2010
OTTAWA - GATINEAU MID FALL BIRD COUNT RESULTS
Compiled by Ken Allison
51 people participated in the 16th annual Ottawa-Gatineau Fall Bird Count. A total of 126 species were recorded, with 11 record high counts and 3 ties for high count.
This count covers a 50-km radius of the Peace Tower. SE and SW represent the Ontario side of the Ottawa River and NE and NW represent the Quebec side.
Record highs since 1995 are noted in RED.
Record ties since 1995 are noted in GREEN.
Note: 1 calurus Red-tailed Hawk in Gatineau.
| SPECIES | NE | NW | SW | SE | TOTAL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snow Goose | Oie des neiges | 0 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 22 |
| Canada Goose | Bernache du Canada | 11641 | 2392 | 17340 | 26628 | 58001 |
| Cackling Goose | Bernache de Hutchins | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 |
| Brant | Bernache cravant | 0 | 85 | 1560 | 110 | 1755 |
| Wood Duck | Canard branchu | 69 | 24 | 45 | 16 | 154 |
| Gadwall | Canard chipeau | 46 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 56 |
| Eurasian Wigeon | Canard siffleur | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| American Wigeon | Canard d'Amérique | 733 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 770 |
| American Black Duck | Canard noir | 158 | 49 | 173 | 27 | 407 |
| Mallard | Canard colvert | 854 | 152 | 1273 | 558 | 2837 |
| Blue-winged Teal | Sarcelle à ailes bleues | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| Northern Shoveler | Canard souchet | 63 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 66 |
| Northern Pintail | Canard pilet | 29 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 34 |
| Green-winged Teal | Sarcelle d'hiver | 100 | 20 | 94 | 103 | 317 |
| Redhead | Fuligule à tête rouge | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| Ring-necked Duck | Fuligule à collier | 291 | 121 | 217 | 44 | 673 |
| Greater Scaup | Fuligule milouinan | 2 | 276 | 34 | 0 | 312 |
| Lesser Scaup | Petit Fuligule | 72 | 185 | 465 | 48 | 770 |
| Surf Scoter | Macreuse à front blanc | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 19 |
| White-winged Scoter | Macreuse brune | 4 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 32 |
| Black Scoter | Macreuse noire | 36 | 3 | 16 | 44 | 99 |
| Long-tailed Duck | Harelde kakawi | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 16 |
| Bufflehead | Petit Garrot | 4 | 24 | 259 | 4 | 291 |
| Common Goldeneye | Garrot à oeil d'or | 6 | 54 | 67 | 0 | 127 |
| Hooded Merganser | Harle couronné | 194 | 21 | 176 | 14 | 405 |
| Common Merganser | Grand Harle | 60 | 4 | 38 | 31 | 133 |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Harle huppé | 0 | 3 | 23 | 6 | 32 |
| Ruddy Duck | Érismature rousse | 0 | 0 | 18 | 37 | 55 |
| Ruffed Grouse | Gélinotte huppée | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 |
| Wild Turkey (Introduced) | Dindon sauvage | 145 | 127 | 22 | 29 | 323 |
| Red-throated Loon | Plongeon catmarin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Common Loon | Plongeon huard | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| Pied-billed Grebe | Grèbe à bec bigarré | 26 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 31 |
| Horned Grebe | Grèbe esclavon | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| Red-necked Grebe | Grèbe jougris | 2 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 20 |
| Double-crested Cormorant | Cormoran à aigrettes | 5 | 45 | 53 | 2 | 105 |
| Great Blue Heron | Grand Héron | 3 | 5 | 25 | 15 | 48 |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Bihoreau gris | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Turkey Vulture | Urubu à tête rouge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bald Eagle | Pygargue à tête blanche | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Northern Harrier | Busard Saint-Martin | 5 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 20 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | Épervier brun | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Cooper's Hawk | Épervier de Cooper | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| Northern Goshawk | Autour des palombes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | Buse à épaulettes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | Buse à queue rousse | 12 | 9 | 19 | 14 | 54 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | Buse pattue | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| Golden Eagle | Aigle royale | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| American Kestrel | Crécerelle d'Amérique | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Merlin | Faucon émerillon | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Peregrine Falcon | Faucon pèlerin | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Sandhill Crane | Grue du Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 76 |
| Killdeer | Pluvier kildir | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Grand Chevalier | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Petit Chevalier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | Bécasseau à croupion blanc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Bécasseau à poitrine cendrée | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Dunlin | Bécasseau variable | 0 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 27 |
