This morning I observed a juvenile Black-Crowned Night-Heron fishing by a fallen tree on the east side of the Rideau River at Kingsview Park, just north of Montreal Rd.
Closest streets to the bird's location are North River Rd at Tudor Place: http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=ottawa&ll=45.435277,-75.672337&spn=0.003326,0.007308&hl=en Never seen this species in such an urban location before. Directions: From Hwy 417, head north on the Vanier Parkway. Turn left on Montreal Rd then right onto North River Rd. Paul Makepeace, Ottawa Paul's Blog: http://odi.gotdns.com From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Aug 14 13:49:59 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from mail.kingston.net (mail.kingston.net [205.189.48.5]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7BFE63D2C for <[email protected]>; Sun, 14 Aug 2005 13:49:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ripley (ik-dynamic-66-102-76-162.kingston.net [66.102.76.162]) by mail.kingston.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id j7EHoxUe008834 for <[email protected]>; Sun, 14 Aug 2005 13:51:00 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Bruce Ripley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ontbirds" <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 13:49:48 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Subject: [Ontbirds]Shorebirds - Kingston X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 17:49:59 -0000 Fifteen members of the KFN attended the shorebird workshop today, despite the possibilty of heavy rain. Sixteen species of shorebirds were observed with highlights including 1 WHIMBREL, 4 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, 5 UPLAND SANDPIPERS, 1 WILSON'S PHALAROPE, 2 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS and 1 STILT SANDPIPER. Also seen were 2 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERONS, 1 BUFFLEHEAD, 6 COMMON LOONS, 6 BLACK TERNS and all of the swallow species. The day ended with one member pishing out 6 YELLOW WARBLERS, 1 NASHVILLE WARBLER and a SONG SPARROW all in the same field of view. A BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER was also at the same spot. Good Birding Bruce Ripley Amherstview Directions To Amherst Island - Ontario Road Atlas, MapArt Publishing [Pg. 36, E54 & E55] Located 18 km. west of Kingston. Exit off Hwy. 401 at exit 593 (County Road 4, Camden East) and drive south to the very end (Millhaven). Turn right on Hwy. 33 and drive 100 metres until you see the sign for the Amherst Island ferry. The ferry (20 minute trip) leaves the mainland on the half hour and leaves the island on the hour. Cost is $5.00 Canadian round trip. There are no gas stations on the island. There are restrooms on the ferry, and at the island ferry dock. The East End K.F.N. property is at the easternmost part of the island on the east side of the Lower Forty Foot Road. Directions to Amherstview Sewage Lagoon - Ontario Road Atlas, MapArt Publishing [Pg. 36, D55] >From Hwy. 401 take exit 593 (County Road 4, Camden East) south ( 8.5 km) on County Road 4 to Taylor-Kidd Blvd. Turn left (east) and follow Taylor-Kidd Blvd. (6.5 km) to County Road 6. Continue east on Taylor-Kidd (.8 km), and watch for a lane on your right after crossing railway overpass. This is the entrance to the lagoon. If you're coming from Amherst Island, turn right onto highway 33 and then left on county Road 4. Continue north (1.5 km) and turn right (east) onto Taylor-Kidd Blvd.
