- RBA
* Ontario
* Ottawa/Gatineau
* 08 April 2007
* ONOT0704.08
- Birds mentioned
Snow Goose
Canada Goose
Redhead
Pied-billed Grebe
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
SANDHILL CRANE
Wilson's Snipe
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
American Crow
Eastern Bluebird
Fox Sparrow
Eastern Meadowlark
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
Rusty Blackbird
- Transcript
hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
date: 08 April 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 @ 8:00 pm, SUNDAY APRIL 8,
2007.
This is Chris Lewis reporting.
A sudden step back to winter-like conditions slowed things down a
bit this week, but the birds continue to arrive and several "firsts of
the season" were reported.
The most noteworthy bird was NOT a common seasonal migrant, at
least not for the Ottawa area. A male YELLOW-HEADED
BLACKBIRD showed up in the community of Forest Park, Embrun,
this week and was most recently reported on April 7th, on Manitou
St. - in exactly the same location where most likely the same bird
wintered last year.
The agricultural fields both east and west of Ottawa continued to
host nearly overwhelming flocks of Canada Geese, a blue morph
Snow Goose was found near Carp west of Ottawa on the 7th, and
a pair of Redhead were seen along Russell Rd. at Johnston Rd.
east of Bourget on the 7th. Other waterfowl species were low in
number, but most of the expected puddle ducks and diving ducks
have now been reported. A Pied-billed Grebe was seen on the
Jock River near the Twin Elm bridge on the 6th, the 1st report of
Black-crowned Night-Herons was of a group of four flying west up
the Ottawa River near Rockcliffe on the 3rd, and a small
movement of raptors occurred this week - Turkey Vulture reports
continue to come in, single Bald Eagles were seen (and seen off)
by the American Crows along the Jock River and at Mud Lake in
the Britannia Conservation Area on the 6th, and the crows also
took care of a Red-shouldered Hawk near Dunrobin on March
31st.
On April 7th, a total of 15 SANDHILL CRANES was probably a
record high spring count for the Ottawa area - 13 were observed in
the fields along Milton Rd. northeast of Carlsbad Springs, and 2
were in the fields on the east side of Carp Rd. between Donald B.
Munro and March Rds.
A late evening venture to the Munster area on the 6th produced
the first local report of Wilson's Snipe. Another new arrival on the
6th and 7th was Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, in quite a variety of
locations. More Eastern Bluebirds and Eastern Meadowlarks were
noted on the 31st, and the first seasonal reports of Fox Sparrow
and Rusty Blackbird came in on April 6th.
Thank you, Happy Easter, and Good Birding!
- End transcript
* Ontario
* Ottawa/Gatineau
* 08 April 2007
* ONOT0704.08
- Birds mentioned
Snow Goose
Canada Goose
Redhead
Pied-billed Grebe
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
SANDHILL CRANE
Wilson's Snipe
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
American Crow
Eastern Bluebird
Fox Sparrow
Eastern Meadowlark
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
Rusty Blackbird
- Transcript
hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
date: 08 April 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 @ 8:00 pm, SUNDAY APRIL 8,
2007.
This is Chris Lewis reporting.
A sudden step back to winter-like conditions slowed things down a
bit this week, but the birds continue to arrive and several "firsts of
the season" were reported.
The most noteworthy bird was NOT a common seasonal migrant, at
least not for the Ottawa area. A male YELLOW-HEADED
BLACKBIRD showed up in the community of Forest Park, Embrun,
this week and was most recently reported on April 7th, on Manitou
St. - in exactly the same location where most likely the same bird
wintered last year.
The agricultural fields both east and west of Ottawa continued to
host nearly overwhelming flocks of Canada Geese, a blue morph
Snow Goose was found near Carp west of Ottawa on the 7th, and
a pair of Redhead were seen along Russell Rd. at Johnston Rd.
east of Bourget on the 7th. Other waterfowl species were low in
number, but most of the expected puddle ducks and diving ducks
have now been reported. A Pied-billed Grebe was seen on the
Jock River near the Twin Elm bridge on the 6th, the 1st report of
Black-crowned Night-Herons was of a group of four flying west up
the Ottawa River near Rockcliffe on the 3rd, and a small
movement of raptors occurred this week - Turkey Vulture reports
continue to come in, single Bald Eagles were seen (and seen off)
by the American Crows along the Jock River and at Mud Lake in
the Britannia Conservation Area on the 6th, and the crows also
took care of a Red-shouldered Hawk near Dunrobin on March
31st.
On April 7th, a total of 15 SANDHILL CRANES was probably a
record high spring count for the Ottawa area - 13 were observed in
the fields along Milton Rd. northeast of Carlsbad Springs, and 2
were in the fields on the east side of Carp Rd. between Donald B.
Munro and March Rds.
A late evening venture to the Munster area on the 6th produced
the first local report of Wilson's Snipe. Another new arrival on the
6th and 7th was Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, in quite a variety of
locations. More Eastern Bluebirds and Eastern Meadowlarks were
noted on the 31st, and the first seasonal reports of Fox Sparrow
and Rusty Blackbird came in on April 6th.
Thank you, Happy Easter, and Good Birding!
- End transcript