Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club (OFNC) Ottawa/Gatineau (50 Km radius from Parliament Hill) E. Ontario, W. Quebec Compiler: Derek Dunnett at sightings@ofnc.ca Several late birds went unreported this week. Did they succumb to the cold, flee, or were they simply not reported? Barrow's Goldeneye - Continues between Hurdman Bridge and Adawe Crossing Bridge, Ottawa. Wood Duck - Sentier du Ruisseau-de-la-Brasserie, Gatineau, and Billings Bridge, Ottawa. Long-tailed Duck - Rapides Deschênes. Gray Partridge - Flocks at Magladry Road (Navan), and off Hazeldean, Ottawa. Great Blue Heron - Really pushing its luck at Leitrim and Albion, Ottawa. Turkey Vulture - Larose Forest, Prescott and Russell. Northern Harrier - Akins Road, and off Hazeldean in the Gray Partridge fields. Belted Kingfisher - Only one report this week in Kanata North. Red-bellied Woodpecker - Britannia Conservation Area, the Hilda Road Feeders, near the Chapman Mills Conservation Area, and in Kanata Lakes, Ottawa. Parc du Lac-Leamy, Gatineau. Boreal Chickadee - Fernbank, Ottawa. Tufted Titmouse - Kars, Ottawa. Carolina Wren - The winter of the wren continues at du Bois Avenue, as well as Shirley's Brook Park (Kanata), Avonmore Crescent, Britannia Conservation Area, and with new reports from the Cardinal Creek Trail ( in Orleans), and Marlborough Avenue, near Strathcona Park, Ottawa. Eastern Bluebird - Small flocks near Pont Champlain, Gatineau, and Merrifield Farm, Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais. Hermit Thrush - in the woods behind the Musée canadien de la nature, Gatineau. Wood Thrush - Continued to at least the 22nd near Dale park, Ottawa. Pine Siskin - Not eBird rare, but tough enough to find this winter, there were a few more reports this week, including a flock at Jack Pine Trail, Ottawa. White-winged Crossbill - A small flock Larose Forest, Prescott and Russell. Red Crossbill - Another small flock in Larose Forest, Prescott and Russell. Eastern Towhee - Fine Estate, Ottawa. White-crowned Sparrow - Aylmer (secteur Lakeview), Gatineau, and in Ottawa in New Edinburgh, and at the Trail Road Landfill. Swamp Sparrow - Chemin Freeman, Gatineau. Red-winged Blackbird- One male desperately trying to hang onto territory at Cardinal Creek Karst Trail, Ottawa, and two more on Concession Rd 4, (White Lake ), Lanark. Baltimore Oriole - Photographed on Jan. 20 on Rue Du Duche, Gatineau. No reports since then. Ovenbird - Britannia Conservation Area, near the bridge. Last photographed on the 21st. Special note about Shirley's Bay. The DND property is now restricted to official business only.