- RBA
* Ontario
* Ottawa/Gatineau
* 23 April 2007
* ONOT0704.23
- Birds mentioned
Blue-winged Teal
Long-tailed Duck
Red-breasted Merganser
Gray Partridge
Wild Turkey
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
American Bittern
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Goshawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
American Kestrel
Virginia Rail
Sandhill Crane
Lesser Yellowlegs
Bonaparte's Gull
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Northern Shrike
Purple Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Hermit Thrush
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Pine Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
Rusty Blackbird
- Transcript
hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
date: 23 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 - 6:30 am, MONDAY APRIL 23, 2007.
This is Chris Lewis reporting.
Another weird weather week, hopefully the last of the season, with
several reports of new arrivals,
most of them in small numbers.
A good variety of waterfowl was reported from the Ottawa River, the
eastern sewage lagoons and
other wet locations. New reports included a pair of Blue-winged Teal
in a pond along March Valley Rd.
on the 22nd, a single Long-tailed Duck on the 19th at Shirley's Bay,
a male Red-breasted Merganser
in the large quarry pond along Moodie Dr. south of Trail Rd. and a
pair of the same on Dow's lake on
the 22nd. A couple of coveys of Gray Partridge were noted near the
St. Albert sewage lagoons on
the 20th, and single Wild Turkeys continue to show up in some
expected (and unexpected) locations,
including Rifle Rd. at Shirley's Bay on the 22nd, and backyards in
downtown Ottawa at Gilmour
and O'Connor St. on the 18th and Island Park Dr. on the 20th.
The 1st report of Common Loons came from Constance Bay on the 18th
and Shirley's Bay on
the 22nd. The 1st report of Horned Grebe came from the Moodie Dr.
pond back on the 14th,
and at least 4 Red-necked Grebes were at Shirley's Bay on the 22nd. A
few more Double-crested
Cormorants have begun to appear on the Ottawa River, and the 1st
American Bitterns were seen
at the Marais aux Grenouillettes west of Masson, Quebec and at
Soldier's Line Rd. south of
Munster, Ontario on the 21st and 22nd. An adult Black-crowned
Night-Heron was at Mud Lake,
Britannia, on the 21st.
Raptor reports as of the 18th included a good number of Turkey
Vultures in various locations,
the 1st local Ospreys at the Jock River and at Constance Creek, an
immature Bald Eagle at
Shirley's Bay, an immature Northern Goshawk being harassed by an
American Kestrel along
March Valley Rd., a Red-shouldered Hawk near St. Albert, and a
Rough-legged Hawk near
the Bill Mason Centre in Dunrobin.
Back on the 15th, 15 Sandhill Cranes were seen along Milton Rd. in
the traditional area
northeast of Carlsbad Springs. A Virginia Rail was heard at Constance
Creek along the
Thomas Dolan Parkway on the 22nd, and 2 Lesser Yellowlegs
(surprisingly, there have
been no reports of Greaters yet) were seen at Petit Baie Clement west
of Masson, Quebec
on the 21st. Interesting gulls included a Bonaparte's Gull at the
Moodie Dr. pond on the 15th.,
single Iceland Gulls at this pond and on the Ottawa River off Andrew
Haydon Park on the
15th and 17th respectively, several Lesser Black-backed Gulls (4 in a
field at Barnsdale Rd.
south of the Moodie Dr. pond on the 18th, and 8 off Andrew Haydon on
the 2nd), and a
couple of Glaucous Gulls in the aforementioned locations during the past week.
Individual Northern Shrikes were noted near St. Albert and the
Britannia Conservation
Area on the 18th and 20th. New passerine reports continue to trickle
in. Purple Martins
are back at the martin houses at Dick Bell Park, the 1st reports of Northern
Rough-winged Swallow and Barn Swallow, Hermit Thrush, Yellow-rumped
and Pine Warbler
all came in this past week. Nine species of sparrows were reported
including Chipping, Field,
Vesper, Savannah, Fox, Swamp, and White-throated. The male
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD is still coming to a feeder on Manitou St. in
Forest Park,
Embrun, as of the 20th, and a single Rusty Blackbird was at the Bill
Mason Centre on the 18th.
Thank you - Good Birding!
