Ontario Ottawa/Gatineau 07 July 2008 Birds mentioned:
Gadwall EURASIAN WIGEON American Wigeon Redhead Ring-necked Duck Ruddy Duck HORNED GREBE Least Bittern BALD EAGLE American Coot SANDHILL CRANE Solitary Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Upland Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher Wilson's Phalarope CASPIAN TERN Common Tern Red-headed Woodpecker Yellow-throated Vireo Carolina Wren Hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club Phone number: 613-860-9000 For the Bird Status Line PRESS * (star) To report bird sightings PRESS 1(one) Rare bird alerts are now included in the introductory message Coverage: Ottawa/Gatineau (Canada National Capital Region), E. Ontario, W. Quebec Compiler & transciber: Chris Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] THE OFNC BIRD STATUS LINE @ 6:00 pm MONDAY JULY 7, 2008. This is Chris Lewis reporting. Several unusual lingerers were noted again this week. The male EURASIAN WIGEON continued its record-breaking sojourn at the large quarry pond on Moodie Dr. south of Trail Rd. until at least the 1st of July. The HORNED GREBE was still at the Embrun lagoons as of the 4th, and a CASPIAN TERN was still at the Moodie Dr. pond on the 5th in the company of 7 Common Terns - an unusual congregation away from the Ottawa River at this time of year. An immature BALD EAGLE was also seen again at the Moodie Dr. pond on the 1st, and an adult was reported from the Ottawa River near Rockland on June 29th. Waterbirds at both the Embrun lagoons and the Moodie Dr. pond included several Ruddy Ducks and a couple of American Coots, and among the more common ducks at the Moodie Dr. pond this past week were Gadwall, American Wigeon, Redhead and Ring-necked Duck. The first week of July proved once again to be a good period for finding Least Bitterns - several were noted in marshes west of Ottawa near Kilmaurs as well as along old Highway 17 at the Mississippi River bridge. An odd location for a pair of SANDHILL CRANES from the 25th to the 29th was a farm field at Dwyer Hill and Donnelly Rds. near Burritt's Rapids. The first indications of southbound shorebird migration were noted last week. On the 29th at the Casselman lagoons there were 1 Greater and 2 Lesser Yellowlegs, 9 Least Sandpipers and a Short-billed Dowitcher. Several Lesser Yellowlegs and Least Sandpipers were seen here again on the 4th of July, as well as a Solitary Sandpiper and 10 Lesser Yellowlegs at the Embrun lagoons. Wilson's Phalarope - a species that breeds at several of our eastern lagoons - was noted at Embrun as well. Pairs of Red-headed Woodpeckers were seen again in now-traditional locations in Constance Bay and Pakenham on the 1st, a locally uncommon Yellow-throated Vireo was singing near Galetta the same day, and yet another Carolina Wren was discovered back on the 26th near Corkstown and Eagleson Rds. along with an Upland Sandpiper. Thank you - Good Birding! _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdssetup.php ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdsguide.php
