[Ontbirds] Ottawa: Brant and scoters

Hi Ontbirders Today, October 4th, I spent 3 hours birding from Shirley's Bay to Britannia Pier along the Ottawa River at Lake Deschenes. There appeared to have been a small fallout of waterfowl with a number of flocks resting on the river. I counted a total of 146 Brant (4 flocks) , 138

[Ontbirds] Ottawa: Brant, Black Scoters and Gray Jay

Hi Ontbirders The birding along the Ottawa River at Shirley's Bay was very good this morning. There were 3 flocks of male Black Scoters totaling 250+ and 2 flocks of Brant 27 and 23 along with 17 White-winged Scoter and 4 Surf Scoter. Also seen were 50+ Redhead, 11 Red-necked Grebe and 7 Horned