[Ontbirds] Ottawa: Cape May Warbler, Bay-breasted Warbler, Scarlet Tanager, etc

2011-05-12 Thread Chris Bruce
stopped. Chris Bruce Directions Take Pinecrest Road exit from 417 and head north to Richmond Road. Turn right onto Richmond and merge to far left lane. After crossing Carling, the far left lane defaults into a left turn lane onto Poulin. Turn left onto Poulin and follow straight. Poulin makes

[Ontbirds] Ottawa: Northern Waterthrush, Black-throated Blue Warbler, etc

2011-04-27 Thread Chris Bruce
-thraoted Sparrow Northern Flicker Ruby-crowned Kinglet (lots) Purple Finch (1 pair) Most of the bird activity was along the ridge earlier in the morning in the fog. The south end of Mud Lake was very quiet. Chris Bruce Directions Take Pinecrest Road exit from 417 and head north to Richmond

[Ontbirds] Ottawa: Parasitic Jaeger

2010-09-02 Thread Chris Bruce
/reflectionsofnature/image/128067413 http://www.pbase.com/reflectionsofnature/image/128067409 Chris Bruce Directions: Andrew Haydon Park is at 3169 Carling in Ottawa's west end. The entrance to the park is at the intersection of Carling and Acres west of Bayshore. The bird would have been easily viewable

[Ontbirds] Ottawa: Orange-crowned Warbler

2009-10-03 Thread Chris Bruce
a must to visit this site. Good luck, Chris Bruce Directions Mud Lake Exit highway 417 at Pinecrest Road and head north. At Richmond Road turn right and immediately merge into the far left lane. The left lane defaults into a left turn lane onto Poulin Ave after Carling. Turn left onto

[Ontbirds] Ottawa: Marbled Godwit, Rusty Blackbird, Snow Goose (blue morph)

2009-10-02 Thread Chris Bruce
Pipits were seen fairly frequently at both Shirley's Bay and Ottawa Beech. Good luck, Chris Bruce Directions Shirley's Bay (courtesy of Bruce Di Labio) From Ottawa take Hwy. 417 west to the Moodie Drive exit and turn north (right) on Moodie Drive and continue to Carling Ave. Turn left

[Ontbirds] Ottawa: Marbled Godwit, Stilt Sandpiper, Great Egret

2009-09-19 Thread Chris Bruce
luck, Chris Bruce Directions (courtesy of Bruce Di Labio) From Ottawa take Hwy. 417 west to the Moodie Drive exit and turn north (right) on Moodie Drive and continue to Carling Ave. Turn left at Carling Ave. and follow Carling to Rifle Road. Turn right (north) on Rifle Rd. Park at the lot

[Ontbirds] Ottawa: Addition to Marbled Godwit sighting (Stilt Sandpiper)

2009-09-17 Thread Chris Bruce
we left in the early afternoon. Further down the dyke and along the shoreline between the boat launch and dyke we also had a few small flocks of songbirds that were mostly comprised of Palm Warbler. Good Luck, Chris Bruce Directions as per previous reports. The shoreline between the boat

[Ontbirds]Yellow-billed Cuckoo - Ottawa (Andrew Haydon Park)

2007-09-29 Thread Chris Bruce
it remained for approximately 5 minutes. Following that the cuckoo flew off towards to the trees surrounding the parking lot at the west end of the park. Unfortunately I was not able to relocate the cuckoo after it flew into the trees surrounding the parking lot. Chris Bruce (Ottawa) Directions