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The American Three-toed Woodpecker that has been overwintering in Aylmer,
Quebec, just north of Ottawa, was still hanging around Chemin Grimes yesterday
Sunday, March 8th. I found it in a tree in the front yard of 14 Grimes at
around 5:30PM, after about an hour and a half of looking. Unfo
Hello
The gyrfalcon that has been overwintering east of Ottawa is still hanging
around the Laflèche landfill just off the 138 south of highway 417. I was able
to observe the bird yesterday Sunday Feb 22nd from about 4:20 to 4:30 PM. I
initially spotted it on the right-most of the three poles th
I was astonished to hear a singing Mourning Warbler this morning while
cycling through Algonquin College in Ottawa on my way to work. The bird
was in a single line of ornamental plants on the south side of the T
Building (School of Advanced Technology), in an otherwise quite open
campus area. These
Barb Robertson saw and photographed a Blue-winged Warbler yesterday
morning in the woodlot north-west of Tunney's Pasture in Ottawa. I was
able to relocate the bird today at lunch time. It was just off the main
east-west trail on a short side trail that goes south to an opening in
the fence that bo
At lunchtime today I had a Blue-winged Warbler in the woodlot north-west
of Tunney's Pasture, the woodlot that hosted a Prothonotary Warbler a
couple of years ago. The blue-wing was with a small group of migrant
passerines in the same spot that the prothonotary was, namely the
western part of the w
I took a long lunch from work today to look for the Ruff at Marais des
Grenouillettes, but I did not see it. By no means, however, would I
assume that the bird is gone, as the shorebirds were relatively hard to
observe. They were on the small "islands" of vegetation in the main
basin of the marsh,
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Apologies for the late post. Yesterday I arrived at the Moodie ponds
shortly before 6 PM. Larry Neily and Phil (terribly sorry--forgotten the
last name!) were already there and had located as many as 4(!) possible
kittiwakes sitting on the water. Because of the number (4 as opposed to
the re
This morning, Tony Beck and his group discovered an adult breeding-plumaged
Arctic Tern feeding over the Deschênes Rapids on the Ottawa River. We viewed
the bird from a spot a couple of hundred metres west of Britannia Point, which
seemed to be the best vantage point. Although we'd briefly lost
This morning, Tony Beck and his group discovered an adult breeding-plumaged
Arctic Tern feeding over the Deschênes Rapids. We viewed the bird from a spot a
couple of hundred metres west of Britannia Point, which seemed to be the best
vantage point. Although we'd briefly lost the bird when I left
Hello Ontbirders
This morning a breeding-plumaged male Red-breasted Merganser was just a
few metres from shore on the Ottawa River just west of the Remic Rapids
parking lot.
Directions: The Remic Rapids parking lot is on the north side of the
Ottawa River Parkway. The access road to the lot is th
Hello Ontbirders
Bob Cermak phoned me about a first-year male Harlequin Duck he'd found
on the Ottawa River on the Quebec side of the Champlain bridge. It was
just on the east side of the bridge about 40 metres out from shore.
Apologies for any errors--I have NOT seen this bird myself and am
relay
Hello Ontbirders
The past three afternoons I've observed good numbers of gulls (a few
hundred) on the ice of the Ottawa River. On Friday and Saturday they
were near Remic Rapids, but yesterday Sunday they were at Kitchissippi
(Westboro beach area). I'm assuming that essentially the same group was
Hello Ontbirders
To no great surprise, a visit to Britannia Pier today at around 9:30 AM
did not produce any of the purple sandpipers that were reported
yesterday and the day before. The winter storm is over, and today's
temperatures would certainly be an incentive to a southbound migrant to
conti
A flock of Bohemian Waxwings was by the Ottawa river south-east of
Champlain Bridge today at lunch time. The group was spread out and
numbers were very hard to estimate, but I'll guess 25-30. They were on
the north side (occasionally) of the Ottawa River Parkway, in trees on
the wide median, and es
A flock of 100-150 Brant was flying up the Ottawa River this morning in
a strange zigzag fashion. It looked like they might come down but then
decided to keep going. Worth keeping an eye out for them in case they do
land. I spotted them around 9:15 just west of the Champlain Bridge.
Paul Matthews,
Hello Ontbirders
There was a Grey-cheeked Thrush in the woodlot north-west of Tunney's
Pasture today at lunchtime (the woodlot of Prothonotary Warbler fame).
