Greetings ONTBirders:
This evening my wife and I visited the Hurdman area to check up on the male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, which is still in its regular location near the Hurdman footbridge. Along the riverside male RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS can be heard staking out their territory for the imminent arrival of the females. Near the Tennis Club was a spectacular male NORTHERN PINTAIL feeding on shore with a flock of mallards - a lifer for me. When we left at around 7pm (I love the longer daylight hours), the pintail was relocated across the river at Strathcona Park, where it will likely roost for the night. Also present were two juvenile GLAUCOUS GULLS and a juvenile ICELAND GULL, along with the typical ring-bills and great black-backs. Good birding! Pat DIRECTIONS: From Riverside Drive, follow Riverside to Vanier Parkway, then turn left onto Donald. The Rideau Tennis Club is located at the end of Donald, where there should be ample parking. The pintail was located no more than 10 meters south of the Tennis Club when we found it feeding on shore. _________________________________________________________________ Reinvent how you stay in touch with the new Windows Live Messenger. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9650731_______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
