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Ottawa
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Pond and West Rose Lake. Most of the migrants were
located near these two water bodies. Feel free to email me privately for
more specific directions.
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Ottawa
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paved for the first 9 km. Starting where the pavement ends , every
kilometre is marked with a black and white sign. The Achray Campground can
be reached by turning south at km 37.8. Drive in about 4km to the locked
gate, then walk in the last 1 km to the campground.
David Britton
Ottawa
as sitting on hydro lines where the rail line passes directly behind
the houses on Nestow, just past a house with several feeders mounted on its
back fence.
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Ottawa___
ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the
e Island at the Champlain Bridge.
Thanks to everyone who participated in a great morning of birding!
For specific directions to any of the aforementioned sites, contact me directly.
David Britton
Ottawa___
ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornit
f Johnson Road east of Bourget
David Britton
Ottawa
DIRECTIONS (Courtesty of Larry Neily's Birding Ottawa)
Richmond Fen
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Constance Creek at Vance's Sideroad
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sting birds in the vicinity included Merlin, 2 American Bitterns
flushed out of the marsh, American Pipit, Lincoln's Sparrow, Orange-crowned
Warbler and numerous Pine Siskins.
David Britton
Ottawa
DIRECTIONS
Directions: Lake Travers in Algonquin Provincial Park can be reached via the
This morning around 9:30 I found a Northern Mockingbird in the west end of
Ottawa. It was on Grandview Road in the west end of Ottawa along the River.
The bird was first seen sitting on the hydro lines across the road from #236
Grandview Road, it subsequently disappeared in to the surrounding
dell Drive with the usual assortment of feeder
birds plus a flyby Common Raven.
Thanks to everyone who braved the cold weather to join me on this trip.
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ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial
birdin
This morning at 7:45 am I refound the Ross's Goose reported by Mike Tate
yesterday evening. It was feeding with about 200 Canada geese in muddy fields
on the north side of Barnsdale Road between Eagelson and Twin Elm roads, about
500m west of Twin Elm.
After viewing the bird for about a
This morning I took the long way to work and birded around the Ottawa Airport
and Mer Bleue Conservation Area.
With cool, clear and calm conditions, the Airport lived up to its reputation
for field and thicket species including Brown Thrasher, House Wren, Eastern
Meadowlark and Eastern Blue
This evening at 6:30 pm there was a Great Gray Owl on the hydro lines on the
south side of Highway 60, about 1 km west of Mink Lake Road, between Eganville
and Kelly's Corners in Renfrew County.
DIRECTIONS - Highway 60 runs east-west through central Ontario from Renfrew to
Huntsville. Mink
s.
I'd like to thank everyone who participated in this very enjoyable morning of
birding!
David Britton
Ottawa
Complete Trip List:
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Gray Partridge
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Herring Gull
Iceland Gull
Rd. to the intersection
with the railbed and walking in that way), Mew Lake Campground is at km 30.8,
and the Spruce Bog Boardwalk is at km 42.5.
David Britton
Ottawa
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This morning there were 4 Gray Partridge at the City of Ottawa public works
compound on Maple Grove Road, they were foraging under some spruces at the NW
corner of the parking area on the west side of the main building. Also this
morning, the Carolina Wren that has been present in the Britan
This morning about 20 participants enjoyed some excellent birding east of
Ottawa. The weather was better than expected: although things began with
overcast skies and a raw north wind that created wind chills in the -20's, the
skies soon cleared and the wind dropped for very pleasant birdin
to the centre of the
island along the seasonal road (its called Marshall Road on the MapArt maps)
the KFN property is located at the extreme east end of the island.
Email me privately for more detailed directions.
David Britton
Ottawa
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Ferries leave for
Amherst I. on the half hour. The KFN Property is located at the east end of
the island. From the corner of Lower Rd. and South Shore Rd. (at the SE
corner of the island) enter the KFN Property and follow the shoreline to the
ponds and spit (about a 25 min walk to the spit).
David Britton
Ottawa
een Prince Edward (Long) Point and Point Petrie. It is
narrow and partially covered by large puddles, although my Subaru Outback
managed to navigate it succesfully. For more detailed directions contact me
privately.
David Britton
Ottawa
I spent yesterday doing my Baillie Birdathon as a fundraiser for Bird
Studies Canada and the Innis Point Bird Observatory. I birded entirely
within the Ottawa Field-Naturalist Club's 50 km Circle (within a 50km radius
of the Peace Tower) on both the Quebec and Ontario sides.
With several days
Black-crowned Night-Heron. All these birds were in the back bay
between the two islands.
David Britton
Ottawa
Directions (Courtesy of Larry Neilly's Birding Ottawa Page)
From Highway 417 (The Queensway) take exit 134 (Moodie Drive). If travelling
west, the 0.4 km offramp dumps you righ
spot for Barrow's
in Ottawa). This is my earliest fall record of this Ottawa-area specialty.
David Britton
Ottawa
DIRECTIONS
By car, the closest parking spot is probably at Parc Brébeuf. Directions
courtesy of Larry Neilly's Birding Ottawa Page:
From where Autoroute l'Outaouais or
The Ross's Goose first found on October 23 at the wet area on Moodie Dr.
south of Trail Rd. was still there as of 5:30 pm today, October 25 amongst
fifty or so Snow Geese.
The Greater White-fronted Goose was not seen, but could easily have been
present amongst the hundreds and hundreds of Cana
and Clay-coloured
(Ottawa Airport) and a couple of late White-crowned (Gatineau Park, Marais aux
Grenouillettes)
Please contact me if you want directions to any of these locations.
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At least one Purple Sandpiper was still present end of the west most rocky pier
at Britannia Pier at 7:15 am this morning.
David Britton
Ottawa
Directions as per Bruce Di Labio : From Highway 417 take exit 129 (Greenbank &
Pinecrest Roads). Go north to Carling Ave. and continue stra
For those looking to start off their 2008 year list (or finish out their 2007
list, like I was) these three birds were still present and were easily found
today.
1. Townsend's Solitaire - was feeding in a tall juniper bush at the north
corner of the house at #7 Millbrook Crescent when I arriv
turn left on Ch.
Vanier, take the first left on Rue Deschenes, jog right on Rue John Gibeault,
then left on Rue Houle and drive to the boat launch at the end of the road.
ON side: the Deschênes Lookout is at the western end of the Ottawa River
Parkway, west of the Woodroffe exit.
David
Hi everyone,
Just a note that the correct date for the upcoming Ottawa OFO Field Trip is
Saturday, January 19th. The date (which was formerly listed as Saturday,
January 20th) has been corrected on the OFO website.
David Britton
Ottawa
I was joined by about a dozen dedicated birders this morning for the annual
January OFO Ottawa trip.
A snowfall overnight had left the roads in poor shape and the snow continued
for most of the morning impacting visibility. Nevertheless we had some good
birds. We started in the eastern envi
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