Ottawa RBA
July 15, 2010
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:26:29 -0400
Reply-To: Christina Lewis <hagenius@PRIMUS.CA>
Sender: "National Birding Hotline Cooperative (East)"
<BIRDEAST@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>
From: Christina Lewis <hagenius@PRIMUS.CA>
Subject: [BIRDEAST] Ottawa/Gatineau 15 Jul 10 - weekly update
Comments: To: OFO sightings <ontbirds@hwcn.org>
To: BIRDEAST@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
Precedence: list
List-Help: <http://listserv.arizona.edu/cgi-bin/wa?LIST=BIRDEAST>,
<mailto:LISTSERV@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU?body=INFO BIRDEAST>
List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:BIRDEAST-unsubscribe-request@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>
List-Subscribe: <mailto:BIRDEAST-subscribe-request@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>
List-Owner: <mailto:BIRDEAST-request@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>
List-Archive: <http://listserv.arizona.edu/cgi-bin/wa?LIST=BIRDEAST>
X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at email.arizona.edu
Ontario/Quebec
Ottawa/Gatineau
15 July 2010
Hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
Phone number: 613-860-9000
For the Bird Status Line PRESS * (star)
To report bird sightings PRESS 1 (one)
Rare bird alerts are now included in the introductory message
Coverage: Ottawa/Gatineau (Canada National Capital Region) E. Ontario, W.
Quebec
Compiler & transcriber: Chris Lewis hagenius@primus.ca
Local reports over the past week were dominated by herons and shorebirds. On
the 11th a LEAST BITTERN was heard in the marsh at the north end of the
boardwalk at the Mer Bleue conservation area, and AMERICAN BITTERNS were
seen at the Bill Mason Centre west of Dunrobin as well as in the Constance
Creek marsh on the 12th. GREAT EGRETS were again reported from the Ottawa
River with single birds noted at Andrew Haydon Park and the Deschenes
rapids, and up to three at Shirley's Bay from the 10th to the 14th.
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS have also been seen almost daily, with most
sightings coming from the Ottawa River in the Britannia / Deschenes area.
Shorebird movement has definitely picked up in recent days. Local breeders
such as KILLDEER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER and WILSON'S SNIPE were noted in a wide
variety of locations. New arrivals since the 10th included SEMIPALMATED
PLOVER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, SOLITARY, SEMIPALMATED and PECTORAL SANDPIPER
and SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, and numbers of LESSER YELLOWLEGS and LEAST
SANDPIPERS have increased significantly. The extensive mud-flats along the
Ottawa River from Britannia Bay through Shirley's Bay should continue to be
very attractive for shorebirds, and the Embrun, St. Albert and Casselman
sewage lagoons also appear to be fairly productive.
In other reports: An AMERICAN COOT and a BLACK TERN were seen at the Embrun
lagoons along with the usual duck families on the 11th and a MERLIN was
hunting the shorebirds here on the 14th; on the 11th SANDHILL CRANES were
heard calling in the Mer Bleue area; and signs of post-breeding dispersal
among several passerine species have also begun.
Thank you - Good Birding!
For Birdeast archives, and to join, leave, or change address, see:
http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdeast.html