard silos. So far
this year, 15 active nests have been confirmed, the vast majority of these
within Ottawa city limits. Like Ottawa's "urban Merlin explosion" that
began back in 1997, a fascinating success story for this impressive species.
Other noteworthy passerines were a Northern Shrike along Ch. de la Riviere
on the 11th and a single male Lapland Longspur with a small number of Horned
Larks and Snow Buntings along Brownlee Rd. on the 10th.
Thank you - Good Birding!
- End transcript
* Ontario
* Ottawa/Gatineau
* 17 March 2007
* ONOT0703.17
- Birds mentioned
Wood Duck
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
GRAY PARTRIDGE
Wild Turkey
Bald Eagle
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Golden Eagle
American Kestrel
Merlin
Ring-billed Gull
Short-eared Owl
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Northern Shrike
Common Raven
Horned Lark
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
- Transcript
hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
date: 17 March 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 10:30 am, SATURDAY MARCH 17, 2007
This is Chris Lewis reporting, on a definitely less than green St. Patrick's
Day.
A rather static week with no new arrivals except for a few Red-winged
Blackbirds - a single male at the Hilda Rd. feeders by Shirley's Bay on the
11th was joined by nine more on the 16th...just in time for a snowstorm.
Small numbers were also noted at the Fletcher Wildlife Garden off Prince of
Wales Dr. as well as other locations this week.
The male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE is still out there - somewhere. The most recent
report came from the 11th on the Ottawa River at the Remic rapids lookout.
Two female Wood Ducks continue to be more reliable, still hanging out on the
Rideau River at Billings Bridge as of the 12th. Also on the 12th, a
half-dozen GRAY PARTRIDGE were seen again among the corn stubble on Garvin
Rd. near Shea Rd. but a sighting of 2 birds on Akins Rd. off Eagleson Rd.
indicates that they are starting to pair up for the breeding season. The
March Valley Rd. gang of 4 (Wild Turkeys, that is) continue to be a fixture
at or near the Duck Club feeders.
An adult Bald Eagle was observed in the Gatineau Hills at Eardley-Masham and
Bradley Rds. on the 11th, and an adult Golden Eagle flew over Dow's Lake,
heading north, on the 13th. Both an adult Sharp-shinned Hawk and a female
Merlin have been frequent diners on the passerine patrons at the Hilda Rd.
feeders, and a Merlin and a pair of American Kestrels were noted at the
Fletcher Wildlife Garden this week as well. Ring-billed Gulls are back to
stay, at least 2 Short-eared Owls continue to be seen hunting in the fields
along Ch. de la Riviere south of Breckenridge, Quebec, and the male
Red-bellied Woodpecker was most recently reported on the 13th on the Nortel
campus at Carling Ave. and Moodie Dr. The location is the far west end of
the campus, a short distance along the main trail from parking lot "P" off
Park Place.
The nesting activities of Common Ravens has been a subject of interest for a
few local observers. Since at least the late 1990s, pairs have been
constructing nests and, more recently successfully breeding, on a wide
variety of structures in both urban and rural locations, including gravel
quarries, communication towers, hydro pylons and barnyard silos. So far
this year, 15 active nests have been confirmed, the vast majority of these
within Ottawa city limits. Like Ottawa's "urban Merlin explosion" that
began back in 1997, a fascinating success story for this impressive species.
Other noteworthy passerines were a Northern Shrike along Ch. de la Riviere
on the 11th and a single male Lapland Longspur with a small number of Horned
Larks and Snow Buntings along Brownlee Rd. on the 10th.
Thank you - Good Birding!
- End transcript