This morning from 9:45 to 10:30 I had a Harlequin duck on the Ottawa river at
the top (west end) of the Des Chenes rapids. There was a little fog on the
river so I can't be sure if the bird was an adult female or a first winter
bird. It was feeding with the Common Goldeneye drifting from about 150 meters
west of the rapids down (east) into the top of the rapids then flying back west
150 meters to repeat the process. I watched the bird from the rocks at the
north edge of the river at the south end of Chemin Vanier on the Quebec side of
the river. The bird stayed mostly in the main channel (rough water above the
rapids) about 50 meters from the south side of the river. At 10:30 the bird
flew up the river out of sight to the west. Could it be heading to the rapids
near Pembroke?
Directions: from the north (Quebec) side of the Champlain bridge drive west on
Chemin d'Aylmer then (at the lights) south on Chemin Vanier.
Good luck,
Bob Cermak
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