- RBA
* Ontario
* Ottawa/Gatineau
* 21 June 2004
* ONOT0406.21
- Birds mentioned
GREAT EGRET
Trumpeter Swan
Merlin
Upland Sandpiper
Black Tern
Black-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
Common Raven
Golden-winged Warbler
- Transcript
hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
date: 21 June 2004
number: 613-860-9000 press 2
to report: 613-860-9000 press #
coverage: Ottawa/Gatineau (Can. Nat. Capital Reg.), E.Ont., W.Que.
compilers : Chris Lewis
: Terry Higgins
: Colin Bowen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
transcriber: Michelle Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
internet : Gordon Pringle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
OFNC BIRD STATUS LINE JUN 21 2004 AT 8:00 PM
This is Chris Lewis reporting.
The week leading up to the summer solstice was again pretty much
status quo for bird reports for this time of year.
A highlight was a GREAT EGRET, first reported from the Bruce Pit
on Cedarview Rd. on the evening of June 16, and then another
report of likely the same bird on Mud Lake in Britannia on the
morning of the 17th. There were no subsequent reports of this
bird so it may have left; it appeared quite restless while in the
Britannia location, relocating several times from the pond to the
river and back again on the 17th.
Two species that have been declining locally were reported this
past week. Three Upland Sandpipers, the 1st report of the year,
were found on Conley Rd. between the towns of Richmond and Munster
on June 18th, and Common Nighthawks were heard downtown near
Constitution Square during the past few evenings.
Breeding birds that continue to expand in urban Ottawa were also
noteworthy. A pair of Common Ravens fledged four young from a nest
on a communication tower east of Russell Rd. and a Merlin nest in
Alta Vista has four active young as of the 18th.
At least 2 singing Golden-winged Warblers (one of them singing a
Blue-winged song) were again found along the railroad tracks
approximately 1 km. east of the trestle over Huntmar Dr. on the
18th, along with a Black-billed Cuckoo and the other regular
breeders in this habitat.
And from farther afield a couple of interesting sightings were of
a Trumpeter Swan and 4 Black Terns in a marsh in the Limerick
Forest near Merrickville on June 20th.
Thank you - Good Birding!
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