Ottawa/Gatineau: recent sightings to Dec 15, 2022 Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club (OFNC) Ottawa/Gatineau (50 Km radius from Parliament Hill) E. Ontario, W. Quebec Compiler: Derek Dunnett at sightings@ofnc.ca It's count week for the first Christmas Bird Counts of the season, and some great birds are still here. Cackling Goose - Dec 08, Russell storm pond, Prescott and Russell Northern Shoveler - Dec 13-14, Emerald Meadows x Eagleson storm water ponds, Ottawa. Green-winged Teal - Continuing to Dec 10, Andrew Haydon Park, Ottawa. Harlequin Duck - Continuing Dec 01-15, Ottawa River at Champlain Bridge, Ottawa. Barrow's Goldeneye - Continuing Strathcona Park, Ottawa. Horned Grebe - Dec 13-15, Bate Island, Ottawa. Dec 10, Britannia Park (pier), Ottawa. Iceland Gull - Not rare but since now is the time to see them, there are at least 3 immature and an adult, Trail Road Landfill, Ottawa. Scope helpful. May be seen along the Ottawa river as well. Lesser black-backed Gull - Dec 15, Moodie Drive Quarry, Ottawa. Glaucous Gull - A gorgeous and enormous second winter bird, Trail Road Landfill, Ottawa. Red-bellied Woodpecker - Continuing Dewberry Trail Parking Feeder, Ottawa. Dec 10-15, ch. Steele, Pontiac, Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais. Dec 09 Parkway Rd, Ottawa. Dec 11, Prescott Russell Rec Trail at Magladry & Belvedere Rd, Ottawa. American Three-toed Woodpecker - Dec 12, Stony Swamp (Jack Pine Trail), Ottawa. Black-backed Woodpecker - Dec 10, Greenbelt pathway south of Davidson Road, Ottawa. Boreal Chickadee - Continuing Dec 01-13, Birchgrove x Magladry Rd., Ottawa. Tufted Titmouse - Continuing Dec 04-15, Fairmile Rd, Ottawa. Winter Wren - Dec 14, Pinecrest Creek/George C. Brown Park, Ottawa. Dec 13, Stony Swamp (Jack Pine Trail), Ottawa. Carolina Wren - Continuing Richland, Ottawa. Continuing Frank Ryn & Elmhurst Parks, Ottawa. Northern Mockingbird - Dec 10-15, Golden Line Rd, Mississippi Mills, Lanark. 1/2 mile south of Old Almonte Rd. Brown-headed Cowbird (up to 50 reported at times) Dec 10,11, Trail Road Landfill, Ottawa. Red-winged Blackbird(4) Dec 14, Crystal Beach, Ottawa. Dec 09, Andrew Haydon Park, Ottawa. Common Grackle - Continuing Dec 13, Dewberry Trail Parking Feeder, Ottawa. Fox Sparrow - Dec 08, de Marseille, Gatineau. Savannah Sparrow - Dec 13-14, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa. Check the manure pile. Swamp Sparrow - Dec 09, Parc Guillot & Marais Lamoureux, Gatineau. Eastern Towhee - Dec 11, Voyageur Dr, Orleans, Ottawa. Yellow-rumped Warbler - Dec 10, Rapides Deschênes (incluant Parc), Gatineau. Près du belvédère.