[Ontbirds] Ottawa area: Gray Partridge and Northern Hawk-Owls

2012-12-21 Thread Bruce Di Labio
Hi Everyone This morning at around 10:30am I observed a flock of 9 Gray Partridge along Maple Grove Road. The partridge were feeding in a field along the Carp River. This is the same general area Gray Partridges have been observed during the past 4 or 5 winters. The habitat is slowly

[Ontbirds] Ottawa area: Gray Partridge and Common Yellowthroat

2009-12-16 Thread Bruce Di Labio
Hello Ontbirders Forgot to mention on my drive home from Kingston I observed a flock of 16 Gray Partridge near the corner of Fallowfield Road and Eagleson Drive ( between Richmond and Kanata) The birds flew over the road and landed in a cornfield just north of Fallowfield. It's the largest

[Ontbirds] Ottawa area: Gray Partridge, Bohemian Waxwings and White-winged Crossbills

2009-01-16 Thread Bruce Di Labio
Hi Everyone Spent a few hours birding around Kanata/Carp area today. There were 4 Gray Partridge along Maple Grove Road near the Sensplex Centre. Check around the bottom any of the pine or spruce trees along Maple Grove Road starting at Terry Fox Drive. There was a flock of 75+ Bohemian Waxwing

[Ontbirds] Ottawa area: Gray Partridge, L.B.B.Gull, Harlequin Duck, Golden Eagle

2008-02-25 Thread Bruce Di Labio
Hello Ontbirders Yesterday afternoon I observed a covey of 12 Gray Partridge along Maple Grove road near the Bell Sensplex. They were feeding under on the open grass of a few spruce trees both at the Bell Sensplex and at the Ottawa Hydro Building parking lot. Early in the afternoon observed

[Ontbirds]Ottawa area: Gray Partridge

2008-02-20 Thread Bruce Di Labio
Hello Ontbirders This afternoon there was a small covey of 6 Gray Partridge along Maple Grove Road off Terry Fox Drive in Kanata. They were at the Bell Sensplex parking lot. On my return home along Huntmar Road I observed a Fisher crossing the road just past Bradley Side Road.

[Ontbirds] Ottawa area: Gray Partridge, Snowy Owl Red-headed Woodpecker

2005-12-26 Thread Bruce Di Labio
Hi Everyone Today, December 26th, my son, Ben and I saw a flock of 14 Gray Partridge near the corner of Donald B. Munro Drive and Panmure Road near the village of Marathon. The birds flushed off the road and landed in a nearby cornfield. Later on, we saw at least 2 of the over-wintering