While doing our area for the Fisherville Christmas Bird Count on
Saturday Dec. 31 Bill Smith and I came across a freshly (and heavily
)manured field that was host to hundreds of birds, including at least
15 Lapland Longspur, many Horned Larks and others. Reporting has been
delayed due to the weather - snow on Sunday and a freezing rain
warning Sunday night through Monday night. Since most of the precip in
this area has been rain and not the other two, there is a good chance
that the manure is not covered by snow and that the birds may still be
visiting.
The manure is spread in a wide 'U' in a field opposite 1332-10th
Concession, between the Cheapside Road and Sandusk Road. Take Hwy. 6
to Hagersville, left at the light onto Regional Road 20 (Indian Line),
past the Hagersville metal recycling plant (junk yard) to the 10th
Concession, right on 10th to Cheapside Rd, then another km or so to
1332.
Mike
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Mike Street
Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
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Ottawa/Gatineau 01Jan06... Gray Partridge, Barrow's Goldeneye,
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- RBA
* Ontario
* Ottawa/Gatineau
* 01 January 2006
* ONOT0601.01
- Birds mentioned
Gadwall
Long-tailed Duck
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
Northern Goshawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
GRAY PARTRIDGE
Wild Turkey
Iceland Gull
Glaucous Gull
Great Horned Owl
SNOWY OWL
Red-headed Woodpecker
Horned Lark
Bohemian Waxwing
Northern Shrike
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
Pine Grosbeak
- Transcript
hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
date: 01 January 2006
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 : Chris Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
transcriber: Chris Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
internet : Gordon Pringle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
THE OFNC BIRD STATUS LINE @ 7:00 pm, SUNDAY JANUARY 1, 2006.
This is Chris Lewis reporting.
A quiet start to the New Year, but several birds of interest were
reported over the past week.
Waterfowl highlights included a Gadwall on the Madawaska River in
Arnprior on Dec. 26th, a female Long-tailed Duck in the Ottawa
River at Bate Island today the 1st, and both a male BARROW'S
GOLDENEYE and a male Common X Barrow's hybrid on the Rideau River
at the Hurdman Bridge at the south end of North River Rd. also on
the 1st.
A Northern Goshawk was seen along Trail #44 off Davidson Rd. on
Dec. 28th. A fairly impressive number of at least 15 Red-tailed
Hawks were found in various locations on the 1st, but only 2
Rough-legged Hawks were noted west of Ottawa today; a single
Rough-legged was also seen along Earl Armstrong Rd. on the 27th.
14 GRAY PARTRIDGE were seen along Donald B. Munro Rd. at Panmure
Rd. near the village of Marathon on the 26th, and a large flock of
approx. 40 Wild Turkeys flew and then marched across Riddell Rd.
southwest of March Valley Rd. in Kanata on the 1st. Record high
numbers of Wild Turkeys were reported from both the Arnprior-
Pakenham and Carleton Place Christmas Bird Counts on the 26th and
27th, with counts of 159 and 169 respectively.
At least 13 Glaucous Gulls were in a field at the corner of Moodie
Dr. and Barnsdale Rd. on the 1st, single Iceland Gulls were noted
over the Central Experimental Farm on the 1st and the Trail Rd.
landfill on the 28th, and 2 Great Horned Owls were seen in the
Britannia Conservation Area along the main trail off Cassels Rd.
on the 26th. Several SNOWY OWLS continue to be reported - at
least 6 were in the Eagleson Rd. / Fallowfield Rd. area on the
31st, 3 were seen along Greenbank Rd. between Hunt Club Rd. and
one was seen again at Frank Kenny Rd. near French Hill Rd. on the
1st. Two Red-headed Woodpeckers were in the old burn area in
Constance Bay on the 26th.
In songbird reports, a couple of small groups of Bohemian Waxwings
were seen in the Shirley's Bay area on the 1st, Northern Shrikes,
Horned Larks, Snow Buntings and Pine Grosbeaks continue to be
reported in small numbers in widely scattered locations around the
area, and 2 Lapland Longspurs were seen along Twin Elm Rd. on New
Year's Eve.
Happy New Year and Good Birding!
- End transcript
