Ontario/Quebec
Ottawa/Gatineau
08 November 2011
Hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
Phone number: 613-860-9000
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To report bird sightings PRESS 1 (one)
Coverage: Ottawa/Gatineau (Canada National Capital Region)
E. Ontario,W. Quebec
Compiler & transcriber: Bob Cermak for Chris Lewis hagen...@primus.ca, or
sighti...@ofnc.ca
No report of the WESTERN GREBE this past week and the last sighting of the
RAZORBILL was on November 1st on the Ottawa river east of the Deschenes rapids.
There was a bit of a Finch movement throughout eastern Ontario this week with
numbers of WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS seen on November 6th at Mer Bleue, Rothwell
Heights and Qualicum-Graham Park. PINE SISKINS were also at Mer Bleue on the
6th.
Species reported at various locations on the Ottawa river this past week were
RED-THROATED LOON, COMMON LOON, all three SCOTERS (BLACK, SURF and
WHITE-WINGED), all three MERGANSERS (HOODED, COMMON and RED-BREASTED), two
Grebe species (HORNED and RED-NECKED), LESSER SCAUP and increasing numbers of
COMMON GOLDENEYE and BUFFLEHEAD.
On November 4th 4 GRAY PARTRIDGE were seen in the corn stubble at the corner of
Barnsdale and Twin Elm. Late shorebirds seen at the Casselman lagoon on the 4th
were; 1 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 1 DUNLIN, 3 WHITE-RUMPED
SANDPIPERS and 5 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS. There were also 5 AMERICAN COOTS at the
Embrun lagoon on that date.
150 SANDHILL CRANES (an OTTAWA record number) were seen south of Smith road and
west of Milton road on November 7th.
5 TRUMPETER SWANS (2 adults and 3 juveniles all unbanded) were seen on the
Mississippi river in Carlton Place on the 7th. These are likely the same adults
that nested on the Jock River south east of Carlton Place this spring.
A female LONG TAILED duck was seen all week at Andrew Haydon Park and more
could usually be found at Shirley's Bay.
On November 6th around 10:30 am a Jaeger (species unknown) was reported
harassing gulls at the east end of the Deschenes rapids for a few minutes then
was last seen flying west up the Ottawa river.
A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen at Bate Island on the 8th. BRANT were seen at
various locations on the Ottawa river as well as 2 at Andrew Hayden on the 5th
and the 7th and 1 at the Deschene lookout on the 5th. On the 5th at Shirley's
Bay there were 78 NORTHERN SHOVELERS, 10 GADWALLS and 8 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS. On
the 7th 200 SNOW GEESE were seen at Burnside Pit on Moodie and 2000 were seen
near km 54 along Hwy 417 east of Casselman.
Thank you - Good Birding!
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