Hi Everyone
More variety in gulls along the Ottawa River this evening. I spent an hour
at Shirley's Bay watching 1000's of gulls going to roost on Lake Deschenes.
Most interesting were 1 first winter Thayer's, 1 first winter Glaucous, 3 adult
Lesser Black-back and 250+ Great Black-backed Gulls. A few Red-necked Grebe and
11 White-winged Scoter flew by.
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.
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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Hello Ontbirders
Friday evening, at around 6:15pm, a Hudsonian Godwit (age uncertain) flew low
over Andrew Hayden Park together with two Black-bellied Plovers.
The water level of the Ottawa River has risen considerably today covering much
of the sand spit at the mouth of Graham Creek. However, along the remaining
mudflats, many Dunlin continue to feed with small numbers of White-rumps and
Greater Yellowlegs. There was also a first winter Iceland Gull present.
Many small flocks of diving ducks continue to fly down river, some settling to
rest in Lac des Chenes, Including 80 White-winged Scoter, and a mixed flock of
both scaup, Surf Scoter and Common Goldeneye. Also present were 3 Red-necked
Grebes.
Directions courtesy of Neily World:
http://members.rogers.com/larry.neily/birding.htm
>From Highway 417 (The Queensway) take exit 129 (Greenbank & Pinecrest Roads).
>If travelling west, the 0.3 km offramp dumps you right or north onto Pinecrest
>Road. If driving east, a 0.3 km offramp brings you to Pinecrest/Greenbank
>Road, where you will turn left or north onto Pinecrest Road and in 0.4 km join
>the westbound offramp traffic. Both groups will now follow Pinecrest Road
>north 1.0 km from here to Carling Avenue. Turn left or west on Carling and go
>2.0 km to the turnoff for the parking lot for Andrew Haydon Park on the right
>or north. Turn right into the lot.
Cheerio
Tony Beck
http://www3.sympatico.ca/beck.tony/
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Subject: [Ontbirds]HSR: Hawk Cliff (21 Oct 2004) 677 Raptors
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Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch
Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 21, 2004
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 319 7271 7958
Osprey 2 15 130
Bald Eagle 0 38 176
Northern Harrier 1 91 433
Sharp-shinned Hawk 191 1687 5396
Cooper's Hawk 8 132 268
Northern Goshawk 2 13 14
Red-shouldered Hawk 11 155 165
Broad-winged Hawk 1 5 14899
Red-tailed Hawk 123 903 1362
Rough-legged Hawk 7 10 10
Golden Eagle 2 3 4
American Kestrel 3 240 2657
Merlin 4 27 62
Peregrine Falcon 1 40 57
Unknown 2 6 19
Total: 677 10636 33610
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Su Ross-Redmond
Observers: Colin, Tom T.
Visitors:
Jann and Gil Randall from New York (they help with the Ripley Hawkwatch),
Tom and Colin from T.O. and Don T.
Thanks to all of them for helping with the hawkwatch for the day. :)
Weather:
Lots of cloud cover today...kept the temps to a high of just 13. Moderate
NE winds...perfect for raptor flight.
TUV=3 (Fair)
Observations:
Wow!! Another day with 14 out of the typical 15 species counted!! The only
usual suspect not tallied today was Bald Eagle. The hour between 1-2 P.M.
actually saw 10 different species counted! This is why it's so great to
visit Hawk Cliff through October...there's always so much variety in
species during this month as the earlier migrants cross paths with the
later migrants.
Highlights for the day were a very late Broad-winged hawk (undergoing a
serious molt with both wings missing several feathers), 7 Rough-legs (both
light & dark morph), a very fast Peregrine that slowed enough crossing the
willows before heading over the woods to give us a nice look at 1:25P.M.,
then finally at 2:40P.M. what we all had been waiting for, not one but two
Golden Eagles. One an immature and the other a juvenile.
All in all a great day with a total of 677 birds.
=======================================================================Report
submitted by Dave Brown ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch information may be found at:
http://www.ezlink.on.ca/~thebrowns/HawkCliff/index.htm
Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch:
Oldest Hawkwatch in Ontario - since 1931 - located just east of Port
Stanley on the cliff overlooking Lake Erie
