There were at least a dozen Horned Grebes this morning at Col Sam Smith Park, in the marina and the surrounding bays. 3 or 4 are in breeding plummage with the rest still changing from winter plummage.
Other birds seens, lots of Robins, Red-winged Blackbirds, Bufflehead & Mallard ducks, a few Killdeer, Common Golden-eye, Common Merganser, Gadwell, Long-tailed Ducks, and 1 Mockingbird. At Humber Bay East, there's still an American Coot by the walkways. Directions to Col Sam Smith in Toronto: Exit Kipling Ave from the QEW and just go straight south. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Mar 22 16:40:48 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from tomts22-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts22.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.184]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F2F363B95 for <[email protected]>; Wed, 22 Mar 2006 16:40:30 -0500 (EST) Received: from brucedb4u2q8ov ([67.71.83.14]) by tomts22-srv.bellnexxia.net ESMTP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Wed, 22 Mar 2006 16:40:30 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Bruce Di Labio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ontario birds" <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 16:40:30 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Subject: [Ontbirds]Ottawa area: Red-headed Woodpeckers X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 21:40:48 -0000 Hi Everyone The Red-headed woodpeckers at Constance Bay successfully overwintered for the second consecutive winter. There were 2 adult plumaged birds present this afternoon in the "old burn " site. good birding Bruce Directions: Red-headed Wdpk: From Ottawa travel west bound on Hwy. 417 to the March Rd./Eagleson Road and exit right onto March Rd. Follow to Dunrobin Road and turn right continuing northwest through Woodlawn. At the hill turn right onto Constance Bay Rd following it for approx. 1.5 km. Turn left on Allbirch Road and drive 1.3 km to the " T " intersection. Turn left on Bishop Davis Drive and then right on Bayview Drive. Follow Bayview Drive to Ritchie St. Turn right and go a short distance to Whistler Rd and park.. The road is still closed but you can walk the short distance, .3 km, to the trail on the left. If you require additional information, please contact me privately. 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/
