White-breasted Nuthatch
Tuesday January
3rd: Kerwin Road & Spruce Forest Birds
New year,
new birdies and new WINTER program!
Not too
many birds on this extremely cold winter morning. Nevertheless, American
Robins, Northern Shrike, Horned Lark, Snow Buntings and Red-tailed Hawk are
highly-welcomed birds on a cold day like today.
American
Crow
American
Robin
American
Tree Sparrow
Black-capped
Chickadee
Blue Jay
Common
Raven
Downy
Woodpecker
European
Starling
Hairy
Woodpecker
Horned Lark
Mallard
Mourning
Dove
Northern
Shrike
Red-tailed
Hawk
Rock Pigeon
Snow
Bunting
White-breasted
Nuthatch
Common Goldeneye, Photo courtesy Tony Beck
Thursday January
5th: Winter Water Birds - Ottawa Centre & West
It’s still
cold in Ottawa but with less wind than our last excursion. Today, our main
target was to find water birds. We had several species while searching open
water along the Rideau River. The highlights were the overwintering American
Coot at Billings Bridge, a full-adult Bald Eagle flying over the Hunt Club
bridge, and the overwintering Song Sparrow along the shores near the Rideau
Tennis Club.
American
Black Duck
American
Coot
American
Crow
American
Goldfinch
Bald Eagle
Black-capped
Chickadee
Common
Goldeneye
Common
Merganser
Common
Raven
Downy
Woodpecker
European
Starling
Great
Black-backed Gull
Herring
Gull
House Finch
House Sparrow
Mallard
Mourning
Dove
Red-tailed
Hawk
Rock Pigeon
Song
Sparrow
Juvenile Snowy Owl
Saturday January
7th: Hawks, Snowy Owls & Open Country Birds - Ottawa East
We had a
very successful day searching open fields east of Ottawa. We encountered a few
flocks of Snow Buntings, each between 200 to 500 birds. Each flock included
sprinklings of Lapland Longspurs - from 2 to 5 individuals in each flock. Most
impressive was a large flock of 100+ Lapland Longspurs with only 6 Snow
Buntings included. Also along Concession 21, there was a female Red-winged
Blackbird and 8 Horned Larks. We had 2 Snowy Owls this morning - one near Frank
Kenny Road, south of Orleans, and the second was photographed along Concession
20, east of Casselman.
American
Crow
American
Goldfinch
Black-capped
Chickadee
Blue Jay
Common
Raven
Dark-eyed
Junco
Downy
Woodpecker
European
Starling
Great
Black-backed Gull
Herring
Gull
Horned Lark
Lapland
Longspur
Merlin
Mourning
Dove
Northern
Cardinal
Red-tailed
Hawk
Red-winged
Blackbird
Rock Pigeon
Rough-legged
Hawk
Snow Bunting
Snowy Owl
White-breasted
Nuthatch
Wild Turkey
Wild Turkey
Participants at Parc Omega, Photo courtesy Brenda McCrea
Arctic Fox
Caribou, Photo courtesy Joshua McCullough
Sunday January 8th:
Photo Day Parc Omega
Birding highlight
of the day happened on the way home after the excursion. We took a detour
downtown to check the Coats Building for Peregrine Falcons. Just as Tony
thought, there it was!
American
Crow
American
Robin
Black-capped
Chickadee
Blue Jay
Common
Goldeneye
Common
Raven
Dark-eyed
Junco
European
Starling
Hairy
Woodpecker
Peregrine
Falcon
Pileated
Woodpecker
Red-tailed
Hawk
Rock Pigeon
Rough-legged
Hawk
Snow
Bunting
White-breasted
Nuthatch
Wild Turkey
Black-capped Chickadee
Tuesday January
10th: Sarsaparilla Trail & Other Trails - Ottawa West
Today was
the last day of birding for a month while Tony is in the Antarctica.
We went for
the overwintering Northern Mockingbird and we got it flying across the road at Grandview
near Hastings.
To our pleasure and great excitement, Tony spotted 3 Gray Partridge tucked away deep inside a large brush pile on the north side of Barnsdale Road. While studying the Partridge, a Northern Shrike flew in and landed on the pile where the Partridges’ were hiding. It was a great day with 26 species of birds.
To our pleasure and great excitement, Tony spotted 3 Gray Partridge tucked away deep inside a large brush pile on the north side of Barnsdale Road. While studying the Partridge, a Northern Shrike flew in and landed on the pile where the Partridges’ were hiding. It was a great day with 26 species of birds.
American
Crow
American
Goldfinch
American
Robin
American
Tree Sparrow
Black-capped
Chickadee
Blue Jay
Cedar
Waxwing
Common
Raven
European
Starling
Gray
Partridge
Hairy
Woodpecker
Herring
Gull
House Finch
House Sparrow
Mallard
Mourning
Dove
Northern
Cardinal
Northern
Mockingbird
Northern
Shrike
Red-tailed
Hawk
Red-winged
Blackbird
Ring-billed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Rough-legged
Hawk
Snow
Bunting
White-breasted
Nuthatch
We’ll be back in February! Stay tuned!
Timber Wolf
Arctic Wolf
