Ottawa/Gatineau: recent sightings to Aug 07, 2025 Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club (OFNC) Ottawa/Gatineau (50 Km radius from Parliament Hill) E. Ontario, W. Quebec Compiler: Derek Dunnett at sightings@ofnc.ca Craving shorebirds? There is hope. Water levels on the Ottawa have dropped creating some good shorebird habitat. Birding at the Carleton Place storm pond off Hwy 7 is excellent. Trumpeter Swan (2) Kinburn old rail trail, Ottawa. Continuing. Lesser Scaup (1) Aug 05-06, Almonte Lagoons, Lanark. Redhead (1) Aug 07, Carleton Place storm pond-Hwy 7, Lanark. Eclipse adult male, not a plumage most local observers get to see. Red-necked Phalarope (1) Aug 04-05, Nepean Creek Trail, Ottawa. Baird's Sandpiper (1) Aug 05-07, Carleton Place storm pond-Hwy 7, Lanark. White-rumped Sandpiper (1) Aug 04, Carleton Place--Hwy 7 Storm Pond, Lanark. Stilt Sandpiper (2) Aug 04-07, Carleton Place--Hwy 7 Storm Pond, Lanark. Lesser Black-backed Gull (1) Aug 04, Moodie Drive Quarry, Ottawa. Least Bittern (2-6) Ottawa--Petrie Island (Causeway), Ottawa. Continuing family. (1) Aug 04, Prescott Russell Trail, Ottawa (near Mer-Bleue Rd). (1)Aug 03, Rideau River - Black Rapids - Long Island lock, Ottawa. (1) Aug 03, Mer Bleue Bog, Ottawa. (1) Aug 03, Stittsville--Trans Canada Trail, Ottawa. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (1) Aug 05, Rockcliffe Airport Woods, Ottawa. (1) Aug 05, Ottawa River P27 (Green's Creek), Ottawa. (1) Aug 02, Champlain Street Marsh, Ottawa. Philadelphia Vireo (1) Aug 04, Lett St, Ottawa CA-ON, Ottawa. Lincoln's Sparrow (1) Aug 04, Crysler Lagoons, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry. (1-3) Mer Bleue Bog, Ottawa. Atlas notes: Though this is the final summer to participate in the Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas, there is still plenty of breeding bird evidence to be found, and many opportunities to enhance the breeding evidence of common species across Eastern Ontario. That bird you only see or hear can still be atlassed as a possible breeding bird, but if you see it carrying food or tending young, that will confirm the presence of a breeding bird. Every bird counts! Please consider converting your eBird reports or those outings to capture incredible bird photographs into valuable Atlas data. As the summer progresses, it doesn’t matter if you are walking the dog at home, visiting your friend’s cottage, or enjoying a break in a favourite Provincial Park: almost every bird you encounter can be easily added to the Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas, a once in a generation province-wide community-science effort. For more information on how to be a part of the community of more than 270 local observers who have contributed their observations to the Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas, please visit www.birdsontario.org or contact the Ottawa Regional Coordinator at Ottawa@birdsontario.org