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Subject: [Ontbirds] Ottawa/Gatineau 03 Jul 09 - weekly update
From: "Christina Lewis" <hagenius(AT)primus.ca>
Date: 3 Jul 2009 8:39am
Ontario/Quebec
Ottawa/Gatineau
03 July 2009
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(AT)primus.ca
At 8:30 am, Friday 03 July, 2009 this is Chris Lewis reporting.
Breeding birds dominated the local reports, interspersed with several
uncommon species. A Great Egret flew over Britannia on the 24th,
Black-crowned Night-Herons were noted in a variety of locations including
the falls at Hog's Back Park, and Green Herons were also widely reported
last week. The downtown Peregrine Falcon watch wrapped up another successful
season with both offspring flying well in time for Canada Day.
The Embrun lagoons hosted a single adult Semipalmated Plover on June 27th
and an adult Dunlin on July 2nd - both quite unusual for this time of year
in our part of the world. An influx of Caspian Terns evidently occurred in
the last week of June, with multiple reports from the Ottawa River - a group
of five (a large number for this rare visitor to our area) was seen on a
sandbar near the Fitzroy - Quyon ferry docks on the 24th and two were seen
at Shirley's Bay the following day.
On the 22nd and 24th, the calls of both Black-billed and Yellow-billed
Cuckoos were again heard in a couple of areas of Gatineau Park. On July 1st
a pair of Northern Parulas was a nice find on the west side of Lac La Peche.
Fifteen breeding species of warblers as well as several other woodland
species were in good voice in the Larose forest on the 30th, and two
Lincoln's Sparrows and a Palm Warbler were noted in their traditional
breeding areas in the Mer Bleue bog the same day. A rich assortment of field
species was again reported from the fields south of the international
airport.
The Western Meadowlark remains a fixture in a field along Lac des Loups Rd.
north of Quyon, Quebec as of the 1st, and a pair of Evening Grosbeaks and a
Pine Siskin were seen at a feeder in the same location.
Thank you - Good Birding!
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Subject: [Ontbirds] Hamilton Naturalists Club Birding Report -
Friday, July 3rd, 2009
From: "Cheryl Edgecombe" <cheryle29(AT)cogeco.ca>
Date: 3 Jul 2009 11:34am
On Friday, July 3rd, 2009, this is the HNC Birding Report:
PRAIRIE WARBLER
Wood Duck
American Wigeon
Ring-necked Duck
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Common Loon
Red-necked Grebe
Least Bittern
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Peregrine Falcon
Sora
Sandhill Crane
Spotted Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Common Tern
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Least Flycatcher
Great-crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Warbling Vireo
Common Raven
Purple Martin
Marsh Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Gray Catbird
Cedar Waxwing
Blue-winged Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Pine Warbler
American Redstart
Eastern Towhee
Clay-colored Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Bobolink
Eastern Meadowlark
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Pine Siskin
This week's report is dedicated to breeding birds which are present in the
Hamilton Study Area. Although quieter this time of year, one can see or at
least catch of glimpse of young birds which are fledging and who have nested
in areas we are familiar with during migration.
There were no mega-rarities this week or last. The only bird of note from
the last two weeks was the PRAIRIE WARBLER which has not been reported since
June 21st. The Laughing Gull was a one day wonder but could still be in the
area with a spectacular number of gulls to sort through at the Waterdown
Garden Supply. This should be a good area as well to watch for returning
shorebirds in the ponds. Common Ravens were seen here the Saturday after
the Laughing Gull was seen, a good record for this time of year.
The Red-necked Grebes at Bronte Harbour are doing well. There seem to be
two stages of birds. One group is has two chicks and is sitting on eggs and
the other have half grown chicks which are just learning to dive.
Both sets of Peregrine Falcons are doing well. At the lift bridge, one
chick has perished but the other two are doing well. A surprise yesterday
as one of the adults came in with some very colourful food, a Budgie! The
Sheraton Peregrines are putting on quite an aerial show these days and a
couple of them seem to be catching their own grub. The dawn to dusk
Falconwatch ends today but watchers will be out early morning and late
evening to check on them.
At Shoreacres in Burlington, breeding birds seen and heard yesterday were
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Cedar Waxwing, Gray Catbird, Yellow-billed Cuckoo,
Warbling Vireo, Indigo Bunting, Baltimore Oriole and a rather funny sighting
yesterday of a Yellow Warbler feeding a Brown-headed Cowbird in the middle
of the wood chipped path. It must consume all of this Yellow Warblers time
to feed such a bird which is 4 times bigger than it.
Out at Windermere Basin a couple of shorebirds were present a week and a
half to two weeks ago with an adult Least Sandpiper seen and two
White-rumped Sandpipers present for a day. Northbound or southbound these
birds were only here briefly. In the basin itself, the Common Tern colony
seems to be doing well and there are more Common Terns around this year than
in past. A male Ring-necked Duck, a male American Wigeon, a Common
Goldeneye in eclipsed plumage and several Ruddy Ducks are also here.
Out in the Dundas Marsh, Yellow-billed and Black-billed Cuckoos are also
calling here. Wood Ducks, Osprey and Least Bittern were also noted here
last week.
At Courtcliffe Park in Carlisle, Spotted Sandpipers, Eastern Wood Pewee,
Least and Great-crested Flycatcher, Eastern Kingbird, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher,
Eastern Bluebird, American Redstart, Savannah Sparrow and Indigo Bunting
were all seen here this week.
On the Fifth Concession West, at the Millgrove Loam Pits, Marsh Wren,
Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Rose-breasted Grosbeak and Orchard Oriole are breeders
here. The Northland Nursery close by to here is a good spot for some of the
grassland breeders such as Clay-colored, Grasshopper and Savannah Sparrow,
Bobolink and Eastern Meadowlark.
In the odds and sods, at Kerncliffe Park in Burlington, Sora, Eastern Towhee
and Indigo Bunting were birds recorded this week. Along the Dundas Rail
Trail, Purple Martin, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Blue-winged Warbler, Pine
Warbler and Eastern Towhee were seen in the week. A couple of young Bald
Eagles have been spotted, probably 1st year individuals in moult, one over
the escarpment near Dundas and the other over Guelph Line and Prospect in
Burlington. Common Loons were seen at Canada Centre for Inland Waters and
Bronte Harbour this past week. Pine Siskins continue to be seen at a feeder
in South Burlington. Sandhill Cranes continue to be present near Deer Run
Court in Brantford.
So in all things are quiet. I needed to crank out a report so people didn't
wonder if the HSA reporter had gone missing. Things will pick up soon I
expect with the return of shorebirds and some early warblers. Make sure to
send those sightings my way.
Have a great weekend!
Cheryl Edgecombe
HNC Hotline
905-381-0329
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