ONRI Christmas Bird Count

 December 18, 2021

We did the 1A sector again this year.  Jeff Skevington was the sector coordinator and he did 1B.  It was our first time to use the eBird mobile app to record and report our checklists.  We did our route in 4 sections.

Our first section we called the rural roads centred on the Mansfield eBird Hotspot.

Mansfield Road, Ottawa, Ontario, CA
Dec 18, 2021 7:47 AM - 10:13 AM
Protocol: Traveling
37.53 kilometer(s)
10 species

Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  1
Blue Jay  12
American Crow  40
Black-capped Chickadee  35
White-breasted Nuthatch  4
European Starling  152
American Goldfinch  1
American Tree Sparrow  2
Dark-eyed Junco  12

After that, we hiked the section of Rideau Trail from the dead end at Bleek's Road.

Rideau Trail at Bleeks Road, Ottawa, Ontario, CA
Dec 18, 2021 10:22 AM - 10:54 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.82 kilometer(s)
2 species

Downy Woodpecker  1
American Crow  3

We ate our lunch, and then surveyed the feeders in town.

Munster Hamlet, Ottawa, Ontario, CA
Dec 18, 2021 11:59 AM - 1:32 PM
Protocol: Traveling
10.85 kilometer(s)
4 species

Blue Jay  3
American Crow  2
Black-capped Chickadee  8
European Starling  6

Our last section was a short hike south of town where w finally got some American tree Sparrows.


3009 A Munster Road, Ottawa, Ontario, CA (45.162, -75.932), Ottawa, Ontario, CA
Dec 18, 2021 1:35 PM - 1:55 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.4 kilometer(s)
2 species

Blue Jay  3
American Tree Sparrow  4




By this time, it was snowing quite a bit, so we called it a day.