Hi Everyone
Today, August 12, my son Ben and I birded the Ottawa River between
Shirley's Bay and Britannia Conservation Area. There was a definite change
in the birds since my Wednesday visit. There were 4 juv. Baird's Sandpipers
and an increase in juv. Lesser Yellowlegs, Least and Semipalmated Sandpipers
and Semipalmated Plovers. At the base of the dyke we observed a Blue-gray
Gnatcatcher in a mixed flock of warblers. Also present was 1 Dark-eyed
Junco. There were 2 Great Egrets and 130+ Double- crested Cormorants feeding
off the first island.
At the Britannia Conservation Area there was a good movement of warblers
including 30 Nashville, 45 Yellow, 10 American Redstart, 25 Yellow-rumped,
15 Black & White , 1 Northern Waterthrush and 1 Yellow-throated Vireo along
the ridge. We also saw 1 Winter Wren and 2 Red-breasted Nuthatch.
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: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.
Britannia Conservation Area/Mud Lake: From Hwy 417 west past downtown Ottawa
to Pinecrest Rd. (exit 129). North on Pinecrest to Richmond Rd. Turn right
(east) on Richmond and keep in the left-hand lane, turn left (north) onto
Poulin Ave. which ends at BritanniaRd. Turn right (north) on Britannia Rd.,
then right again (east) on Cassels St. Park along the road near the
entrance to BCA.
