Hello Ontbirders Northern gulls are on the move south. Today at the Moodie Drive pond and Trail Road Landfill Site I observed 1 Iceland and 1 Glaucous both 1st winter plumage. There were a good number of Lesser Black-backed Gulls in the area, 16 in total. Most were adults but there were a few 3rd year birds. Also noted a general increase in Herring and Great Black-backed Gulls. At Andrew Haydon Park the 3 Brant were still present on the west pond and a flock of 25+ flew over heading south. Also observed a Northern Shrike near the corner of Barnsdale and Cedarview Road. Diving ducks numbers are also up with 400+ Ring-necked Duck, 150 Hooded Merganser, 100+ Common Goldeneye, all 3 scoter and a few Long-tailed duck along the Ottawa River between Champlain Bridge and Shirley's Bay. Good birding, Bruce
Directions: From Ottawa take Hwy 417 west to Hwy 416. South on the 416 to exit 66 (Fallowfield Rd.) Right (west) on Fallowfield to Moodie Dr. Left (south) on Moodie, go past Trail Rd. on your left and Cambrian Rd. on your right until you come to a very large sand & gravel operation on the left (east) side of the road. ***PLEASE NOTE*** - do NOT cross the gate to the sand & gravel operation. This is private property, and most of the birds can be well-viewed from the road.The landfill site is located on Trail Road. There is no access but the gulls can be viewed from Trail Road just south of the main entrance. Di Labio Birding Website Courses and Field Trips http://www.dilabiobirding.ca http://www.brucedilabio.blogspot.com Bruce Di Labio 400 Donald B. Munro Drive P.O. Box 538 Carp, Ontario K0A 1L0 Office 613-839-4395 Mobile 613-715-2571 _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
