Hi Everyone
Yesterday,November 2,2004, I birded along the Ottawa River between
Shirley's Bay and Dick Bell Park. There was a noticeable increase in Common
Goldeneye with 1000+, 2 flocks of Black Scoters totaling 360+ and a flock of 7
Red-throated Loons.
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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Hello Ontbirders
Cold north winds, choppy waves, and fluctuating water levels rising
again made viewing conditions very poor at Andrew Hayden Park/Dick Bell
Park.
However, several diving fowl came into sheltered bays and close to shore,
providing excellent views. Among them were Long-tailed Duck (both females &
adult winter males), both scaup, Ring-necked Duck, Red-breasted Merganser
and White-winged Scoter. Several rafts of Common Goldeneye stayed out in
deeper water.
One Sanderling, and one Greater Yellowlegs linger on the remaining sand bar
of Graham Creek.
Also, the lone Brant lingers with the Ring-billed Gulls around the west pond
of Andrew Hayden Park.
The most interesting sight of this uncomfortable and lacklustre morning was
an adult Northern
Goshawk being mobbed by crows as it flew west over Carling Ave.
Cheerio
Tony
http://www3.sympatico.ca/beck.tony/
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 Hayden Park on the right or
north.
Turn right into the lot.
