Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club (OFNC)
Ottawa/Gatineau (50 Km radius from Parliament Hill) E. Ontario, W. Quebec
Compiler: Derek Dunnett at sightings@ofnc.ca
Barrow's Goldeneye - Feb 15, Centennial Park, Carleton Place, Lanark. Parc
Brébeuf, Gatineau.
Tundra Swan - Continued to at least Feb 16, Martin/St. Paul St lookout,
Almonte, Lanark.
Trumpeter Swan - 11 on Feb 14, River Walk Trail, Carleton Place, Lanark.
Northern Harrier - Feb 17, McBean Street, Ottawa, over the soccer field.
Continuing male on Cope Drive, Ottawa. Trail Road Landfill, Ottawa, and
surrounding area.
Golden Eagle - Feb 13, High Lonesome Nature Reserve, Lanark, eating
roadkill on the way to the reserve.
Belted Kingfisher - Feb 13, Ste-Cécile de Masham, Les
Collines-de-l'Outaouais, at the bridge into the park.
Red-headed Woodpecker - Constance Bay, Ottawa.
Black-backed Woodpecker - Continued to at least Feb 11, Torbolton Forest,
Ottawa. No reason to think it isn't still there, tapping away softly
somewhere in the forest.
Carolina Wren - Frank Ryn & Elmhurst Parks, Ottawa.
Hermit Thrush - Britannia CA, Ottawa, often by the outflow from Mud Lake.
Evening Grosbeaks - A single bird at Mer Bleue Bog, Ottawa, at least until
Feb 14. Gatineau Park: 11 at Relais Renaud Feb 15, and 15 on sentirer 52
on the 12th. Chemin McCrank, La Pêche, Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais.
Red Crossbill - Chemin Eardley Masham, Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais.
Gatineau Park on
sentier 53, Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais. Crazy Horse trail, Ottawa.
White-winged Crossbill - Feb 11 Kerwin Road Trail, Ottawa. Feb 15
Sentier Gamelin, Parc de la Gatineau, Gatineau. Feb 14 Chemin Simmons,
Gatineau.
Hoary Redpoll - A few reports of single birds among flocks of Common
Redpolls: Feb 14 Ste-Cécile de Masham, Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais. Feb
13 Rockcliffe Park, Ottawa, in a flock of 75 Commons. Feb 11 Chemin de la
Rivière Blanche, Papineau.
White-crowned Sparrow - Feb 13, Trim Rd near McFadden Rd, Ottawa.