- RBA * Ontario * Ottawa/Gatineau * 09 January 2005 * ONOT0501.09
- Birds mentioned BARROW'S GOLDENEYE Barred Owl GREAT GRAY OWL RED-HEADED WOODPECKER Bohemian Waxwing Pine Siskin - Transcript hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club date: 09 January 2005 number: 613-860-9000 for the status line : press 2 for rare bird alerts: press 1 to report a sighting: press # coverage: Ottawa/Gatineau (Can. Nat. Capital Reg.), E.Ont., W.Que. compiler : Chris Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] transcriber: Chris Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] internet : Gordon Pringle [EMAIL PROTECTED] OFNC BIRD STATUS LINE - JAN 09 2005 AT 8:00 PM This is Chris Lewis reporting. Highlights of the past few days were...guess what?...owls! Since the last Bird Status Line update on January 5th, GREAT GRAY OWL sightings continue to pour in. Up to 29 birds were seen in the areas of Galetta Side Rd., Kilmaurs Side Rd., Dunrobin Rd. and Kinburn Side Rd. west of Dunrobin and Constance Bay on the 8th; many of these birds were seen again on the 9th. At least 11 Great Grays were seen along March Valley Rd. between Klondike and Riddell Rds on the 9th, 2 were on Rifle Rd. in the Shirley's Bay area today as well, and an additional 2 were reported east of Ottawa on the 7th - one at Sarsfield Rd. and Wilhaven Dr. in Cumberland and another north of the bridge to Petrie Island. Barred Owl reports came in from Rifle Rd. at Carling Ave. and Thomas Dolan Parkway at Stonecrest Rd. on the 8th, as well as Dunrobin Rd. on the north side west of Kinburn Side Rd. before the communication tower, and at Riddell Rd. near March Valley Rd. on the 9th. These owls are most likely to be seen early in the morning and at dusk. Also, they are moving around a lot, so no specific locations are guaranteed! Other birds of note as of Jan. 9th are a male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE still at Remic Rapids near the lookout off the Ottawa River Parkway, and 2 adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS in the old burn site off Whistler Rd. in Constance Bay. A very small group of Bohemian Waxwings were in Dunrobin on the 8th, and an equally small number of Pine Siskins visited a feeder on St-Malo in Aylmer, Quebec the same day. Thank you - Good Birding! - End transcript
