Last night at 21:10 my daughter, Georgia, pointed out a Snowy Owl sitting along the west side of the QEW and the 4th Line overpass in Oakville. The bird sat quietly 10 m from 4th Line as we passed by on three separate occasions.
Drive along the QEW and get off at 3rd Line. Turn east along the North Service Road and continue along until you reachn4th Line. Turn right to go over the overpass and the owl was on the west side of the road. Mark Peck Oakville Mark Peck Ornithology/Department of Natural History Royal Ontario Museum 100 Queen's Park Toronto, ON Canada M5S 2C6 416 586 5523 fax 416 586 5553 From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Nov 14 15:06:48 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts16.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.4]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D1E0639AF for <[email protected]>; Tue, 14 Nov 2006 15:06:43 -0500 (EST) Received: from brucedb4u2q8ov ([64.230.30.104]) by tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.netESMTP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Tue, 14 Nov 2006 15:06:43 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Bruce Di Labio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ontario birds" <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 15:06:47 -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 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2962 Subject: [Ontbirds]Ottawa: Red-throated Loons X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 20:06:48 -0000 Hi Everyone The visibility was good between showers this morning and I was able to count 92 Red-throated Loons between Dick Bell Park and Shirley's Bay. There were 3 distinct flocks and a small number of individual birds. Most birds appeared to be adults in winter plumage while 4 of the lone birds were juvenile plumaged. There were still a good number of Common Loons 70+ and at Constance Bay I observed another flock of 12 adult winter plumage Red-throated Loons off 774 Bayview Drive. If you require additional information, please email me privately. good birding Bruce 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. Directions: Dick Bell Park: From Ottawa take Hwy. 417 west, turn north on Bayshore Drive, continue to Carling Ave. Turn left (west) on Carling Ave. Proceed along Carling Ave. and after passing watch Andrew Haydon Park watch for Dick Bell Park on your right. 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/
