Winter in the Wild Festival 2017 will take place on Saturday (February 18).
It will have many great activities to choose from, including two Guided
Winter Bird Walks on Spruce Bog Boardwalk (at km 42.5) from 10 am to 11:30
am and 2:30 to 4 pm. Your Park use permit entitles you to free participation
Locations within the Park are shown on a map at the back of a tabloid
that is available at the Park gate. Visitors to Gull Islandmay
encounter a slippery coating of ice on the rocks and drifts of snow
obscuring water below. Ice cleats are recommended.
Birders are encouraged to record their obser
Most of the birds seen at Presqu'ile Provincial Park in the past week
have been the same species that have appeared off and on throughout the
winter. That may change with the promise of a warm weekend ahead and
the possible arrival of some early migrants. Even a GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE in
Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club
Ottawa/Gatineau (50 Km radius from Parliament Hill) E. Ontario, W. Quebec
Compiler: Gregory Zbitnew at sighti...@ofnc.ca
February 16, 2017
After a number of weeks without, Ottawa finally had a birding highlight. On
the 11th a GYRFALCON was seen on Appleton Side Roa
Subsequent to the posting below, Maureen Riggs found seven (!) Fox
Sparrows at that location this afternoon, as well as the White-throated
Sparrows.
- Fred Helleiner.
On 2/16/2017 3:05 PM, Fred Helleiner wrote:
Today my wife and I saw a small group of sparrows nowhere near a
feeder, i
Today my wife and I saw a small group of sparrows nowhere near a feeder,
including a Fox Sparrow and two White-throated Sparrows. The location is
near Salem between Brighton and Colborne, south of County Road 2. Take
Blyth Park Road south from #2. It turns west and becomes Simpson Road
shortl
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