Ottawa/Gatineau: recent sightings to OCT 24, 2024
Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club (OFNC)
Ottawa/Gatineau (50 Km radius from Parliament Hill) E. Ontario, W. Quebec
Compiler: Derek Dunnett at sightings@ofnc.ca
It's duck season with all three scoter species reported this week. Watch
lac Deschênes for seasonal ducks and Brant.
Ross's Goose (1-2) Oct 20, 23, PN de Plaisance--Baie Noire (Est & Ouest),
Papineau.
Greater White-fronted Goose (1) Oct 17-20, Almonte Lagoons, Lanark. (1) Oct
20, PN de Plaisance--Marais Perras, Papineau.
Trumpeter Swan (2) Oct 24, Fine Estate, Ottawa. (1) Oct 20-21, Club de ski
Nakkertok Nordic-Nordique, Gatineau.
Blue-winged Teal (1) Oct 20, Carleton Place--Hwy 7 Storm Pond, Lanark.
Barrow's Goldeneye (1) Oct 24, Bate Island, Ottawa. Male hanging with COGOs.
Common Gallinule (1) Oct 13-23, Petrie Island (Causeway), Ottawa. (1) Oct
20, Moodie Drive Ponds, Ottawa.
Spotted Sandpiper (1) Oct 15-23, Parc Brébeuf, Gatineau. (1) Oct 18-22,
Rapides Deschênes (incluant Parc), Gatineau. (1) Oct 21, Station
d'épuration, Gatineau (Masson-Angers), Gatineau.
Green Heron (1) Oct 18, Nepean Creek Trail, Ottawa.
Red-headed Woodpecker (1) Oct 17, Constance Bay, Ottawa.
Marsh Wren (1) Oct 21, 23, Andrew Haydon Park, Ottawa.
Veery (1) Oct 18, Fletcher Wildlife Garden, Ottawa.
Gray-cheeked Thrush (1) Oct 19, Shirley's Bay and path, Ottawa.
Lincoln's Sparrow (1) Oct 22, Fine Estate, Ottawa. (2) Oct 20, Greenbelt
pathway off Woodroffe and Fallowfield, Ottawa.
Blue-winged Warbler (1) Oct 22, Briargreen in Ottawa, Ottawa. An
excellent example of a water feature bringing in migrating birds otherwise
not found in that habitat.
Tennessee Warbler (2) Oct 21, Fletcher Wildlife Garden, Ottawa. (1) Oct 21,
Britannia CA--Mud Lake, Ottawa.
Orange-crowned Warbler (1) Oct 19-21, Fletcher Wildlife Garden Goldenrod
field, Ottawa.
Nashville Warbler (1) Oct 20, Rockcliffe Airport Woods, Ottawa.
Common Yellowthroat (1) Oct 20, Rockcliffe Airport Woods, Ottawa.
Cape May Warbler (1) Oct 21, Remic Rapids and Champlain Bridge area, Ottawa.
Palm Warbler (1) Oct 23, Rockcliffe Airport Woods, Ottawa. (1) Oct 18,
Britannia CA--Mud Lake, Ottawa.
Atlas notes:
Did you encounter a singing bird back in May? Have you seen fledged birds
or adult birds carrying food in the summer? Do you have photographs of
local species from this summer? If so, it is not too late to join one of
Ontario’s largest citizen science projects by adding your observations to
the Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas: a once in a generation opportunity to
provide important data that will help inform conservation policies for
years to come. #youcanatlasthat anywhere in Ontario via the NatureCounts
app, the Atlas website, or by taking 90 seconds to import an eBird
checklist. For more on the Atlas, visit www.birdsontario.org or contact
the Ottawa Regional Coordinator at Ottawa@birdsontario.org.