Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club (OFNC) Ottawa/Gatineau (50 Km radius from Parliament Hill) E. Ontario, W. Quebec Compiler: Derek Dunnett at sightings@ofnc.ca Thursday evening as I type there is a glorious South West wind that is surely bringing back the migrants, and maybe even some vagrants to the region. And now a storm to drop the birds down into our laps. Get out and bird Friday and this weekend. Green-winged Teal - Nepean Creek, and Billings Bridge, Ottawa. Long-tailed Duck - Rapides Deschênes, Gatineau. Barrow's Goldeneye - Billings Bridge, Ottawa. Ring-necked Duck - Britannia Conservation Area (CA), Ottawa. Lesser Scaup - Bate Island, Ottawa. Pied-billed Grebe - Britannia CA, Ottawa. Sandhill Crane (2) - Murphys Point Provincial Park-Lally Homestead & Trail, Lanark. Turkey Vulture - Lismer Crescent (Kanata), Shirley's Bay (Hilda Road feeders), Tewin Circle (Orléans), Ottawa. Golden Eagle - Veterans Memorial Hwy (Richmond), Britannia CA, and Gossamer St., Ottawa. Red-Bellied Woodpecker - Kanata Lakes, Shirley's Bay (Hilda Feeders), Britannia CA. Parc du Lac-Leamy, Gatineau. Corner of Castor and Gregoire, and Plantagenet, Prescott and Russell. Red-headed Woodpecker - Continues on Bayview and/or Goodin Street, Ottawa. Boreal Chickadee - Fernbank, Ottawa. Tufted titmouse - Kars. Winter Wren - Rapides Deschênes, Gatineau, Eastern Bluebird - Sentier des Voyageurs, Gatineau. Hermit Thrush - Merivale Gardens, and Britannia CA, Ottawa. Red Crossbill - Many reports: Highway 7 (Maberly), Lanark. Crazy Horse trail, Chipmunk Trail, Jack Pine Trail, and Central Riverside South, Ottawa. Larose Forest, Prescott and Russell. White-winged Crossbill - Parc de la Gatineau - Chemin Eardley Masham, Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais. Britannia CA, Ottawa. Domaine de la ferme Moore, Gatineau. Larose Forest, Prescott and Russell. Northern Mockingbird - Lac Leamy, Gatineau. Eastern Towhee - Fine Estate, Ottawa. Lark Sparrow - Ashton. Swamp Sparrow - Stony Swamp (Chipmunk Trail), Ottawa Ovenbird - Reported from Britannia CA . Did the early winter bird manage to survive here? Special note about Shirley's Bay. The DND property is now restricted to official business only. If this changes in the future, there will be an announcement.