Hi Everyone Spent a few hours this afternoon birding the Moodie Drive ponds and surrounding area. The gull activity was excellent with 7 species. Highlights included 5 Lesser Black-backed, 9 Glaucous, 7 Iceland, and one 1st winter Thayer's Gull. I was surprised at the low number of Great Black-backed Gulls, only 330+. For the past 10 years numbers now would be over 1000. The cornfields in the area had 1000's of Canada Geese plus 6 Cackling and 14 Snow Geese. Along Barnsdale Road there was a flock of 300+ Snow Bunting. Good birding, Bruce
Directions: From 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, go past Trail Rd. on your left and Cambrian Rd. on your right until you come to a very large sand & gravel operation on the left (east) side of the road. ***PLEASE NOTE*** - do NOT cross the gate to the sand & gravel operation. This is private property, and most of the birds can be well-viewed from the road. The landfill site is located on Trail Road. There is no access but the gulls can be viewed from Trail Road just south of the main entrance. Di Labio Birding Website Courses and Field Trips http://www3.sympatico.ca/bruce.dilabio/ Bruce Di Labio 400 Donald B. Munro Drive P.O. Box 538 Carp, Ontario, K0A1L0 Home (613) 839-4395 Cell (613) 715-2571 _______________________________________________ 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
