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 American Three-toed Woodpecker has resurfaced in time for Christmas Bird Count season! The Harlequin Duck and Boreal Chickadee stuck around, and are joined by a Tufted Titmouse. Greater White-fronted Goose - Dec 04, Giroux Road, Ottawa. Ross's Goose - Continuing until at least Dec 05, Embrun Sewage Lagoons, Prescott and Russell. Dec 05, Ottawa River pathway at Green's Creek. Dec 04-05, Baillie Ave, Ottawa. Dec 04, Hawthorne Road, Ottawa. Northern Pintail - Dec 02-04, Navan (Giroux Road Ponds), Ottawa. Green-winged Teal - Continuing Dec 08, Andrew Haydon park, Ottawa. Dec 04, Winterset Road, Ottawa. (8) Reported Dec 02-04, Giroux Road, Ottawa. Black Scoter - Continuing Dec 08, Andrew Haydon park, Ottawa. Surf Scoter - Dec 02-06, Baie Simard (Cabane brune), Gatineau. Harlequin Duck - Continuing Dec 01-07, Ottawa River at Champlain Bridge, Ottawa. Barrow's Goldeneye - Continuing Strathcona Park, Ottawa. Dec 08 Bates Island, Ottawa. American Coot - Dec 03, Chaudière Island, Ottawa. Sandhill Crane (40) Dec 08, Fairmile, Ottawa. Black-crowned Night-Heron - Dec 03, Emerald Meadows x Eagleson storm water ponds, Ottawa. Turkey Vulture - Dec 05, Trail Road, Ottawa. American Three-toed Woodpecker - Dec 08, Greenbelt Pathway, Just East of Conroy, Ottawa. Red-bellied Woodpecker - Continuing Dewberry Trail Parking Feeder, Ottawa. Continuing Parkway Rd, Ottawa. Dec 01, Chemin Deschênes, Chelsea, Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais. Carolina Wren - Continuing Richland, Ottawa. Continuing Frank Ryn & Elmhurst Parks, Ottawa. Boreal Chickadee - Continuing Dec 01-08, Birchgrove x Magladry Rd., Ottawa. Tufted Titmouse - Continuing Dec 04-08, Fairmile Rd, Ottawa. Observers are welcome but please remain on the street and be respectful of private property. Evening Grosbeak - Scattered reports all over. A couple of more reliable spots are the Crazy Horse Trail in the West, the Greenbelt Pathway East of Conroy in the East, and the Dewberry Trail feeders. Pine Grosbeak - Scattered reports all over. A couple of more reliable spots are The Crazy Horse Trail in the West, and the Greenbelt Pathway East of Conroy in the East. Rusty Blackbird - Dec 01, Ch Fer- à-Cheval/sentier des Libellules, Gatineau. Brown-headed Cowbird - Dec 04, Trail Road Landfill, Ottawa Red-winged Blackbird - Dec 03, Frank Kenny Rd, Ottawa. Dec 02,Trail Road Landfill, Ottawa. Common Grackle - Continuing Dewberry Trail Parking Feeder, Ottawa. Yellow-rumped Warbler - Dec 03, Rapides Deschênes (incluant Parc), Gatineau. Atlas note: Tufted Titmouse is one of handful of species that we are keeping a special look out for here in our region as a part of the Third Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas: an effort to catalogue all of Ontario’s breeding birds that occurs every twenty years. The species can be found down in southwestern Ontario, Niagara, and one or two spots along the St. Lawrence. They are also making substantial inroads to the east of us in the Richelieu Valley and into Montréal, but they aren’t really found here very often. That may be changing, however, hence our interest in reports of this attractive little bird with a big voice.