[Ontbirds]Ottawa/Gatineau 09Dec07... Barrow's Goldeneye, Gray Partridge, Hermit Thrush, Oregon Junco

[Gordon Pringle]

- RBA

* Ontario
* Ottawa/Gatineau
* 09 December 2007
* ONOT0712.09

- Birds mentioned

Canada Goose
White-winged Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
Common Merganser
GRAY PARTRIDGE
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
Bald Eagle
Golden Eagle
Peregrine Falcon
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Snowy Owl
Barred Owl
HERMIT THRUSH
American Robin
Bohemian Waxwing
White-throated Sparrow
OREGON JUNCO
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Pine Grosbeak
Common Redpoll
Evening Grosbeak

- Transcript

hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
date: 09 December 2007
Number: 613-860-9000
For the status line PRESS * (star)
To report bird sightings, PRESS 1 (one)
Rare bird alerts are now included in the introductory message
coverage: Ottawa/Gatineau (Can. Nat. Capital Reg.), E.Ont., W.Que.
compiler & transcriber: Chris Lewis  hagenius at primus.ca
internet: Gordon Pringle  parula at magma.ca

THE OFNC BIRD STATUS LINE @ 7:30 pm, SUNDAY DECEMBER 9, 2007

This is Chris Lewis reporting.

Winter has still not arrived according to the calendar, but the local 
weather says otherwise,
as do those who pursue a "winter bird list".  The Ottawa and Rideau 
Rivers are now largely
frozen over except for the rapids and a few small leads, and 
lingering water birds have
concentrated in these areas along with the usual congregations of 
Common Goldeneye.
On the 7th, a few Canada Geese were at both the Deschenes and Remic 
rapids, along with
one each of White-winged Scoter, Long-tailed Duck and Bufflehead.  A 
very late Common
Loon has been present in the vicinity of the Deschenes rapids, most 
recently reported on
the 9th, and a late Double-crested Cormorant as well as a male and 
female BARROW'S
GOLDENEYE were spotted here on the 5th.  A male Barrow's also 
continues to hang out
with a few Common Goldeneye and Common Mergansers on the Rideau River 
north of the
Rideau Tennis Club.

Two separate coveys of GRAY PARTRIDGE were seen in Kanata on the 3rd 
and 4th - a
group of 5 on Maple Grove Rd. off Terry Fox Drive, and a group of 9 
near the parking lot of the
Home Depot store.  Several reports of Bald Eagles came in from 
various locations over the
past week, and an immature Golden Eagle was seen heading southwest 
over Huntmar Rd.
on the 4th.  Two sightings of an adult Peregrine Falcon came in on 
the 5th, from the
communication tower on the Blood Donor Clinic on Carling Ave., and on 
the R.H. Coats
building at Tunney's Pasture.

The evening gull roost on the Ottawa River below the Deschenes rapids 
on the 5th included
at least 1 adult Lesser Black-backed Gull, 9 Iceland and 17 Glaucous 
Gulls.  A good number
of gulls including several of the "white-winged" species were also 
seen at Remic rapids on
the 9th.  The first seasonal report of a Snowy Owl was on the 6th, at 
Concession 20 and
Ste-Rose Rd. east of Ottawa, and a Barred Owl was seen along Rifle 
Rd. as well as March
Valley Rd. near Shirley's Bay on the 8th.

A late HERMIT THRUSH was feeding with a flock of 12 - 15 American 
Robins below the east
end of the "ridge" in the Britannia Conservation Area on the 9th. 
Bohemian Waxwings, Pine
Grosbeaks, Common Redpolls and Evening Grosbeaks continue to be 
reported almost daily
from all over our area.  Common Redpoll numbers in particular have 
significantly increased,
with up to 100 birds seen along Clarence-Cambridge Rd. in the Larose 
Forest on the 7th and
a large number were also at a feeder along Torbolton Ridge Rd. on the 
8th. The OREGON
JUNCO continues to frequent the feeders at the Fletcher Wildlife 
Garden along with regular
Dark-eyed Juncos and a White-throated Sparrow, and a rather late 
Red-winged Blackbird
was at a feeder in Riverview Park on the 6th.

Thank you - Good Birding!


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