Hello Ontbirders Today, January 12th, birded various sites east and south of Ottawa. In the fields around Ste-Rose there were at least two Snowy Owls. The Tufted Titmouse was still present at Forest Park on Manitou Road. It fed regularly at the feeders between #103 and #105. Along Clarence-Cambridge Boundry Road at the east end of Larose Forest there was a flock of 35+ Evening Grosbeaks. At the west end we observed one Northern Shrike, 8 Pine Grosbeaks and one Evening Grosbeak. The Trail Road Landfill site just south of Ottawa, had 1,000+ gulls including 22 Iceland, 30+ Glaucous and 450+ Great Black-backed Gulls. If you require additional information please a-mail me privately.
Good birding, Bruce DIRECTIONS: Tufted Titmouse (from Ottawa): Take Hwy 417 east to exit #79, go south (right) on County Rd. #5 to the intersection of County Rd. #3 and Route 500 West (the sign indicates that Embrun is to the right). Go east (left) on Rte. 500 West, which is actually still County Rd. #3, and look for Manitou St. - the 4th street on your right. #103 Manitou is near the end of the street. DIRECTIONS: Snowy Owl: From Hwy 417 east past CAS take exit 58. Turn left or north on City Rd 8 until you come to Concession 20. Turn right on Concession 20 to St-Isadora Road. Direction:Trail Road Landfill Site: (from downtown Ottawa): Take Hwy 417 west to Hwy 416. South on the 416 to exit 66 (Fallowfield Rd.) Right (west) on Fallowfield to Moodie Dr. Left (south) on Moodie to Trail Rd. Turn left and follow Trail Road past entrance and watch for new dumping area. ***PLEASE NOTE*** - do NOT cross the fence. This is private property, and most of the gulls can be well-viewed from the road. Bruce Di Labio 400 Donald B. Munro Drive P.O.Box 538 Carp,Ontario,K0A 1L0 (613)839-4395 Home (613)715-2571 Cell Di Labio Birding Website Courses and Field Trips http://www3.sympatico.ca/bruce.dilabio/ _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdssetup.php ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdsguide.php