Ottawa/Gatineau: recent sightings to Nov 06, 2025
Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club (OFNC)
Ottawa/Gatineau (50 Km radius from Parliament Hill) E. Ontario, W. Quebec
Compiler: Derek Dunnett at sightings@ofnc.ca
More scattered reports of winter finches. Lots of great waterfowl around.
Ross's Goose (1) Oct 28-Nov 06, Bruce Pit, Ottawa. Intermittent.
Snow x Canada Goose (hybrid) (2) Oct 29, Russell Lagoons, Prescott and
Russell.
Trumpeter Swan (4) Nov 06, Torwood Armitage, Ottawa,
Blue-winged Teal (1) Nov 01, Britannia CA (general location), Ottawa.
Harlequin Duck (1) Nov 05-06, Billings Bridge/Clifford Allen Island, Ottawa
Barrow's Goldeneye (1-3) Nov 03-06, Dow's Lake, Ottawa. (1) Nov 01-03,
Britannia CA (general location), Ottawa
Pied-billed Grebe (1) Nov 05, Avalon (stormwater pond), Ottawa.
Golden Eagle (1) Nov 01, NCC Trail 24, Ottawa.
Wilson's Snipe (1) Nov 04, Champlain Street Marsh, Ottawa. (1) Nov 03,
Andrew Haydon Park, Ottawa.
Least Sandpiper (1) Nov 01, RN du Marais-Trépanier, Gatineau.
Black-backed Woodpecker (1) Nov 02, Parc de la Gatineau--Vallée Meech, Les
Collines-de-l'Outaouais. (1) Nov 01, Pine Grove Forestry Trail, Ottawa.
Winter Wren (1) Nov 06, Britannia CA--Mud Lake, Ottawa.
Gray Catbird (1) Oct 30, Rockcliffe Airport Woods, Ottawa.
Northern mockingbird (1) Oct 29, Nov 02, Bloomsbury Cr, Ottawa.
American Redstart (1) Nov 04, Britannia CA--Mud Lake, Ottawa.
Black-throated Blue Warbler (1) Nov 06, Trails North Of Stony Swamp, Ottawa.