The thrush was on the south side of the northern-most trail that runs
east-west between Island Park and the path that is the continuation of
Today at lunchtime there was a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher in the woodlot
north-west of Tunney's Pasture (the woodlot of Prothonotary Warbler
fame). The bird was found along the northernmost trail that runs
east-west. This trail is quite narrow and parallels the Ottawa River
Parkway, which is a few d
The single bird mentioned yesterday was at the same location this
morning, namely on the lawn next to the road that leads to the Remic
Rapids parking lot. I'm assuming it's the same bird. However, not far
away in the water by the shore was a flock of some 400 Brant, presumably
resting and waiting f
At least one Snowy Owl was still along Wall Rd between Trim and Frank
Kenny, east of Ottawa, this afternoon at around 2:30 PM. It was quite a
white bird, but its whiteness and the almost total lack of snow did not
make it easy to find, as it was tucked away in the north-west corner of
the farm prop
I'm not sure how common robins are this winter in Ottawa, as the species
was not mentioned (if memory serves) in recent reports for the region by
Chris Lewis. I saw 2 last Sunday, one in my front yard at 12 Suffolk St
near Algonquin College, the other north of NCC Greenbelt trail 11, which
starts a
Today (Oct 6), I refound the grey-cheeked thrush in the woodlots
south-east of the Champlain Bridge (I assume it's the same bird as
yesterday). There were several hermit thrushes as well, and a
blue-headed vireo. Some species from yesterday appeared to have vacated:
for example, I didn't see a sing
Today (Oct 5), at lunch time, the woodlots south-east of the Champlain
bridge yielded a grey-cheeked thrush, as well as a few hermit thrushes,
blue-headed vireos, a late-ish black-and-white warbler, and plenty of
the more common migrant passerines one sees at this time of year. It was
quite active.
Yesterday evening I looked unsuccessfully for the Yellow-throated
Warbler at Shirley's Bay. My sense of disappointment was alleviated
considerably by the presence of two of my favourite bird species:
1) A couple of Great Horned Owls were calling back and forth from the
woods west of the road/track
Today (Sept 19), a single white morph Snow Goose was in with the many
Canadas on the Ottawa River just east of the Champlain Bridge. The
nearby woodlots had Golden-Crowned Kinglets and a Hermit Thrush. The
current weather here doesn't feel like fall but the birds do.
There is a parking lot on the
I spent this morning (Thursday) birding along the Ottawa River in the
west end of Ottawa. Britannia Ridge was really hopping with birds.
Unfortunately, variety was not great. Warblers mostly consisted of three
very well-represented species: yellow-rumped, Nashville and
black-throated green. I also
This week, a peregrine was on the north side of the Coats building at
the Tunney's Pasture government complex on Monday and Wednesday morning,
as well as early Wednesday afternoon. I did not see it at other times.
On good migration days, the small woodlots north-west of Tunney's
Pasture have small
This morning, August 17, an adult peregrine falcon spent time on both
the Jean Talon and Coats buildings of the Tunney's Pasture Government
complex. The death of the locally resident female peregrine, nicknamed
Horizon, has been well publicized. It seems likely that this morning's
bird was the resi
My apologies. The reference to "Western Parkway" for parking should have
read "Ottawa River Parkway". "Western Parkway" is an old name that I
still use (and it was perhaps never the official name!). Having
consulted a map, in my original message I corrected "Western" in the
first reference, but mis
The very low level of the Ottawa River has exposed a rocky shelf on the
north side of the Ottawa River Parkway just to the east of the Champlain
Bridge. There were a number of shorebirds here at lunch time today (Aug
15):
A few Lesser Yellowlegs
A half dozen Semipalmated Plover
A Killdeer
A half d
The bird was still there at 1:15 PM, but is was NOT at all active.
Instead it was standing on its favourite resting rock, some 50 to 100
metres out from shore in Dow's Lake below the parking lot in the centre
circle. At this distance, binoculars are not enough for really
spectacular views, although
I was able to find the Snowy Egret at around 2:30 PM or shortly past. It
was standing on a rock in Dow's Lake proper (as opposed to the Rideau
Canal), about 50 to 100 metres out from shore, below the Arboretum
centre circle parking lot. From a distance it looked very like the many
Ring-billed Gulls
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