Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club Ottawa/Gatineau (50 Km radius from Parliament Hill) E. Ontario, W. Quebec Compiler: Greg Zbitnew at k_zbitn...@bell.net or sighti...@ofnc.ca
July 14, 2016 Once again, there were no real highlights this week. By and large, birding has been as dull as dishwater. Like last week, weather was seasonal to hot with some rain. The rain was and will continue to be the important factor in river water levels and hence shorebird populations for the next few weeks. Birdsong has diminished but there is still quite a bit of activity with many young birds still being attended to by their parents. There was a quite a bit of shorebird activity this week, but unfortunately mostly outside the region, at Alfred and St. Isidore. Rain on 9th eliminated the Shirley’s Bay shorebird habitat temporarily. There was a bit of activity at Petrie Island, the Almonte Lagoons and the Richmond Conservation area, but nothing out the ordinary. More interesting were a few SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS at St. Albert on the 11th. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL at Britannia on the 10th, and the continuing RED-NECKED GREBE as late as the 13th at Mud Lake are noteworthy. Some of the other less common sightings this week were: 1. NORTHERN PINTAIL at Shirley’s bay on the 10th 2. UPLAND SANDPIPER on Franktown Road on the 10th. 3. BLUE-HEADED VIREO and RED-SHOULDERED HAWK at Meech lake on the 13th. 4. BLUE-HEADED VIREO at Burnt Lands PP. on the 10th. 5. 2 TENNESSEE WARBLERS at Camp Fortune on the 9th. 6. SEDGE WREN still on Torbolton Ridge Road as of the 11th. The OFNC's Birds Committee no longer reports owl sightings on the Internet. We will continue to encourage the reporting of owls to sighti...@ofnc.ca for the purpose of maintaining local records. Thanks to everyone who contributed bird observations. We encourage everyone to report their bird sightings on ebird for the benefit of the entire birding community. Good birding. _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
