- RBA
* Ontario
* Ottawa/Gatineau
* 10 May 2007
* ONOT0705.10
- Birds mentioned
Snow Goose
ROSS'S GOOSE
Redhead
Ruddy Duck
Great Egret
Virginia Rail
Sora
American Coot
Semipalmated Plover
Solitary Sandpiper
Upland Sandpiper
Wilson's Phalarope
Black Tern
Whip-poor-will
Alder Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Veery
Golden-winged Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Palm Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Baltimore Oriole
- Transcript
hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
date: 10 May 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 @ 5:15 pm, THURSDAY MAY 10, 2007
This is Chris Lewis reporting.
The most interesting report this week came from east of the Ottawa-Gatineau
area. At the Alfred sewage lagoons on May 7th, a very late flock of 2000
Greater Snow Geese contained 2 extremely late adult Ross's Geese. Another
visit on the 9th revealed that the Snow Goose number had dwindled to about
200, but both of the Ross's Geese were still present. Among the many other
water birds at this location on the 7th and 9th there were approx. a dozen
Redhead, 50 Ruddy Ducks, and several American Coots. Virginia and Sora
Rails, 4 Wilson's Phalaropes and the 1st local report of Black Tern were also
observed here on the 9th. A permit is required to enter these lagoons and may
be obtained from the town office in Alfred, or by contacting Richard Villeneuve
at (613) 679-2292.
Also of interest on the 7th was a Great Egret in the Ottawa River between the
Britannia filtration plant and the Ottawa River Parkway. New shorebirds at the
Winchester sewage lagoons were 6 Semipalmated Plovers and 1 Solitary
Sandpiper. 4 Upland Sandpipers were reported from Findlay Rd. near Masson
Quebec, and another pair was seen on the Ontario side in Barrhaven in a farm
field along Greenbank Rd. on the 8th. The 1st report of Whip-poor-will was at
the Britannia Conservation Area on the morning of the 9th.
Songbirds continue to arrive, with Least and Great Crested Flycatchers, a
somewhat early Alder Flycatcher, and Blue-headed, Warbling, and Red-eyed
Vireos, as well as Veery now all being reported. New warblers included 2 or 3
transient Golden-wingeds at Britannia on the 9th, as well as Black-throated
Blue, Blackburnian, Bay-breasted, Ovenbird and Northern Waterthrush from the
6th to the 10th, and a singing male Palm Warbler was at the Mer Bleue
boardwalk on the 6th - this is an area where the Eastern or "Yellow" race of
Palm Warbler has bred in recent years. Rose-breasted Grosbeaks and Baltimore
Orioles are also back....and more of our expected migrants are certainly on
their way, if they haven't already arrived during the recent spell of warm
weather and southwest winds.
Thank you - Good Birding!
- End transcript
* Ontario
* Ottawa/Gatineau
* 10 May 2007
* ONOT0705.10
- Birds mentioned
Snow Goose
ROSS'S GOOSE
Redhead
Ruddy Duck
Great Egret
Virginia Rail
Sora
American Coot
Semipalmated Plover
Solitary Sandpiper
Upland Sandpiper
Wilson's Phalarope
Black Tern
Whip-poor-will
Alder Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Veery
Golden-winged Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Palm Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Baltimore Oriole
- Transcript
hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
date: 10 May 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 @ 5:15 pm, THURSDAY MAY 10, 2007
This is Chris Lewis reporting.
The most interesting report this week came from east of the Ottawa-Gatineau
area. At the Alfred sewage lagoons on May 7th, a very late flock of 2000
Greater Snow Geese contained 2 extremely late adult Ross's Geese. Another
visit on the 9th revealed that the Snow Goose number had dwindled to about
200, but both of the Ross's Geese were still present. Among the many other
water birds at this location on the 7th and 9th there were approx. a dozen
Redhead, 50 Ruddy Ducks, and several American Coots. Virginia and Sora
Rails, 4 Wilson's Phalaropes and the 1st local report of Black Tern were also
observed here on the 9th. A permit is required to enter these lagoons and may
be obtained from the town office in Alfred, or by contacting Richard Villeneuve
at (613) 679-2292.
Also of interest on the 7th was a Great Egret in the Ottawa River between the
Britannia filtration plant and the Ottawa River Parkway. New shorebirds at the
Winchester sewage lagoons were 6 Semipalmated Plovers and 1 Solitary
Sandpiper. 4 Upland Sandpipers were reported from Findlay Rd. near Masson
Quebec, and another pair was seen on the Ontario side in Barrhaven in a farm
field along Greenbank Rd. on the 8th. The 1st report of Whip-poor-will was at
the Britannia Conservation Area on the morning of the 9th.
Songbirds continue to arrive, with Least and Great Crested Flycatchers, a
somewhat early Alder Flycatcher, and Blue-headed, Warbling, and Red-eyed
Vireos, as well as Veery now all being reported. New warblers included 2 or 3
transient Golden-wingeds at Britannia on the 9th, as well as Black-throated
Blue, Blackburnian, Bay-breasted, Ovenbird and Northern Waterthrush from the
6th to the 10th, and a singing male Palm Warbler was at the Mer Bleue
boardwalk on the 6th - this is an area where the Eastern or "Yellow" race of
Palm Warbler has bred in recent years. Rose-breasted Grosbeaks and Baltimore
Orioles are also back....and more of our expected migrants are certainly on
their way, if they haven't already arrived during the recent spell of warm
weather and southwest winds.
Thank you - Good Birding!
- End transcript