- RBA * Ontario * Ottawa/Gatineau * 02 March 2007 * ONOT0703.02
- Birds mentioned Wood Duck Green-winged Teal Barrow's Goldeneye Bald Eagle RED-SHOULDERED HAWK Great Horned Owl NORTHERN HAWK OWL Short-eared Owl Northern Saw-whet Owl AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER Red Crossbill White-winged Crossbill Pine Siskin - Transcript hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club date: 02 March 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] internet: Gordon Pringle [EMAIL PROTECTED] THE OFNC BIRD STATUS LINE @ 8:00 pm, FRIDAY MARCH 2nd, 2007 This is Chris Lewis reporting. A week of tantalizingly spring-like weather ended with a wintry blast of strong east winds, freezing rain and snow, but also with several good bird sightings. A male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE continues to haunt the Ottawa River but apparently at no fixed address. A bird seen in the Deschenes rapids near Britannia on the 25th is probably the same one that has been sporadically spotted at Remic rapids and Lemieux Island all month. A male Green-winged Teal and a female Wood Duck were still on the Rideau River as of the 26th at Billings Bridge. Four Bald Eagles were reported from the Eardley-Masham area of the Gatineau hills on the 27th, and an adult RED-SHOULDERED HAWK continues to frequent the woods and backyards of a suburban neighbourhood in Aylmer, Quebec. It has been regularly seen at or near #46 Prom. Lakeview and most recently at Rue de Golf on the 27th. Spring-like conditions prompted some owls to start calling in the evenings early this week - 2 Great Horned Owls were heard near Dunrobin at Vances Side Rd. & Woodkilton Rd. on the 27th, and Northern Saw-whet Owls were heard on the 25th and 26th along Munster Rd. at both Kettles and Soldier's Line Rds. The NORTHERN HAWK OWL west of Brennan's Hill, Quebec, was still present at Ch. McDonald & Ch. Legault as of at least the 25th, and up to 3 Short-eared Owls have been seen nearly every evening this week hunting at dusk along Ch. de la Riviere south of Breckenridge, Quebec near a sign by a wooden fence that says "Breckenridge". Northern birds are still in the news, with reports of single female AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKERS from both the Quebec and Ontario sides. On the 27th, one was in a coniferous wooded area near a cattle farm at #3550 Conc. #6 west of Ch. Hammond which runs off Hwy 148 east of Quyon, and another was along the infamously frustrating Kerwin Rd. trail west of Kanata on the 26th. On the Eardley-Masham Rd. on the 26th, a female BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER was discovered near the top of the hill along the road into Gatineau Park, and numerous Red and White-winged Crossbills and Pine Siskins continue to be reported from the Gatineau hills as well. Thank you - Good Birding! - End transcript
