Hi Everyone
Today, July 27, 2005, I birded along the Ottawa River at Shirley's Bay
Overall, birding was very good with lots of activity including my first
juvenile shorebird- 3 Least Sandpiper. Water levels were low with a large
mudflat exposed with 100+ shorebirds feeding, consisting of Lesser and
Greater Yellowlegs, Solitary,Pectoral, Semipalmated and Least Sandpiper,
Killdeer, Semipalmated Plover and Wilson's Snipe. Near the base of the dyke
there was an impressive movement of warblers including 100+ Yellow, 3
Bay-breasted, 3 Nashville, 1 Tennessee, 8 Black & White, 1 Chestnut-sided
and 1 Northern Waterthrush. Nearby 3 Black-crowned Night-heron and 8 Green
Heron were noted. At Deschenes Rapids an adult Caspian Tern was observed
resting in a flock of Ring-billed Gulls.
good birding
Bruce
Bruce Di Labio
400 Donald B. Munro Drive
P.O.Box 538
Carp,Ontario,K0A 1L0
(613)839-4395 Home (613)715-2571 Cell
Di Labio Birding Website
Courses and Field Trips
http://www3.sympatico.ca/bruce.dilabio/
Directions:Directions: Shirley's Bay: From Ottawa take Hwy. 417 west to the
Moodie
Drive exit and turn north (right) on Moodie Drive and continue to Carling
Ave.
Turn left at Carling Ave. and follow Carling to Rifle Road. Turn right
(north) on
Rifle Rd. Park at the lot at the end (boat launch). Walk back to the road,
and continue
through the gate on the Department of National Defence property. There
is a trail on your right (clearly marked with vehicle "No Entry" signs)
which heads into the woods, and, eventually to the dyke.
**** PLEASE NOTE**** YOU MUST OBTAIN PERMISSION FROM THE RANGE CONTROL
OFFICE BEFORE ENTERING THE DYKE AREA-- Call (613) 991-5740 and request
permission to visit the dyke area for birding.
