Ottawa Rare Birds Catalogue of Occurrences Last update: 18 July 2013 Key Shading: Green shading – Accepted - occurrences that have been submitted to the Ottawa Birds Records Subcommittee (OBRSC) and accepted. Orange shading – Rejected - occurrences that have been submitted to the Ottawa OBRSC and rejected. Where possible, the reasons for rejection are reported. Rejected occurrences do not mean that the bird in question was not observed, only that the documentation provided to the OBRSC was not adequate to confirm the identification. No shading – Unreviewed – occurrences described in print (Trail & Landscape, North American Birds and its predecessors; the Shrike, the Ottawa Citizen, etc.) or on the internet (Ontbirds, etc.) but not submitted to the OBRSC for review. Grey Shading – Historical – records prior to 1969 (the date when regular bird sightings began to be published in Trail and Landscape) for which any form of documentation other than published reports or museum specimens are unavailable. Abbreviations AB – American Birds BSL – Ottawa Bird Status Line CFN – Canadian Field Naturalist EPOQ – sightings database for Quebec managed by Regroupment QuébecOiseaux FN – Field Notes NAB – North American Birds OB – Ontario Birds OBRSC – Ottawa Bird Records Subcommittee o (A) – accepted report (OBRSC or OBRC) o (R) – rejected report (OBRSC or OBRC) o (NV) – no vote on report (OBRSC) o (D) – voting report deferred pending further information (OBRSC) OBRC – Ontario Bird Records Committee OttNat – Ottawa Naturalist T&L – Trail and Landscape Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygne fauve (Dendrocygna bicolor) FUWD Accidental visitor in spring and fall. This species is known in the Ottawa- Gatineau area from only 3 historical records, all from the Ottawa River near Thurso, QC in the mid-1960’s. Record Summary: OBRSC Accepted OBRSC Rejected Not Reviewed Historical Total 3 3 Details: 1. mid-September 1964; 5 individuals; Ottawa River near Thurso, QC; J.C. Wilson; CFN 81:151-152. 2. 12 May 1965; 1 individual; Ottawa River, near Thurso, QC; William T. Munro; CFN 81:151-152. 3. August 1966; 1 individual; Ottawa River, near Thurso, QC; J.C. Wilson; CFN 81:151-152. Ross's Goose Oie de Ross (Chen rossii) ROGO Very rare migrant in spring and fall. First recorded in the Ottawa-Gatineau area in 1997. Like other arctic-breeding geese, its numbers have been growing over the past two decades. It has been recorded in the Ottawa-Gatineau district every year since 2003 and the number of annual sightings continues to increase. Spring migrants occur from mid-March to mid-May and fall migrants from October through early December. Observations generally involve single birds amongst flocks of Canada or Snow Geese, but up to four have been observed together. Birds are most often observed in wet or flooded agricultural fields, but there are also sightings from sewage lagoons and other bodies of water such as the Moodie Drive quarry pond. Record Summary: OBRSC Accepted OBRSC Rejected Not Reviewed Historical Total 10 31 41 Details: 1. 26 April to 5 May 1997; 1 white phase individual; amongst Canada Geese in various locations in fields and on the Ottawa River between Masson and Thurso, QC; Donald Dallaire, Paul Jones, Bernie Ladouceur, Bob Bracken, Bruce Di Labio, m.obs.,T&L 32(1):38, OBRSC #486 (A). 2. 25-26 April 1999; 1 white phase individual; Chemin Parker at the Ottawa River, w. of Luskville, QC; Gordon Pringle, Colin Bowen; OBRSC #568 (A), EPOQ. 3. 30 October 1999; 1 adult white phase; Winchester sewage lagoons, Winchester, ON, on the southwest cell amongst Snow Geese, during the OFNC Fall Bird Count; ON, Bob Bracken, Chris Lewis, Colin Rogers; NAB 54(1):47, OBRSC #513 (A) 4. 9-11 October 2000; 1 immature white phase; Moodie Drive Quarry Pond, Ottawa, ON, on the pit amongst Canada Geese; Ken Allinson, Michael Tate, Bob Bracken, Chris Lewis; NAB 55(1):46, OB 19(2):54(A), T&L 35(2):79, OBRSC #522 (A), #523 (A), #525 (A) 5. 8 April 2001, 1 white phase individual; Hamilton Road, 12 km north of Russell, ON, feeding in a cornfield with Canada and Snow geese; Roger Clark, Janet Castle, Paul Schoening, Bonnie Harnden; OB 20(2):67(A), OBRSC #529 (A). 6. 26 March 2003; 1 adult white phase; Bear Brook at Frank Kenny Road, east of Navan, ON; Bob Bracken; NAB 57(3):340, Ontbirds 26.03.2003. 7. 12 April 2003, 2 adult white phase; Johnson Road at Cobbs Lake Creek, e. of Bourget, ON, amongst Snow Geese; Bob Bracken, Chris Lewis, Paul Mirsky, Bev Scott; NAB 57(3):340, OB 22(2):65(A), Ontbirds 12.04.2003, T&L 37(4):182, OBRSC #571 (A). 8. 21-26 November 2004; 1 adult white phase; Regional Road #1 s. of Reid’s Mills, ON, around a pond in a farm field with Canada and Snow Geese; Tom Hanrahan, Marc Bosc, Mark Gawn, Mike Tate, Bob Bracken, Chris Lewis, m.obs.; NAB 59(1):66, T&L 39(2):97, Ontbirds 21,26.11.2004, OBRSC #599 (A). 