Ottawa/Gatineau: recent sightings to Aug21 , 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 The five-year Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas is wrapping up, but there is still time to submit your observations – from as far back as 2021 – to the Atlas. Please consider converting your eBird reports or those outings to capture bird photographs into a meaningful contribution to conservation efforts. 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. Data submission deadline is 31 August. 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 Trumpeter Swan (6) Aug 21, Beavertail Rd (South End), Stittsville, Ottawa. (1) Aug 15, Ottawa River P27, Ottawa. Lesser Scaup (1) Aug 15, Britannia Park (pier), Ottawa. Common Nighthawk - migrating through the region this week. Redhead (1) Aug 09-21, Carleton Place--Hwy 7 Storm Pond, Lanark. Eclipse male, a rarely seen plumage here. Baird's Sandpiper (1) Aug 21, Andrew Haydon Park, Ottawa. (2) Aug 11-14, Richmond CA (formerly Richmond Sewage Lagoons), Ottawa. (1) Aug 05-15, Carleton Place storm pond-Hwy 7, Lanark. Red-necked Phalarope (2) Aug 20, Petrie Island (Causeway), Ottawa. (1) Aug 15, St. Albert Lagoons, Prescott and Russell. Lesser Black-backed Gull (1) Aug 20, Dick Bell Park, Ottawa. (1) Britannia CA (general location), Ottawa. (1) Moodie Drive Quarry, Ottawa. Least Bittern Petrie Island (Causeway), Ottawa. Continuing family. (1) Aug 18-19, Carleton Place--Hwy 7 Storm Pond, Lanark. Red-headed Woodpecker (1-2) Torbolton Forest, Ottawa. Philadelphia Vireo (2) Aug 15-16, Dolman Ridge Road, Ottawa. Black-billed Magpie (1) late report of an Aug 04 observation, with photo, Watt's Creek pathway, Ottawa. Yellow-throated Vireo (1) Aug 15, Stittsville - Poole Creek, Ottawa, Pine Siskin (1) Aug 20, Quigley Hill Rd, Ottawa.