Ontario/Quebec
Ottawa/Gatineau
8 June 2012
Hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club (OFNC)
Phone number: 613-860-9000
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Coverage: Ottawa/Gatinau (Canada National Capital Region)
E. Ontario, W. Quebec
Compiler & transcriber Bob Cermak robertcerm...@hotmail.com or
sighti...@ofnc.ca
There have been a number of interesting sightings in the Ottawa/Gatineau area
this past week.
ARCTIC TERNS continue to be reported (from May 29th through June 2nd) on the
Ottawa River over the Deschenes rapids at Britannia Point. At the same location
on June 3rd 4 birders saw an adult breeding plumage LAUGHING GULL flying over
the rapids then out of sight towards Mud Lake. A first record for the OFNC area
EURASIAN COLLARED DOVE was seen and photographed the evening of June 5th at
back yard feeders on Country Road 29 just east of Pakenham. A 3rd record for
the OFNC area adult breeding plumage male SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER was seen
and photographed by a number of local birders 100 meters east of March Road on
Diamondview Road from mid afternoon to dusk on June 6th. None of these 3 birds
were subsequently found.
The TRUMPETER SWAN continues to be seen on Constance Creek east of the bridge
on Thomas Dolan. It appears that this bird spends a portion of every day and
may be present every night at this location.
Other interesting sightings were;
- Larose Forest continues to be a great location to find local breeding birds,
15 species of WARBLERS were heard in the past week including up to 5 CANADA and
3 CAPE MAY WARBLERS
- the Casselman and Embrun lagoons continue to host small numbers of shore
birds such as LEAST and SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS and
SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS
- 2 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS were seen at the Embrun lagons on June 3rd
- the St Albert lagoons have pairs of breeding COMMON GALLINULE, AMERICAN COOTS
and PIED-BILLED GREBES and occasionally WILSON'S PHALAROPES have been seen as
well
- shore birds such as LEAST SANDPIPER and SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS have been seen
on a flooded field near the corner of Anderson and Russell Roads
- RUDDY TURNSTONES have been seen on the rocks in the Deschenes rapids on a
number of occasions
- up to 6 BLACK and numbers of COMMON TERNS as well as numbers of BONAPARTE'S
GULLS have also been seen at the Deschenes rapids
- 2 and possibly 3 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS and numbers of WHIP-POOR-WILLS were seen
and heard on the Thomas Dolan Carp Ridge
- UPLAND SANDPIPERS, which have been increasing difficult to find in this area,
were seen on June 5th about 100 meters past 1188 Donald B Munro Drive and on
Dunrobin Road in the horse pastures west of Woodlawn
Thanks to everyone who contributed bird observations - Good Birding!
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