- End transcript
* Ontario
* Ottawa/Gatineau
* 23 April 2007
* ONOT0704.23
- Birds mentioned
Blue-winged Teal
Long-tailed Duck
Red-breasted Merganser
Gray Partridge
Wild Turkey
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
American Bittern
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Goshawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
American Kestrel
Virginia Rail
Sandhill Crane
Lesser Yellowlegs
Bonaparte's Gull
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Northern Shrike
Purple Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Hermit Thrush
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Pine Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
Rusty Blackbird
- Transcript
hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
date: 23 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 - 6:30 am, MONDAY APRIL 23, 2007.
This is Chris Lewis reporting.
Another weird weather week, hopefully the last of the season, with
several reports of new arrivals,
most of them in small numbers.
A good variety of waterfowl was reported from the Ottawa River, the
eastern sewage lagoons and
other wet locations. New reports included a pair of Blue-winged Teal
in a pond along March Valley Rd.
on the 22nd, a single Long-tailed Duck on the 19th at Shirley's Bay,
a male Red-breasted Merganser
in the large quarry pond along Moodie Dr. south of Trail Rd. and a
pair of the same on Dow's lake on
the 22nd. A couple of coveys of Gray Partridge were noted near the
St. Albert sewage lagoons on
the 20th, and single Wild Turkeys continue to show up in some
expected (and unexpected) locations,
including Rifle Rd. at Shirley's Bay on the 22nd, and backyards in
downtown Ottawa at Gilmour
and O'Connor St. on the 18th and Island Park Dr. on the 20th.
The 1st report of Common Loons came from Constance Bay on the 18th
and Shirley's Bay on
the 22nd. The 1st report of Horned Grebe came from the Moodie Dr.
pond back on the 14th,
and at least 4 Red-necked Grebes were at Shirley's Bay on the 22nd. A
few more Double-crested
Cormorants have begun to appear on the Ottawa River, and the 1st
American Bitterns were seen
at the Marais aux Grenouillettes west of Masson, Quebec and at
Soldier's Line Rd. south of
Munster, Ontario on the 21st and 22nd. An adult Black-crowned
Night-Heron was at Mud Lake,
Britannia, on the 21st.
Raptor reports as of the 18th included a good number of Turkey
Vultures in various locations,
the 1st local Ospreys at the Jock River and at Constance Creek, an
immature Bald Eagle at
Shirley's Bay, an immature Northern Goshawk being harassed by an
American Kestrel along
March Valley Rd., a Red-shouldered Hawk near St. Albert, and a
Rough-legged Hawk near
the Bill Mason Centre in Dunrobin.
Back on the 15th, 15 Sandhill Cranes were seen along Milton Rd. in
the traditional area
northeast of Carlsbad Springs. A Virginia Rail was heard at Constance
Creek along the
Thomas Dolan Parkway on the 22nd, and 2 Lesser Yellowlegs
(surprisingly, there have
been no reports of Greaters yet) were seen at Petit Baie Clement west
of Masson, Quebec
on the 21st. Interesting gulls included a Bonaparte's Gull at the
Moodie Dr. pond on the 15th.,
single Iceland Gulls at this pond and on the Ottawa River off Andrew
Haydon Park on the
15th and 17th respectively, several Lesser Black-backed Gulls (4 in a
field at Barnsdale Rd.
south of the Moodie Dr. pond on the 18th, and 8 off Andrew Haydon on
the 2nd), and a
couple of Glaucous Gulls in the aforementioned locations during the past week.
Individual Northern Shrikes were noted near St. Albert and the
Britannia Conservation
Area on the 18th and 20th. New passerine reports continue to trickle
in. Purple Martins
are back at the martin houses at Dick Bell Park, the 1st reports of Northern
Rough-winged Swallow and Barn Swallow, Hermit Thrush, Yellow-rumped
and Pine Warbler
all came in this past week. Nine species of sparrows were reported
including Chipping, Field,
Vesper, Savannah, Fox, Swamp, and White-throated. The male
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD is still coming to a feeder on Manitou St. in
Forest Park,
Embrun, as of the 20th, and a single Rusty Blackbird was at the Bill
Mason Centre on the 18th.
Thank you - Good Birding!
- End transcript