9. 23 October to 20 November 2005; 1 adult white phase; Moodie Drive Quarry Pond, Ottawa, ON, on the pit amongst Canada and Snow geese; Gerard Phillips, Bernie Ladouceur, Jan Slumkoski, Bob Bracken, Chris Lewis, David Britton, Bruce Di Labio, Tony Beck, m.obs.; OB 26(2):85(A), Ontbirds 23,25,27.10, 01.11.2005, T&L 40(1):64, OBRSC #625 (A). 10. 18 April 2006; 1 white phase individual; Petersen’s Sod Farm, corner of Snake Island Road and Manotick Station Road, east of Kars, ON, in fields with Canada Geese; Tony Beck, Paul Matthews, Richard Killeen; NAB 60(3):369, Ontbirds 18.04.2006, T&L 40(3):161. 11. 23 April 2006; 1 white phase individual; Sarsfield Road between French Hill and Regimbald roads, ne. of Navan, ON, in agricultural field with Canada Geese; Tony Beck, Alex Stone; NAB 60(3):369, Ontbirds 23.04.2006, T&L 40(3):161. 12. 8 May 2006; 1 white phase individual; Winchester sewage lagoons, Winchester ON, with Canada Geese; Roger Clark; NAB 60(3):369, Ontbirds 08.05.2006, T&L 41(2):103. 13. 1-5 October 2007; 1 immature white phase; various locations southwest of Ottawa as follows: Bruce Pit, Ottawa, ON (1 October, Hervé Tremblay, Ontbirds 01.10.2007); Moodie Drive Quarry Pond, Ottawa, ON (1 October, Bob Cermak, Ontbirds 01.10.2007); Richmond Lagoons, Richmond, ON (4-5 October, Dan Simpson, Bruce Di Labio, Ontbirds 04,08.10.2007, T&L 42(2):83. 14. 20 April 2008; 1 adult white phase; Bear Brook at Frank Kenny Rd., e. of Carslbad Springs, ON, swimming and calling in a flooded field with Canada Geese and one Snow Goose; Bob Cermak, Bob Bracken, Chris Lewis, Bernie Ladouceur, Paul Mirsky; Ontbirds 20.04.2008, T&L 42(4):195, OBRSC #678 (A). 15. 3-10 April 2009;, 1 adult white phase; agricultural fields in various locations n. and e. of Richmond, ON, with Canada Geese, as follows: in a cornfield opposite #3285 Eagelson Road, (3 April, Michael Tate, Ontbirds 03.04.2009); Barnsdale Road between Eagelson Road and Twin Elms Road, (4 April, David Britton, Ontbirds 04.04.2009); Brownlee Road west of Eagelson Road, (5 April, fide Chris Lewis, Ontbirds 05.04.2009); flooded Jock River west of Cambrian Road at Twin Elms, (Philip Wright, OBRSC #711 (A); Fallowfield Road west of Richmond Road, (6 April, Jeff Skevington, Ontbirds 06.04.2009); Moodie Drive Quarry Pond, (8 April, Peter Campbell, Ontbirds 08.04.2009); Flewellyn Road, west of Eagelson Road (9 April, Richard Poulin, Ontbirds 09.04.2009); present until at least 10 April fide Bird Status Line (Ontbirds 15.04.2009), T&L 43(4):168. 16. 18 April 2009; 1 white phase individual; Milton Road, e. of Carlsbad Springs, ON; fide Bird Status Line; observer; Ontbirds 21.04.2009, T&L 43(4):168. 17. 18-19 April 2009, 1 adult white phase; Peter Robinson Road, between March Road and Carroll Side Road, northeast of Almonte, ON; Richard Poulin; Ontbirds 19,21.04.2009. Possibly the same bird that was seen 3-10 April 2009 in the vicinity of Richmond, ON (about 25 km to the southeast of this location); T&L 43(4):168. 18. 11 May 2009; 1 adult white phase; Moodie Drive Quarry Pond, Ottawa, ON, amongst other waterfowl; Tony Beck; Ontbirds 11.05.2009, T&L 43(4):168. 19. 10 October 2009, 1 adult white phase, Moodie Drive Quarry Pond, Ottawa, ON, with four Snow Geese, Tony Beck; Ontbirds 10.10.2009, T&L 44(2):78. 20. 11-20 October 2009, at least 3 white phase individuals over this period (2 adult, 1 immature); Milton Road, in fields on the west side, at Bear Brook, with Canada Geese, details as follows: 11 October, 1 adult (Tony Beck, Ontbirds 11.11.2009); 12 October, 1 adult, 1 immature (Langis Sirois, Tom Hanrahan, Richard Waters, Normand Larche, Ontbirds 12.10.2009); 13 October, 1 adult (Bill Bowman, Ontbirds 13.10.2009); 14 October, 2 adults (Bruce Di Labio, Ontbirds 13.10.2009), 20 October, 1 adult (Bruce Di Labio, Ontbirds 20.10.2009), T&L 44(2):78. 21. 8 November 2010; 1 immature white phase; Highway 148 near Chemin Parker, w. of Luskville, QC, seen in flight with a small group of Snow Geese; observer; fide Bird Status Line; Ontbirds 09.11.2010,. 22. 21 November to 1 December 2010; up to 3 white phase individuals; west side of Greenbank Road, between Fallowfield and West Hunt Club roads, Ottawa, ON, amongst Canada Geese and a few Snow Geese in the fields around the Canada Food Inspection Agency complex; details as follows: 21 November, 1 individual (Philip Wright, Mike Tate, Ontbirds 21.11.2010); 22 November, 1 individual (fide Bird Status Line, Ontbirds 22.11.2010); 23 November, 3 individuals (Bruce Di Labio; Ontbirds 23.11.2010); 26 November, 1 individual (Brendan Toews, Kim Toews, Ontbirds 26.11.2010); 1 December, 1 individual (Bruce Di Labio, Ontbirds 01.12.2010).