- RBA
* Ontario
* Ottawa/Gatineau
* 04 January 2004
* ONOT0401.04
- Birds mentioned
Common Loon
Greater Scaup
Long-tailed Duck
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
Bufflehead
Bald Eagle
Peregrine Falcon
Wild Turkey
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Thayer's Gull
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
NORTHERN HAWK OWL
Short-eared Owl
Red-bellied Woodpecker
BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER
Winter Wren
Brown Thrasher
Bohemian Waxwing
White-throated Sparrow
Pine Grosbeak
Common Redpoll
HOARY REDPOLL
Pine Siskin
Evening Grosbeak
- Transcript
hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
date: 04 January 2004
number: 613-860-9000 press 2
to report: 613-860-9000 press #
coverage: Ottawa/Gatineau (Can. Nat. Capital Reg.), E.Ont., W.Que.
compilers : Chris Lewis
: Terry Higgins
: Colin Bowen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
transcriber: Michelle Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
internet : Gordon Pringle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
OFNC BIRD STATUS LINE SUNDAY JANUARY 4 AT 6PM
This is Chris Lewis reporting.
A Common Loon has been hanging around below Deschenes Rapids until
at least January 4. From the Québec side of the Deschenes Rapids,
1 Greater Scaup, 1 Long-tailed Duck and a pair of Bufflehead were
reported on the 4th as well. A male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE is still
at Remic Rapids off the lookout as of the 3rd and another male was
on the Rideau River just below the Lees Ave bus station on the
4th.
Bald Eagles have been reported regularly since the 1st. The
latest sighting was of 4 birds, 1 adult and 3 immature, on the ice
off the Deschenes lookout on the 4th. A Peregrine Falcon was on
the south side of the R H Coates Building on the 4th as well.
A large flock of Wild Turkeys continues to be reported on Berry
Side Rd, north of the Fifth Line of Kanata, and a single bird was
at Kott Lumbar Yard on Moodie Dr on the 4th.
Among the large gathering of predominantly Great Black-backed and
numerous Herring Gulls on the ice between Deschenes lookout and
the Pinecrest Creek on the morning of the 3rd, there was 1 Ring-
billed Gull, 3 Iceland Gulls, 1 adult Lesser Black-backed Gull and
approximately 8 Glaucous Gulls of different ages. A first
Thayer's Gull was also at this location on the 1st.
The NORTHERN HAWK OWL remains a fixture near #283 on Old Union
Hall Rd near Almonte and 7 Short-eared Owls were still being seen
at dusk along Earl Armstrong Rd, also on the 1st.
A BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER was on the trail northeast off Kerwin Rd
on the 4th. No recent reports of the Red-bellied Woodpecker near
North Gower but it is likely still present. The Brown Thrasher
was still here on the 2nd.
A Winter Wren was also still hanging on at the bridge west of the
end of Vanier Rd in Deschenes Québec on the 1st.
Bohemian Waxwings were found in small numbers near the Arnprior
and Carleton Place areas on the 26th and 27th respectively. Three
White-throated Sparrows were at a feeder on Tweedsmuir Ave in the
Westboro area on the morning of the 4th.
Winter finches are being commonly reported now in a variety of
locations; many Common Redpolls and Evening Grosbeaks. Pine
Grosbeaks were seen in the Larose Forest on the 4th and Pine
Siskins were also present in small numbers at Grandview Rd, Hilda
Rd and Kerwin Rd on the 2nd. HOARY REDPOLLS were reported on both
the Carleton Place and Dunrobin-Breckenridge Christmas Bird Counts
on the December 27 and January 3 respectively.
Thank-you. Good birding.
- End transcript
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