Hi Ontbirders Spent a couple of hours birding in the Ottawa area today. Highlight was an adult Lesser Black-backed Gull at the Moodie Drive pond which is now frozen. There were around 300+ gulls including 3 Glaucous, 1 Iceland and 50+ Great black-backed Gull. Along Trail Road near the landfill site there were 100+ Common Redpoll feeding in a weedy field until a Northern Harrier flushed them. Nearby along Barnsdale Road there a Great Blue Heron was feeding in an open creek. The Pine Warbler is still making regular visits to 5718 William McEwen Drive and a Brown Thrasher was photographed today near Dunrobin. If you require additional information, please email me privately. 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. Directions: From Ottawa take Hwy 416 south to exit #57 Bankfield Road. Turn right and take first left and follow to 5718 William McEwen Drive on your right. There is no parking on the road and limited parking in their laneway. Di Labio Birding Website Courses and Field Trips http://www.dilabiobirding.ca http://www.brucedilabio.blogspot.com Bruce Di Labio 400 Donald B. Munro Drive P.O. Box 538 Carp, Ontario K0A 1L0 Office 613-839-4395 Mobile 613-715-2571 _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ontbi...@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
