Ottawa RBA
March 14, 2010
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:42:08 -0400
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From: Christina Lewis <hagenius@PRIMUS.CA>
Subject: [BIRDEAST] Ottawa/Gatineau 14 Mar 10 - weekly update
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Ontario/Quebec
Ottawa/Gatineau
14 March 2010
Hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
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Coverage: Ottawa/Gatineau (Canada National Capital Region) E. Ontario, W.
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Compiler & transcriber: Chris Lewis hagenius@primus.ca
On Sunday March 14, 2010 this is Chris Lewis reporting.
A few expected spring migrants began to arrive over the past few days.
CANADA GEESE are back, as are RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS and COMMON
GRACKLES. On the 10th, 6 NORTHERN PINTAILS, 4 GREATER SCAUP and 3 HOODED
MERGANSERS were on the open water at Britannia Bay, and on the 12th two
RING-NECKED DUCKS and two BUFFLEHEAD were on the Mississippi River by the
bridge in Carleton Place. On the 10th at least 1 male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was
still on the Rideau River off Riverain Park and 7 male COMMON MERGANSERS
were putting on quite a show for a single female at this location.
Three BALD EAGLES in the Dunrobin area on the 7th may have been migrants;
four seen in the Gatineau Hills from Therien and Steele Rds. on the 12th
were most likely birds that wintered here. The first local reports of
NORTHERN HARRIERS came from Luskville, Quebec on the 7th and Upper Dwyer
Hill Rd. on the 12th. At least 5 RED-TAILED HAWKS were reported in the
Richmond/Fallowfield and Trail Rd. areas, some of which are certainly local
breeders. A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, one of the very few locally wintering birds,
was seen in the vicinity of Barnsdale Rd. and Moodie Dr. on the 6th. Single
NORTHERN GOSHAWKS were spotted at Dunrobin and Kinburn Rds. on the 5th and
along Steele Rd. in Quebec on the 12th.
RING-BILLED GULLS are now back big-time. Single ICELAND and GLAUCOUS GULLS
were reported from the large quarry pond along Moodie Dr. south of Trail Rd.
on the 10th, and a report of a first winter THAYER'S GULL came in on the
13th from a field along Cambrian Rd. between Twin Elm Rd. and Moodie Dr.
A couple of NORTHERN SHRIKES were seen on the Quebec side on the 12th - one
along Ch. de la Riviere in Breckenridge, and another along Steele Rd.
Several of Ottawa's breeding pairs of COMMON RAVENS have returned to
previous nesting sites over the past three weeks, more of our common local
songbirds are singing....and there are sure to many more migrants arriving
as the unusually mild weather is forecast to continue next week!
Thank you - Good Birding!
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