Sunday, May 5, 2019

OFO Trip to Munster-Richmond Area, Ottawa

May 5, 2019 (Sunday)

Leader: Colin Gaskell, Dave Moore.

Seven enthusiastic birders joined leaders Colin Gaskell and Dave Moore for a most enjoyable day searching for early returning migrants under the finest weather conditions of what has been an otherwise cold, wet Ottawa spring. Wood-warblers sighted included the expected Black-and-White, Nashville, Yellow, Palm, Yellow-rumped and Black-throated Green. A male Rose-breasted Grosbeak and a Warbling Vireo were other passerines of note. A tour of the ponds and cattail marshes at the Richmond Conservation Area afforded excellent views of American Bittern, Pied-billed Grebe, two extremely cooperative Virginia Rails and fleeting glimpses of two Soras. Several other individuals of both rail species were heard only as we circled the lagoons.

Shorebird diversity is still quite limited locally (the group recorded Wilson's Snipe, Killdeer, Spotted Sandpiper, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs at several different locations), however, the highlight was a pair of recently returned Upland Sandpiper at a traditional breeding location along the Franktown Road.

A male Purple Finch and a flyover Evening Grosbeak at a tamarack/spruce habitat near the Marlborough Forest added an additional boreal touch to the outing as did an earlier sighting of several Rusty Blackbirds foraging in a moist woodland habitat at the north end of Twin Elm Road. In all, the group tallied 72 species for the outing. Special thanks to Martha Burchat for compiling and sharing an eBird checklist with the participants.


































Location 0
Loblaws, Robertson Road, Ottawa, Ontario, CA (45.324, -75.833), Ottawa, Ontario, CA
May 5, 2019 6:45 AM - 7:04 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments:     OFO Field Trip lead by Colin Gaskell and Dave Moore
5 species

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  7
Ring-billed Gull  3
American Crow  3
European Starling  2
Song Sparrow  1


Location 1
Ottawa - Twim Elm Rd, Ottawa, Ontario, CA
May 5, 2019 7:26 AM - 8:19 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.547 kilometer(s)
Comments:     OFO Field Trip lead by Colin Gaskell and Dave Moore
29 species

Canada Goose  25
Wood Duck  2
Northern Shoveler  2
Gadwall  3
Killdeer  2
Greater Yellowlegs  6
Lesser Yellowlegs  1
Great Blue Heron  1
Osprey  1
Belted Kingfisher  1
Downy Woodpecker  2
Hairy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  1
Eastern Phoebe  2
Blue Jay  1
Tree Swallow  3
Black-capped Chickadee  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  2
American Robin  2
Chipping Sparrow  2
Dark-eyed Junco  1
Song Sparrow  2
Red-winged Blackbird  6
Rusty Blackbird  4
Common Grackle  8
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  6
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  1


Location 2
Richmond Sewage Lagoons, Ottawa, Ontario, CA
May 5, 2019 8:34 AM - 10:34 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.851 kilometer(s)
Comments:     OFO Field Trip lead by Colin Gaskell and Dave Moore
26 species

Canada Goose  600
Mallard  8
Bufflehead  1
Pied-billed Grebe  1
Virginia Rail  5     2 Heard and seen
Sora  4     Heard and seen briefly
American Bittern  1
Great Blue Heron  1
Warbling Vireo  1     Heard only by Dave
Blue Jay  2
American Crow  1
Tree Swallow  10
Barn Swallow  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  2
American Goldfinch  2
Chipping Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  10
Swamp Sparrow  5
Red-winged Blackbird  30
Brown-headed Cowbird  1
Common Grackle  15
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Yellow Warbler  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1     Male singing

Richmond - Eagleson Rd, Ottawa, Ontario, CA
May 5, 2019 10:40 AM - 10:42 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.3 kilometer(s)
Comments:     OFO Field Trip lead by Colin Gaskell and Dave Moore
3 species

Greater Yellowlegs  1
Osprey  1
Barn Swallow  1


Location 3
Ottawa - Franktown Rd, Ottawa, Ontario, CA
May 5, 2019 11:02 AM - 11:25 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.915 kilometer(s)
Comments:     OFO Field Trip lead by Colin Gaskell and Dave Moore
10 species

Canada Goose  300
Upland Sandpiper  2
Greater Yellowlegs  4
Lesser Yellowlegs  2
Turkey Vulture  3
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Chipping Sparrow  1
Savannah Sparrow  3
Eastern Meadowlark  2


Red-winged Blackbird  3



Location 4
Ottawa - Munster Rd, Ottawa, Ontario, CA
May 5, 2019 11:27 AM - 12:27 PM
Protocol: Traveling
4.667 kilometer(s)
Comments:     OFO Field Trip lead by Colin Gaskell and Dave Moore
21 species

Mallard  4
Wild Turkey  1
Mourning Dove  2
Wilson's Snipe  1     Heard
Turkey Vulture  3
Northern Harrier  1     Male
Northern Flicker  2
Blue Jay  1
American Crow  4
Common Raven  3
Black-capped Chickadee  4
Evening Grosbeak  1     Heard call. 
Purple Finch  1
White-throated Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  3
Swamp Sparrow  1
Eastern Meadowlark  1
Red-winged Blackbird  9
Common Grackle  4
Nashville Warbler  3
Palm Warbler (Yellow)  1

Ottawa - Kettles Rd, Ottawa, Ontario, CA
May 5, 2019 12:29 PM - 12:48 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.03 kilometer(s)
Comments:     OFO Field Trip lead by Colin Gaskell and Dave Moore
5 species

Turkey Vulture  2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Common Raven  1
Field Sparrow  2
Red-winged Blackbird  2


Location 5
Ottawa--Moodie Drive Quarry, Ottawa, Ontario, CA
May 5, 2019 1:09 PM - 1:44 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.899 kilometer(s)
Comments:     OFO Field Trip lead by Colin Gaskell and Dave Moore
23 species

Canada Goose  350
Gadwall  4
Mallard  2
Green-winged Teal  1
Ring-necked Duck  24
Lesser Scaup  2
Bufflehead  4
Hooded Merganser  3
Common Merganser  9
Pied-billed Grebe  1
Spotted Sandpiper  2
Ring-billed Gull  30
Herring Gull  7
Double-crested Cormorant  2
Belted Kingfisher  1
Tree Swallow  25
Brown Thrasher  1
Chipping Sparrow  1
Dark-eyed Junco  1
Song Sparrow  6
Red-winged Blackbird  8
Brown-headed Cowbird  1
Palm Warbler  1



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