Hello Ontbirders,
On my return from late afternoon shopping in Ottawa, having decided to pack my scope and bins and go check Moodie Dr pond (also know as the Burnside Ross-How Pit pond), I was very surprised to find not one but two (sibling?) BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE. Given the relatively few gulls present when I was there, I spotted the first bird almost immediately at 6:30pm approx., but didn't discover there were actually two Kittiwake in the same general area of the pond until about 7pm. I eventually managed to get a few poor quality digiscope photos of them together. Given the great distance involved, and the fact that they both fed by picking while landed on the water, a scope probably is necessary for a positive ID. Both were still present when I left at 7:30pm. Other birds of note: 3 American Widgeon 1 Northern Shoveler 5 Green-winged teal 1 Bald Eagle (Sub-Adult II) 1 Northern Harrier (Ad Male) 1 Merlin ~8 Common Tern 1 Solitary Sandpiper 3 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Greater yellowlegs 1 Lesser Yellowlegs Directions to the Moodie Dr. pond, courtesy of Neily World Birding Ottawa: Independent Directions to this Site: From Highway 416 take exit 66 (Fallowfield Road). If southbound, a 0.4 km off ramp dumps onto Fallowfield, where you will turn right or west. If northbound, the 0.4 km off ramp brings you to Fallowfield, where you will turn left or west onto it and in 0.5 km join the southbound off ramp traffic. Both groups will now follow Fallowfield Road west for an additional 0.4 km to reach Moodie Drive. Turn left or southeast onto Moodie Drive and go 5.3 km, passing Cambrian Road to reach the quarries (second gate on the left). Park along the side of the road without blocking the access. Good Birding, Gerard Phillips Merrickville. _______________________________________________ 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
