- RBA
* Ontario
* Ottawa/Gatineau
* 02 September 2003
* ONOT0309.02
- Birds mentioned
Pied-billed Grebe
EARED GREBE
American Bittern
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Merlin
Sora
Common Moorhen
American Golden Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Wilson's Snipe
Red-necked Phalarope
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Common Tern
Common Nighthawk
Red-headed Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Sedge Wren
Philadelphia Vireo
Nashville Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
- Transcript
hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
date: 02 September 2003
number: 613-860-9000 press 2
to report: 613-860-9000 press #
coverage: Ottawa/Gatineau (Can. Nat. Capital Reg.), E.Ont., W.Que.
compilers : Bev McBride
: Colin Bowen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
: Chris Lewis
transcriber: Michelle Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
internet : Gordon Pringle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
OFNC BIRD STATUS LINE - SEP 02 2003 AT 7:30 AM
This is Chris Lewis reporting.
Shorebirds continue to move through the area. A large but little-
known sewage lagoon complex in St. Albert northeast of Chrysler
has good habitat, especially in the northeast cell. This lagoon is
off Regional Road 5 immediately west of the town of St. Albert -
look for the sign on the south side of the road. On Aug. 30th an
American Golden Plover was seen here along with 2 Killdeers, 3
Greater and 1 Lesser Yellowlegs, 2 Spotted Sandpipers, 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper, 3 Least Sandpipers and 1 Baird's
Sandpiper, as well as 5 Pied-billed Grebes, 1 Sora and 2 Common
Moorhens.
The shore birding continues to be good at the High Falls
Conservation Area in Casselman. Species included 2 Greater and at
least 52 Lesser Yellowlegs, 11 Least Sandpipers and 4 Pectoral
Sandpipers on Aug. 30th. The south-central cell at the
Winchester sewage lagoon also has excellent habitat. On the 31st,
species included 5 Semipalmated Plovers, 9 Killdeers, 24 Lesser
Yellowlegs, 6 Semipalmated and 18 Least Sandpipers, 2 Baird's
Sandpipers, 2 Stilt Sandpipers, 1 Wilson's Snipe and 1 Red-necked
Phalarope.
The water levels on the Ottawa River at Andrew Haydon Park East
(also known as Ottawa Beach) are finally going down, exposing more
of the sandbar and beach. On the 31st there were 4 Lesser
Yellowlegs, 2 Stilt Sandpipers and 1 Sanderling. The following
day, 3 Semipalmated Plovers, 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper and 1
Baird's Sandpiper were present here. Conditions on the west side
of Shirley's Bay dyke are also starting to improve. A few Lesser
Yellowlegs, 2 Solitary Sandpipers and 1 Stilt Sandpiper were
observed here on the weekend.
Up to 5 Black-crowned Night-Herons have now been regularly seen on
Mud Lake in the Britannia Conservation Area. An Olive-sided
Flycatcher was seen on the Quebec side at Deschenes at a beaver
pond along the bike path on Aug. 27th. A Philadelphia Vireo was
seen at Britannia on the 30th. Nine species of warblers reported
from Britannia and Shirley's Bay this past week included
Nashville, Chestnut-sided, Magnolia, Black-throated Blue, Yellow-
rumped, Black-throated Green, Blackpoll, Black-and-white, and
American Redstart. Small numbers of raptors were reported over
the past week. 10 Turkey Vultures flew over Shirley's Bay on Aug.
27th, and Ospreys, Sharp-shinned Hawks, Northern Harriers and
Merlins were seen in various locations including Britannia,
Shirley's Bay and the fields south of the International Airport.
Other interesting reports included: 5 American Bitterns and 11
Common Terns at Shirley's Bay on Aug. 27th, an adult Lesser Black-
backed Gull at the Irish Hills golf course in Carp on the morning
of Aug. 30th, 11 Common Nighthawks flying over the Gloucester area
on the 27th, 2 juvenile Red-headed Woodpeckers at Whistler Rd. in
Constance Bay on Sept. 1st, and 4 very vocal and visible Sedge
Wrens in the marsh along Moodie Dr. between Nortel and the
Equestrian Park, also on the 1st. The EARED GREBE at the Alfred
sewage lagoon was last reported on Aug. 25th.
Thank you - Good Birding!
- End transcript
Gordon Pringle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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