A group birding with Tony Beck saw a Caspian Tern this morning on the ponds
on Moodie Drive. Also present were 10 Short-billed Dowitchers, 100 Dunlin
and 60-70 "peeps" predominantly Semi-palmated Sandpipers. A coyote strolled
along the far shore and eventually onto the sandbar sending all the
shorebirds into the air during its brief visit.
On the Ottawa River, viewed from the Britannia Conservation Area, were two
Red-necked Phalaropes quite a distance from the shore. Also present was 1
Arctic Tern, several Common Terns, and 12 Bonaparte's Gulls.
Earlier in the morning during the heavy rain we had good views of very wet
Vesper, Grasshopper, Clay-coloured, Savannah and Song Sparrows in the fields
south of the airport.
Connie Denyes
Ottawa, ON
Directions can be found on NeilyWorld Birding at the following links:
Ponds on Moodie Drive:
http://ca.geocities.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/stony8.htm
Britannia Conservation Area:
http://ca.geocities.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/orwo10.htm
Fields South of the Airport:
http://ca.geocities.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/airport4.htm
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