Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club (OFNC) Ottawa/Gatineau (50 Km radius from Parliament Hill) E. Ontario, W. Quebec Compiler: Derek Dunnett at sightings@ofnc.ca The fall turnover in species continues. Fox Sparrows are passing through. Duck and goose counts are increasing, and only the later warblers are still around. Now is the time to find your Orange-crowned Warbler. Surf Scoter - Sep 25, Andrew Haydon Park, Ottawa. Snow Goose - Sep 24, A pair on Chemin de la Rivière, Luskville, Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais. Yellow-billed Cuckoo - Sep 26, Stanley Park, Ottawa. Red Phalarope - Sep 25. Locally rarest of the phalaropes, this bird was found by boat on the Ottawa River at Lac Dollard-des-Ormeaux, and later seen from shore from Voisine Road, Prescott and Russell Long-billed Dowitcher - Reported Sep 25-26, Moodie Drive Quarry, Ottawa. Caspian Tern - A late Caspian Sep 25-27, Britannia CA, Ottawa. Rough-legged Hawk - A dark morph early migrant at Dick Bell Park, Ottawa, on Sep 29. Red-headed Woodpecker - 6 continue in Constance Bay, Ottawa. Carolina Wren - Frank Ryn & Elmhurst Parks, near Henley and Alpine, Ottawa. Wood Thrush - Richmond, Knights Drive, and Mud Lake, all Ottawa. Gray-cheeked Thrush - Sep 26, Wright Lake (Private), Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais. Rue Paradis, Gatineau. Sep 27, Rue de Saint-Malo, Gatineau. Three reported pre-dawn Sep 30 just south of Forêt Boucher, Gatineau. One at Bruce Pit, Ottawa, Sep 30. Veery - Sep 30, Fletcher Wildlife Garden, Ottawa, Least Flycatcher - Sep 26, Fletcher Wildlife Garden, Ottawa. Sep 28, Forêt Boucher, Gatineau. Great Crested Flycatcher - Sep 27, Rockcliffe Airport Woods, Ottawa. Eastern Towhee - Shirley's Bay, Ottawa, at the Hilda Road feeders, and on Britannia Ridge, Ottawa. Fine Estate, Ottawa. Still lots on the Carp Barrens. Nelson's Sparrow - Sep 25-29. At least 4 Continuing at the usual spot in Constance Bay, Ottawa. Please respect the habitat. 12 reported by boat on Sep 25 in Baie Lafontaine, Ottawa. Fox Sparrow - Mud Lake, Fletcher Wildlife Garden, and at the feeder on the bog trail at Mer Bleu, all Ottawa. Yellow Warbler - A late bird Sep 25, at Baie Lafontaine, Ottawa. Ovenbird - Shirley's Bay, Britannia CA, and in Clyde Woods, Ottawa. Mourning Warbler - Sep 26, Andrew Haydon Park east (formerly Ottawa Beach), Ottawa. The DND property at Shirley's Bay is now restricted to official business only. If this changes in the future, there will be an announcement.