Decided to check out Andrew Haydon Park and Ottawa Beach after work. There
was one Great Egret feeding in the mud flat area at AHP bordering Dick Bell
Park (same place where three Great Egrets were spotted a few days ago).
The highlight for me was the dozen or more Turkey Vultures flying over
Ottawa Beach. Earlier there were 9 of them walking on the beach itself. I
saw (smelled it before I saw it up close) the object of their affection, a
mostly eaten carcass on the beach.
W.Hum
Ottawa, Ontario.
www.pbase.com/golfpic
Directions courtesy of Neilyworld.
"From Highway 417 (The Queensway) take exit 129 (Greenbank & Pinecrest
Roads). If travelling west, the 0.3 km offramp dumps you right or north onto
Pinecrest Road. If driving east, a 0.3 km offramp brings you to
Pinecrest/Greenbank Road, where you will turn left or north onto Pinecrest
Road and in 0.4 km join the westbound offramp traffic. Both groups will now
follow Pinecrest Road north 1.0 km from here to Carling Avenue. Turn left or
west on Carling and go 1.7 km to the turnoff for the parking lot for Ottawa
Beach on the right or north. Turn right into the lot."
My notes: To see the Great Egret, drive west along Carling from the
parking lot mentioned above and enter the next parking lot (or walk over on
the paved pathways) at Andrew Haydon Park.
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