Hi Ontbirders, Today was a good day for birding at Mud Lake. There were lots of warblers at the west end of the ridge and in the secondary growth area south of the road and west of the lake. In total I tallied 14 species of warbler, among them:
Tennessee Warbler (at least 3) Bay-breasted Warbler (I only saw one at the west end of the ridge) Cape May Warbler (at least 3) Nashville Warbler (lots) Northern Parula Black-thraoted Blue Warbler (at least 2) Palm Warbler (just one) Blackburnian Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler (at least 5) Black-and-White Warbler American Redstart Also seen were the following: Scarlet Tanager Baltimore Oriole Rose-breasted Grosbeak (many) White-crowned Sparrow Pied-billed Grebe At home in west Ottawa a male Ruby-throated Hummingbird showed up two days ago looking for the feeders I hadn't yet put out (he perched on the hook the feeder normally hangs from as if to say "get that feeder out here!"), so if you don't have yours out yet, the hummingbirds are back. There was also a single Brant in the west pond at Andrew Haydon Park yesterday. I heard it was around earlier this morning, but it did not appear to be present at noon today when I 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 a hard left after approx. 800m and becomes Howe. You will now be heading west. At the first 4 way stop, turn right onto Britannia Road and follow north to Cassels. Turn right onto Cassels and continue to the entrance to Mud Lake. Park alongside the road there. _______________________________________________ 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/
