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RIDLAU VALLkY FIELD NAIURALISIS - SPRINu UIRU COUNT - MAY 10 8 11. 1991 huNâ€"OWONO‘U‘I‘UNâ€" Nâ€"â€"â€"â€".â€"â€"_â€"â€".â€" OWO’VG‘U‘ NM Mr- NNNNNNN \OwNO‘UI51J mt~>e~bt~he~>e~h<acuducaucauceu ou3m~4aun»c;u>-ou>m~40un5c»-â€"o UlUIUIU‘ b0”.â€" 0‘ UlUIU‘UI 0 UNION” O‘OO‘O‘QO‘O‘QG U1 \ocnwmuibunâ€" W \JV ---0 \INNVVVVN SOCDNO‘U‘IbuM GONE N-‘O 83 SPECIES NAME COMMON LOON .................. PIEOâ€"BILLED GREUE â€"- ________ AMERICAN BITTERN --- ........ LEAST BITTERN .............. GREAT BLUE HERON --- ________ GREEN-BACKED HERON _ ........ SNON GOOSE ................. BRANT ---------------------- CANADA GoosE _______________ HOOD DUCK ............... GREENâ€"NINGED rEAL .......... AMERICAN BLACK DUCK â€"_- ..... MALLARD .................... BLUEâ€"NINGED TEAL ........... RINGâ€"NECKEU DUCK ........... LESSER SCAup ............... BUFFLEHEAD ................. HOODED MERGANSER ___________ COMMON MERGANSER â€"â€"â€" REDâ€"BREASTED MERGANSER TURKEY VULTURE â€"--â€" OSPREY ________ _ HANK SP. --- _________ BALD EAGLE _______________ NORTHERN HARRIER ......... SHARP-SHINNED HANK ....... COOPER'S HANK ......... NORTHERN GOSHANK ______ RED-SHOULDERED HANK ___ BROAD-NINGED HANK ........ -- RED~TAILED HANK .......... _ ROUGH-LEGGED HANK ........ _- AMERICAN KESTRAL ......... MERLIN ................... __ PEREGRINE FALCON ......... __ RING-NECKED PMEASANT ..... -- RUFFED GROUSE ____________ VIRGINIA RAIL ---- SORA RAIL -------- COMMON MOORNEN ............... SEMIRALMATED PLOVER KILLDEER ..................... GREATER YELLONLEGS LESSER YELLONLEGS ........ SOLITARY SANDPIPER SPOTTED SANDPIPER ............ UPLAND SANDRIRER ............. SEMIPALMATED SANDPlPER ....... LEAST SANDPIPER .......... COMMON SNIRE ----- AMERICAN NOODCOCK RING-BILLED GULL â€" HERRING GULL â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" BLACK TERN ....... ROCK DOVE â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" MOURNING DOVE ____________ BLACK-BILLED CUCKoo .......... SCREECH owL __________________ GREAT HORNED ONL â€" BARRED ONL ................... COMMON NIGHTHANK _ WHIP-POOR-NILL ............... CHIMNEY SNIFT ................ RUBY-1HROATED HUMMINGBIRD -â€"-- BELTED KINGFISHER ............ YELLON-BELLIED SARSUCKER ----- DONNY NOODFECKER ............. HALRY HOODFECKER ............. NORTHERN FLICKER ............. PILEATED WOODPECKER .......... OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER ....... EASTERN HOOD-RENEE ........... LEAST FLYCATCHER --â€"- EASTERN PHOEBE _______________ GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER ----- EASTERN KINGBIRD _____________ HORNED LARK .................. PURPLE MARTIN ................ TREE SNALLoN _________________ N. ROUGH-HINGED SNALLON â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" BANK SNALLoH _________________ CLIFF SNALLON ______________ BARN SHALLON ........ 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 169 150 151 152 153 156 155 [rt SPECIES NAME BLUE jAY ..................... AMERICAN CRON ................ COMMON RAVEN ................. BLACKâ€"CARRED CHICKADEE ------- RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" NHITE-EREASTED NUTHATCH ------ BRONN CREEPER ................ HOUSE NREN ................... NINTER NREN .................. SEDGE NREN â€" MARSH NREN ............ GOLDEN-CRONNED KINGLET -â€" RUBY-CRONNED KIHGLET --------- EASTERN BLUEBIRD ............. VEERY ........................ SNAINSON'S THRUSH â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" HERMIT THRUSH ---------------- WOOD THRUSH AMERICAN ROBIN --------------- GRAY CATBIRD BRONN THRASHER ............... NATER PlPIT ------------------ CEDAR NAKNING ............... - LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE ____________ EUROPEAN STARLINO ............ YELLowâ€"THROATED VIREO â€" NARBLING VIREO ----- PHILADELPHIA VIREO - REDâ€"EYED VIREO ............... GOLDEN-NINGED NARBLER â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" TENNESSEE NARBLER â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" NASHVILLE NARBLER ------------ NORTHERN RARULA â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" YELLON NARBLER --------------- CHESTNUT-SIDED NARBLER ------- MAGNOLIA NARBLER ------------- CAPE MAY NARBLER ------------- BLACK-THROATED BLUE NARBLER -- YELLON-RUMRED NARBLER -------- SLACK-THROATED GREEN NARBLER - BLACKBURNIAN NARBLER --------- PINE NARBLER ------- PRAIRlE NARBLER BLACKPOLL NARBLER -- -- BLACK-AND-HHITE NARBLER AMERICAN REDSTART â€"â€"~ OVENBIRD ............ NORTHERN NATERTHRUSH MOURNING NARBLER â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" COMMON YELLONTHROAT - NILSON's NARBLER ------------- CANADA NARBLER ------ SCARLET TANAGER â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" NORTHERN CARDINAL ............ ROSEâ€"BREASTED GROSBEAK ------- INDIGO BUNTING â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" RUFousâ€"SIDED TONHEE -â€"â€"â€" -â€"-- AMERICAN TREE SPARROW -â€" ---- CHIPPING SPARRO ---- -- FIELD SPARRON -â€"- VESRER SPARRON SAVANNAH SPARROW Fox SFARRON -- SONG SPARROW - SWAMP SPARROW â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" WHITEâ€"THROATED SPARROW â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" NHITEâ€"CRONNED SPARROW ........ DARK-EYED jUNCO -------------- BOBOLINK ..................... RED-HINGED BLACKBIRD --------- EASTERN MEADONLARK ----- â€"-â€"â€" COMMON GRACKLE ------ â€"--â€" JV BROWN-HEADED COVBIRD ---- 157 158 159 160 1E1 162 163 ORCHARD ORIOLE â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" NORTHERN ORIOLE _ PURPLE FINCH -â€" - HOUSE FINCH ......... ---- AMERICAN GOLDFINCH â€"- â€"--- EVENING GROSBEAK ---- â€"â€"-- HOUSE SPARROW ................ Bev Morris is a master hairstylist with many years experience as a perm, colour and cutting technician,and currently lectures and teaches other stylists from Toronto to Ottawa. Call for an Appointment to-day at 353-1308 for quality hairstyling and haircare products, featuring Paul Mitchell, Nucleic A and our Exclusive Sensor Computer Perm System. One mile from Perth Road Village on Shales Road- JUL/AUG 1991 NORTH LEEDS LANTERN 3 Instead of my usual preamble, I have listed the birds recorded on the Rideau Valley Field Naturalists Spring Count. This count, held over a 24 hour period, starting at 3 p.m. May 10, took place, roughly speaking within a 35 km radius circle, the centre of which is Perth. It is held each year and so serves, over time, to profile the birdlife in the area. Numbers of the various species were listed, but I have not included that data. Suffice to say, that a total of 24,811 individual birds were counted, which, of course, is only a representative number of the birds actually present. One species missed in the printing of the list was a Three- toed Woodpecker, so the total number of species recorded should read 164. Irene Martin observed the noisy, erratic courting behaviour of a pair of Eastern Kingbirds. These birds are easily recognized by the broad white terminal band on their tail. They are very noisy and aggressive, and pursue crows, hawks, and other interlopers with great vigour. Marion Steacy could scarcely believe her eyes when she noticed House Finches drinking from her hummingbird feeder. Both Margaret Keith and Harrison Peters have observed the same behaviour. I would hazard a guess, that finches are only able to do this if there are perches on the hummingbird feeder. However, if anyone knows otherwise, please contact me. I would also be interested to know if anyone has had luck in attracting orioles to an oriole feeder. Vera Gilbert described a bird that was unfamiliar to her. When I asked her if the arrangement of the birds plumage resembled a bird wearing its 'dress suit' backwards, she immediately agreed. This is Roger Tory Peterson's apt description of a male Bobolink, which, of course, was Vera's bird. The female Bobolink is very different. She resembles a large buffy sparrow. By fall the male is no longer black and white, but is similar to the female -- his 'dress suit' put away for the winter. Because of a 'blooper' I made, Laurie Day will probably never know whether a duck she had was a Tufted Duck or a Ring-necked Duck. By the time I got my act together, the bird had long since disappeared. My apologies again Laurie. Laurie also saw a gathering of 5 Common Loons. Because there have been other early loon gatherings seen, one wonders how successful loon nestings have been this year. However, so far, Laurie's Eastern Bluebirds have nested successfully, for they are feeding young. Besides bluebirds, Harrison Peters' nursery includes House Wrens, Tree Swallows, Chipping Sparrows and 2 families of Mourning Doves. Winona Barker had Hooded Mergansers nesting in a tree hole on her property. What a delight it was for her to see the lawn! Bonnie Jones has a pair of pinioned Mute Swans nesting in the wild, as well as a pair that are not pinioned. The latter pair are set free, so it will be interesting to see what takes place in the fall as well as next spring. Dennis Courneya had noticed a Canada Goose and a Common Loon both of which appeared to be injured, for they only managed to get around with great difficulty. Much to his surprise, Dernis observed them one day sitting on shore, side by side with one of his Muscovy Ducks. young on her Pauline Hockey, a sharpâ€" eyed member of the North Leeds Birdwatchers, found 2 family groups of Virginia Rails on the June 12 Field Trip. We watched, as in each case, the parent bird probed the thick mud with its long bill. Gucky, juicy morsels were extracted from the mire and popped into the eager mouths of tiny, yet mobile, balls of black fluff, which were the chicks. Entrancing! Doris Lindsay saw a Ringâ€" necked Pheasant and Bill Cutfield knows the whereabouts of a Wild Turkey. I've said it before, but I'll repeat that it would be nice if hunters would allow these species to gain a foothold, so that they would become a part of our wildlife scene once again. Enjoy your summer! The number to call with your sightings is 359-5178 and until September. GOOD BIRDING!