Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club (OFNC) Ottawa/Gatineau (50km radius from Parliament Hill) E. Ontario, W. Quebec Compiler: Al Caughey at sightings@ofnc.ca Update for 2026.02.26 (season 1; episode 4) Due to a technical glitch, my updates which were being sent to birdnews@ontbirds.ca were not actually being accepted. That issue has now been resolved. All future updates can now be found at https://ontbirds.ca/empathy/search?q=Ottawa%2FGatineau&slist=birdnews.ontbirds.ca&sort=newer&collapse=on On the birding front, almost all of our long term visitors and `winter` birds are still here and other than a couple of reports of Turkey Vultures, nothing too exciting has arrived. A number of our early-arrivals no longer `trip` the notables filters so they'll be falling off this list (e.g., White-throated Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Barrow's Goldeneye) `Notable` birds: Trumpeter Swan: continuing along the Mississippi River in Carleton Place & Appleton - most recently Feb 26 Northern Pintail: continuing along at Mud Lake CA and along the Rideau River near Brewer Park - last reported Feb 23s Ring-necked Duck: continuing with multiple reports at Watson's Mill in Manotick - most recently Feb 26 Lesser Scaup: continuing between the Champlain Bridge and Parc Moussette, Gatineau - last reported Feb 21 Hooded Merganser: multiple reports at 4 locations - most recently Feb 26 - Mississippi Riverwalk Trail in Carleton Place; Watson's Mill in Manotick (1); Carleton University (1); Burritts Rapids (2) Turkey Vulture: 2 reports at 2 locations - last reported on Feb 23 - Carleton University; NCC Trail 28, Ottawa Red-bellied Woodpecker: continuing at Domaine de la ferme Moore, Gatineau - last reported on Feb 21 Also at several other locations - last reported on Feb 25 - including - Development Rd, North Dundas ON (1); Richmond CA (formerly Richmond Sewage Lagoons) (1); Wolf Grove Rd, Almonte (1); Stony Swamp (Jack Pine Trail), Ottawa (1); Grasshopper Hill Park, Ottawa (1) Black-backed Woodpecker: continuing at 2 locations - last reported on Feb 22 - Old Quarry Trail, Kanata; Stony Swamp (Jack Pine Trail & Trailhead P11), Nepean Northern Flicker: continuing with several reports at several locations - most recently Feb 25 - Riverside South; Trend Arlington; Mud Lake, Ottawa; Palmer Ave, Ottawa Tufted Titmouse: continuing at the feeders on Lewis St and Minto Park - last reported on Feb 26 Hermit Thrush: continuing with several reports at 3 main locations - most recently Feb 26 - Cassels Rd at Mud Lake CA, Ottawa; Fletchers Wildlife Gardens, Ottawa; Rue de Roquebrune, Gatineau Fox Sparrow: multiple reports at Mud Lake CA, Ottawa - most recently Feb 26 White-throated Sparrow: multiple reports at too many locations to list - last reported on Feb 26 Western Meadowlark: continuing along Panmure Rd, Kinburn -most recently Feb 26 Thanks - apologies for any errors and/or omissions! Al