Hi Everyone
Yesterday, October 28,2004 I birded along the Ottawa River between Britannia
and Shirley's Bay. The visibility was good once the fog lifted. Overall, I
observed 29 species of waterbirds including Red-throated Loon (1) at Shirley's
Bay, 500 Black Scoter and 45 male Long-tailed Duck.
The water levels keep fluctuating along the river and there is stil some
shorebird habitat both at Andrew Haydon Park and Shirley's Bay with a few
Black-bellied Plover, Dunlin, Greater Yellowlegs and 1 White-rumped Sandpiper.
good birding
Bruce
Directions: Shirley's Bay: From Ottawa take Hwy. 417 west to the Moodie Drive
exit. Go north to Carling Ave. Turn left at Carling and follow Carling to
Rifle Road Turn right (north) onto Rifle Rd. Follow road to boat launch and
park. Walk the road going west until you pass the DND gate. A trail on your
right heads into the woods and leads to the dyke.
****PLEASE NOTE**** YOU MUST OBTAIN PERMISSION FROM THE RANGE CONTROL OFFICE
BEFORE ENTERING THE DYKE AREA-- Call (613) 991-5740 and ask whether it is
possible to visit the dyke for birding.
Dick Bell Park is located along Carling Ave. just west of Andrew Haydon Park.
If your require any additional information please email me privately.
Di Labio Birding Website
Courses and Field Trips
http://www3.sympatico.ca/bruce.dilabio/
Bruce Di Labio
400 Donald B. Munro Drive
P.O.Box 538
Carp,Ontario,K0A 1L0
(613)839-4395 Home (613)715-2571 Cell
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Subject: [Ontbirds]HSR: Cranberry Marsh (29 Oct 2004) 55 Raptors
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Cranberry Marsh
Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 29, 2004
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 6 751 1135
Osprey 0 8 116
Bald Eagle 0 4 38
Northern Harrier 1 28 99
Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 265 886
Cooper's Hawk 0 27 85
Northern Goshawk 0 12 12
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 15 18
Broad-winged Hawk 0 5 895
Red-tailed Hawk 9 303 513
Rough-legged Hawk 37 90 90
Golden Eagle 0 7 7
American Kestrel 0 64 446
Merlin 0 9 40
Peregrine Falcon 1 17 30
Unknown 1 47 120
Total: 55 1652 4530
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 13:00:00
Total observation time: 5 hours
Official Counter: Doug Lockrey
Observers: Jerry Walsh, Joyce Collier-Brown, Karl Jennewein,
Kin & Sherry Lau
Weather:
medium east winds, 10C, cloudy then sunny then cloudy with imminent rain
Observations:
6 TV, 1 N.Harrier, 9 Red-tailed, 37 ROUGH-LEGGED, 1 Peregine, 1 UF
The Rpogh-leggeds kept comimg, usually stopping to hover over the meadow
to our east before coming through.
1 CACKLING GOOSE with 4 Canadas flew low from east to west over the north
end of the marshlands at 1143a.m.
3 House Finch (1 male), 1 Fox Sparrow
no sign of the Great Egret
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submitted by John Douglas Lockrey ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Cranberry Marsh information may be found at:
http://www.gtrw.ca
