[Ontbirds] Ottawa: Peregrine Falcon at O'Connor and Isabela

f O'Connor, at the corner of O'Connor and Isabella. The bird perched on the corner of the building closest to the highway. I saw perhaps the same bird at the same site on January 30, but then it was between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. Over the past few years, I've also seen merlins perched atop

[Ontbirds] Ottawa: First-year surf scoter Dow's Lake

Wales) and walk downhill to the lake shore facing Queen Elizabeth Driveway. The bird kept to itself and didn't associate with the plentiful mallards. -- Howard Youth howard.yo...@gmail.com ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologi

[Ontbirds] Ottawa: white-winged scoters seen from Lakeside Gardens/Britannia Pier

nue straight. Street name changes to Greenview Ave. Enter park and continue straight to end, where there's a beach to the right. Scoters were seen on left (west) side of the "pier" walk. -- Howard Youth howard.yo...@gmail.com ___ ONTBIRDS i

[Ontbirds] Ottawa: Sabine's gull still at Deschenes at 1:15 p.m.

rking lot. -- Howard Youth howard.yo...@gmail.com ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe

[Ontbirds] Marsh birds and warblers, Petrie Island, east of Ottawa

Trim Road. Once on Trim, pass the intersection with a service road before descending to the causeway, which soon leads to the park's entrance. Howard Youth howard.yo...@gmail.com ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the

[Ontbirds] Ottawa: rail chick Mer Bleue; black tern Petrie Island, June 22

to Petrie Island exit (Trim Road north) on left. The road dips down to the causeway marsh (you can park on the shoulder), before the island and park. -- Howard Youth howard.yo...@gmail.com ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists

[Ontbirds] Ottawa: Eurasian wigeon at Moodie Gravel Pit (largest one)

the left side from the roadside, after passing intersection with Cambrian and Trail roads. -- Howard Youth howard.yo...@gmail.com ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports

[Ontbirds] Ottawa: black tern, common tern, bald eagle Moodie Gravel Pit

In my excitement to get word out on the wigeon, I forgot to mention we saw one black tern and about six or seven common terns, a northern harrier, and an immature bald eagle at the same gravel pit off Moodie. -- Howard Youth howard.yo...@gmail.com

[Ontbirds] Ottawa: Red-necked and horned grebes on Dow's Lake. Also, warbling vireo and swamp sparrow.

tions: Dow's Lake is adjacent to a portion of the Queen Elizabeth Driveway, to its intersection with Preston Street. (South of this intersection, Queen Elizabeth Dr. becomes Prince of Wales Dr.) Parking is available at the adjacent arboretum, with the entrance off Prince-of-Wales Dr. -- Ho

[Ontbirds] Eastern towhees off Leitrim Road, Ottawa

eitrim. Shortly after the intersection with Hawthorne and before Ramsayville Road, a marked parking lot, with a "P19" sign appears on the left. Park here. The towhee was to the left of the lot, along the beginning of the path (on its left side). --

[Ontbirds] Single tree swallow at Ottawa's Fletcher Wildlife Garden

I saw a single tree swallow near the nestbox-lined pond at Fletcher Wildlife Garden this morning. Howard Youth Ottawa Directions: Fletcher Wildlife Garden is located off Prince of Wales Drive in Ottawa, adjacent to and just south of the arboretum and north of Prince of Wale's intersection

[Ontbirds] Glaucous Gull, Ottawa, Mud Lake

ion plant. -- Howard Youth howard.yo...@gmail.com ___ 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] northern hawk-owl, snowy owl in Ottawa

st after a dirt field. It was on the left side, directly across from a pull-off site on the right side of Earl Armstrong. -- Howard Youth Ottawa ___ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send