Please note the following corrections to the message I posted earlier today: Re: RED PHALAROPES on the Ottawa River - FIVE (not 4) were seen on the Ottawa River on 26 Sept. Re: adult PARASITIC JAEGER on the river east of the Britannia filtration plant - the bird was seen ONLY only the the 26th (not the 26th and 27th). Thanks very much to Mark Gawn for setting the record straight! Chris Lewis Ottawa, ON hagenius@primus.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christina Lewis" <hagenius@primus.ca> To: "OFO sightings" <ontbirds@hwcn.org>; "BIRDEAST" <birdeast@listserv.arizona.edu> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 10:05 AM Subject: [Ontbirds] Ottawa/Gatineau - 29 Sep 10 - weekly update > Ontario/Quebec > Ottawa/Gatineau > 29 September 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) > Coverage: Ottawa/Gatineau (Canada National Capital Region) E. Ontario, W. > Quebec > Compiler & transcriber: Chris Lewis hagenius@primus.ca, or > sightings@ofnc.ca > > It's been a very active week, with lots of highlights in the > Ottawa-Gatineau area. > > More waterfowl species are beginning to arrive - on the 25th a raft of > SCAUP sp. at Shirley's Bay included 2 REDHEAD, and a pair of Redhead has > been hanging out in the east pond at Andrew Haydon Park since at least the > 23rd. >>From the 26th to the 28th flocks of up to 40 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS were >>noted > on the Ottawa River from Shirley's Bay through Britannia. > > On the 26th at least 4 COMMON LOONS were on the river off Andrew Haydon. > GREAT EGRETS continue to be reported from the river, as well as local > ponds such as the Moodie Dr. quarry pond and the Emerald Meadows area in > Kanata. Two imm. BALD EAGLES were seen again at Shirley's Bay on the 26th. > > Although a significant rise in water levels on the Ottawa River has all > but obliterated the mud flats along the shorelines, shorebirds are still > about - a DUNLIN was at Shirley's Bay on the 26th, and the same day a > couple of AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVERS were noted at the Petersen sod farms > south of Osgoode, and a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER was among 14 mostly GREATER > YELLOWLEGS at the Richmond lagoons on Eagleson Rd. A serious influx of RED > PHALAROPES occurred on the 26th, with 1 seen at the Winchester sewage > lagoons and at least 4 on the Ottawa River; at least 3 were still present > below Deschenes rapids on the evening of the 28th. > > Approx. 10 BONAPARTE'S GULLS have been present all week at Deschenes, > several LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were found on the 26th (3 along > Bankfield Rd. and 2 at the Moodie Dr. quarry pond), a FORSTER'S TERN was > reported flying west up the river from Deschenes on the 22nd, and an adult > PARASITIC JAEGER stirred things up on the river east of the Britannia > filtration plant on the afternoons of the 26th and 27th. > > More GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS, another wave of VEERY, SWAINSON'S and HERMIT > THRUSHES, and lots of AMERICAN PIPITS were noted by several observers over > the past few days. WARBLERS are not done yet - sightings at Shirley's Bay > and Britannia from the 24th to the 28th included TENNESSEE, > ORANGE-CROWNED, NASHVILLE, NORTHERN PARULA, MAGNOLIA, YELLOW-RUMPED, > BLACK-THROATED GREEN, BLACKBURNIAN, PALM, BLACKPOLL, BLACK-AND-WHITE and > WILSON'S. Also noteworthy was an increase in numbers of WHITE-CROWNED and > WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, and the first seasonal report of LAPLAND LONGSPUR > came from a field along Bankfield Rd. on the 26th. > > Thank you - Good Birding! > > > > > _______________________________________________ > ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial > birding organization. > Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org > For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/ > > >