[Ontbirds] Eared Grebe July 1 Embrun Lagoon se Ottawa

2011-07-02 Thread Gordon Pringle
July 2, 2011 1:00 p.m. The OFNC has received a formal report from Mark Patry, with good quality photographs, of an Eared Grebe at the Embrun Sewage Lagoons. Observed yesterday July 1 late afternoon. Instructions compliments of Neily World: Warning: Sewage lagoons generally do

[Ontbirds] Eared grebe Embrun

2011-07-02 Thread Susan Goods
The Eared Grebe reported at the Embrun sewage lagoon on July 1 was still there in the afternoon of Sat July 2. Also of note was a Lesser Yellowlegs and Lesser Scaup. Location Directions courtesy of Neilyworld: Independent Directions to this Site: From Highway 417 (The Queensway), 39 km east of

[Ontbirds] Black Billed Cuckoo

2011-07-02 Thread Richard Hardman
We were very pleasantly surprised to have a Black Billed Cuckoo spend over an hour in my backyard yesterday afternoon. It spent most of the time near the top of our hundred plus year old Black Walnuts and Maples along the edge of the property. He must of thought we were nuts because he

[Ontbirds] Least Bittern Carleton Place [iain]

2011-07-02 Thread Iain Wilkes
A Least Bittern flew out of the reeds on the north side of Coleman St just ouside of Carleton Place on Canada Day around 1 PM. Coleman St can be reached by going west from Ottawa on Hwy 7 until McNeely St and turning north. On McNeely until second lights which is Coleman. Turn right onto