Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club (OFNC)
Ottawa/Gatineau (50 Km radius from Parliament Hill) E. Ontario, W. Quebec
Compiler: Derek Dunnett at sightings@ofnc.ca
Big story of the week was the Lark Sparrow on Twin Elm Road May 02-03.
This road produces good shorebirds, gulls, and apparently sparrows, from
time to time. A sparse handful of new warblers in small numbers.
Trumpeter Swan - Pair May 02, Vances Side Road, Dunrobin, Ottawa
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - A handful seem to have passed right over
Ottawa: May 04 Wychwood, Aylmer, Gatineau. May 04, Parc Queen,
Gatineau. May 03, Rue rémi , cantley, Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais. May
01, Rue de Saturne, Cantley, Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais.
Lesser Yellowlegs - 50+ at Richmond Lagoons, Ottawa, May 05.
Iceland Gull - May 05, Twin Elm Road, Ottawa.
Lesser Black-backed Gull - (7) May 05, Twin Elm Road, Ottawa. May 03,
Moodie Drive Quarry, Ottawa. May 03, Andrew Haydon Park, Ottawa.
Bonaparte’s Gull - (14) on Lake Deschenes May 05.
Caspian Tern - Reported May 01, Baie McLaurin, Gatineau
Rough-legged Hawk - May 02, Twin Elm Road Wetlands, Ottawa. May 01, RN
de Breckenridge, Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais.
Red-headed Woodpecker - Constance Bay, Ottawa.
Red-bellied Woodpecker - pair interacting May 04, Cowell Rd, Ottawa. Apr
30, Chemin Cook, Gatineau.
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - May 03- 04, Imp de l'Excursion, Gatineau.
Carolina Wren - Pair continues in Frank Ryn & Elmhurst Parks, Ottawa. Apr
29, Mud Lake, Ottawa.
Marsh Wren - May 02-04, Cameron Harvey Drive, Ottawa. May 01, NCC
greenbelt P27, Ottawa.
Bohemian Waxwing - (14) May 05, Greenbelt Trail 10, Ottawa. May 02,
Frank Ryn & Elmhurst Parks, Ottawa. (25) Apr 29, Holbrook Rd, Montague,
Lanark.
Lark Sparrow - May 02-03, Twin Elm Road Wetlands, Ottawa.
Fox Sparrow - May 03, Du Bois Ave, Ottawa.
Louisiana Waterthrush - May 04-05, Parc de la Gatineau--Sentier Lauriault
and Sentier de la Chute, and Gatineau.
Cape May Warbler May 03,Stanley Park, Ottawa
Blackburnian Warbler - May 01, Mud Lake, Ottawa,
Orange-crowned Warbler - May 04, Parc de la Gatineau--Sentier Gamelin,
Gatineau.
We are now in the second year of the Third Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas: an
ambitious five-year effort to provide data that will guide environmental
policies and conservation strategies across Ontario for years to come.
Participation is easy and can be as simple as noting a singing bird in your
neighbourhood, or watching a bird with nesting material. For more
information, watch the introductory video on the OFNC Facebook Group,
visit https://www.birdsontario.org/ or contact the Ottawa Regional
Coordinator at Ottawa@birdsontario.org