As timing would have it, by the time I walked back to the car and then back....just in time to see the Great Egret take flight headed eastward and then over to the Quebec side. It's likely to be back.
> From: willott...@sympatico.ca > To: ontbirds@hwcn.org > Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:35:23 +0000 > Subject: [Ontbirds] Great Egret (Ottawa) > > While birding Andrew Haydon Park I saw 1 Great Egret feeing in the shallow > waters at the west end of the park next to the mud flats near the marina. A > Great Heron is at the same location. > > With the recent and ongoing heat wave, water levels are low in a number of > places. If the low precipitation and hot temps continue, it is shaping up > to be good shorebird > habitat for the upcoming migration. In addition to 2 Solitary Sandpipers > there was a smattering of other smaller shorebirds. Happy birding. > > W. Hum > www.pbase.com/golfpic > > Directions: Andrew Haydon Park can be reached via Csrling Avenue heading > west past Richmond Road. There is construction just before you reach Andrew > Haydon Park so traffic is down to1 lane on spots. Enter at the second > entrance to reach the mud flats near the marina. > > Posted from my iPhone > > From: willott...@sympatico.ca > To: ontbirds@hwcn.org > Subject: Hawk Owl (Moose Creek east of Ottawa) > Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:14:19 +0000 > > > > Hi Ontbirders: > > The hawk owl at Moose Creek was seen perched this morning near the railroad > tracks along Valley Street. > > There were early indications in the Fall this species was on the move with a > couple of sightings near Montreal and one even in Vermont. Happy birding. > > > W.H. > Directions courtesy of NeilyWorld > > http://www.neilyworld.com/neilyworld/rbacurrent.htm > > > > > http://www.neilyworld.com/neilyworld/rbacurrent.htm > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > _______________________________________________ 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/