| Wilson's Snipe | Bécassine de Wilson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| American Woodcock | Bécasse d'Amérique | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Bonaparte's Gull | Mouette de Bonaparte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ring-billed Gull | Goéland à bec cerclé | 1115 | 380 | 1709 | 1953 | 5157 |
| Herring Gull | Goéland argenté | 3 | 70 | 1219 | 105 | 1397 |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Goéland brun | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Great Black-backed Gull | Goéland marin | 0 | 20 | 141 | 17 | 178 |
| Rock Pigeon | Pigeon biset | 259 | 210 | 478 | 224 | 1171 |
| Mourning Dove | Tourterelle triste | 19 | 14 | 43 | 77 | 153 |
| Eastern Screech Owl | Petit-duc maculé | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Great Horned Owl | Grand-duc d'Amérique | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Barred Owl | Chouette rayée | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Short-eared Owl | Hibou des marais | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Northern Saw-whet Owl | Petite Nyctale | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| Downy Woodpecker | Pic mineur | 10 | 5 | 25 | 14 | 54 |
| Hairy Woodpecker | Pic chevelu | 14 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 58 |
| Three-toed Woodpecker | Pic à dos rayé | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pileated Woodpecker | Grand Pic | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| Northern Shrike | Pie-grièche grise | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Blue-headed Vireo | Viréo à tête bleue | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Gray Jay | Mésangeai du Canada | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Blue Jay | Geai bleu | 112 | 120 | 209 | 159 | 600 |
| American Crow | Corneille d'Amérique | 164 | 221 | 2947 | 27075 | 30407 |
| Common Raven | Grand Corbeau | 23 | 53 | 28 | 33 | 137 |
| Horned Lark | Alouette hausse-col | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 |
| Black-capped Chickadee | Mésange à tête noire | 204 | 217 | 555 | 501 | 1477 |
| Boreal Chickadee | Mésange à tête brune | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | Sittelle à poitrine rousse | 6 | 25 | 30 | 10 | 71 |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | Sittelle à poitrine blanche | 13 | 4 | 69 | 24 | 110 |
| Brown Creeper | Grimpereau brun | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 19 |
| Winter Wren | Troglodyte mignon | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | Roitelet à couronne dorée | 14 | 37 | 56 | 41 | 148 |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Roitelet à couronne rubis | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 17 |
| Eastern Bluebird | Merlebleu de l'Est | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hermit Thrush | Grive solitaire | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| American Robin | Merle d'Amérique | 92 | 232 | 374 | 375 | 1073 |
| European Starling | Étourneau sansonnet | 627 | 406 | 838 | 1012 | 2883 |
| American Pipit | Pipit d'Amérique | 39 | 303 | 50 | 422 | 814 |
| Bohemian Waxwing | Jaseur boréal | 21 | 70 | 40 | 0 | 131 |
| Cedar Waxwing | Jaseur d'Amérique | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | Paruline à croupion jaune | 2 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 41 |
| Common Yellowthroat | Paruline masquée | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| American Tree Sparrow | Bruant hudsonien | 271 | 172 | 152 | 168 | 763 |
| Chipping Sparrow | Bruant familier | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Vesper Sparrow | Bruant vespéral | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Savannah Sparrow | Bruant des prés | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Fox Sparrow | Bruant fauve | 3 | 4 | 37 | 57 | 101 |
| Song Sparrow | Bruant chanteur | 6 | 12 | 19 | 12 | 49 |
| Lincoln's Sparrow | Bruant de Lincoln | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Swamp Sparrow | Bruant des marais | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| White-throated Sparrow | Bruant à gorge blanche | 7 | 12 | 27 | 38 | 84 |
| White-crowned Sparrow | Bruant à couronne blanche | 3 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 22 |
| Dark-eyed Junco | Junco ardoisé | 188 | 90 | 496 | 300 | 1074 |
| Lapland Longspur | Bruant lapon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Snow Bunting | Bruant des neiges | 22 | 62 | 87 | 18 | 189 |
| Northern Cardinal | Cardinal rouge | 13 | 10 | 29 | 26 | 78 |
| Red-winged Blackbird | Carouge à épaulettes | 519 | 789 | 1687 | 1485 | 4480 |
| Eastern Meadowlark | Sturnelle des prés | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rusty Blackbird | Quiscale rouilleux | 2 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 19 |
| Common Grackle | Quiscale bronzé | 1 | 1 | 0 | 530 | 532 |
| Purple Finch | Roselin pourpré | 5 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 25 |
| House Finch | Roselin familier | 2 | 5 | 26 | 5 | 38 |
| White-winged Crossbill | Bec-croisé bifascié | 0 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 97 |
| Common Redpoll | Sizerin flammé | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Pine Siskin | Tarin des pins | 0 | 25 | 13 | 39 | 77 |
| American Goldfinch | Chardonneret jaune | 49 | 8 | 129 | 204 | 390 |
| Evening Grosbeak | Gros-bec errant | 17 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 58 |
| House Sparrow | Moineau domestique | 23 | 17 | 50 | 31 | 121 |
| TOTAL SPECIES | 77 | 89 | 100 | 91 | 126 | |
| PARTICIPANTS | 13 | 7 | 20 | 11 | 51 |