Good afternoon ONTBirders: I was searching the fields around the Ottawa airport for anything interesting and encountered my first pair of ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS for the autumn, flying over the fields north of Limebank & Leitrim Roads. On Earl Armstrong Road, the small quarry pond that hosted two great egrets a few weeks ago has been filled in, but that did not deter a G-B HERON from standing in the middle of the road as I passed by (it flew off after I had passed it due to another oncoming car). There were also a trio of juvenile WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS near Earl Armstrong and Bowesville Roads.
Good birding and Happy Thanksgiving. Pat DIRECTIONS (courtesy NeilyWorld): From Highway 417 (The Queensway) take exit 121A (Bronson Avenue). Go SSE on Bronson for 3.6 km, crossing the Rideau River on the Dunbar Bridge and going over Riverside Drive, before bearing right to take the Brookfield Road exit. In 0.1 km merge right onto Brookfield Road and drive 0.5 km to Riverside Drive. Turn left onto Riverside Drive and go 5.9 km to Limebank Road on the left. Turn left or SSE onto Limebank and drive 5.0 km to Earl Armstrong Road. Turn left or ENE into the Earl Armstrong Road site. _________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdssetup.php ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdsguide.php
