When you say the NHO wouldn't cooperate.....you mean it was perched too high up or it wasn't there? I know the one Bruce reported an Robertson and Eagleson which i have seen. I will be chcking that one and the gray partridge tomorrow.
> Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 17:31:35 -0800 > From: kevin.shackle...@rogers.com > To: birdalert@ontbirds.ca > Subject: [Ontbirds] Lapland Longspurs, Gray Partridge and Barrow's Goldeneye > in the Ottawa area > > In the closing days of 2012, and with me still short of my goal of 300 > species, Jean Irons suggested I contact Bruce DiLabio to try to get either or > both Lapland Longspur and Gray Partridge in the Ottawa area. I flew in today > and the weather goddess was smiling on me as my flight in was not delayed and > the Ottawa area was decked out in a new mantle of snow under sunny skies. It > was chilly at -12C as we started. > Bruce had scouted for the two species in yesterday's big snow storm and come > up empty, but the birding goddess smiled on me and we had two Lapland > Longspurs in a flock of Snow Buntings near Antrim at about 10:10. Year > Species 300 in my Big Year. > From Ottawa take Hwy. 417 west towards Arnprior and exit at the Kinburn Side > Rd. Turn left and follow to Upper Dwyer Hill Rd. and turn right. At the > corner of Hanson Side Road and Upper Dwyer Hill Road scan the fields near the > farm. > > > Having found one of the needed species Bruce then headed to the Kinburn area > where we found a photogenic flock of 12 Gray Partridges about 20 minutes > later, Year Species 301 in my Big Year. They tolerated us going past in the > car and then coming back with the sun behind us as they returned to a narrow > strip of green grass to forage. On looking at my photos on returning home I > was surprised to see that most of them are females. > From Ottawa take Hwy. 417 west towards Arnprior and exit at the Kinburn Side > Rd. and turn right. Follow the road towards Kinburn and turn right on > Farmview Road. For the next km or so watch for the partridge on the shoulder > of the road. > > > Bruce was kind enough to try arrange photo opportunities with Northern Hawk > Owl, Barrow's Goldeneye and Bohemian Waxwings, but none of them would > cooperate. We did have long distance looks at the male Barrow's in the > Rideau River above the Hurdman Bridge on the 417 in Ottawa. > > I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the Ontbirds subscribers > who posted birds that I found only through their postings and all those who > gave me suggestions and tips and kept me company on visits to the four > corners of the province. Its been a great Big Year. > > Kevin "301" Shackleton > Happy New Year > _______________________________________________ > ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial > birding organization. > Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca > 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 birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
