Hi Ontbirders:
Thanks to a heads-up from Chris Bruce I headed to the lighthouse at Dick
Bell Park to check out the Blackpoll warbler first reported by Jeff
Skevington yesterday. I found the warbler busily catching various insects
including what looked like a spider between its beak in the photo linked
below. It spent some time in each of the four trees near the lighthouse, at
times even flying out to catch an insect in the air.
There were also 6 Green-winged Teal, 2 male and 4 females in the western
most pond at Andrew Haydon Park. The weather on the weekend was simply
tealriffic (sorry) feeling more like a spring day than a fall day in
November. In the same pond is a growing number of mostly if not all female
Lesser Scaup and 15 wre counted on Saturday. Happy birding.
Blackpoll warbler.
http://www.pbase.com/golfpic/image/119186708/original
Green-wing Teal enjoying the fine weather.
http://www.pbase.com/golfpic/image/119186710/original
W. Hum
www.pbase.com/golfpic
Directions below.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Skevington" <[email protected]>
To: "Ontbirds" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2009 9:20 PM
Also a pleasant surprise was a late Blackpoll Warbler at Dick Bell Park -
in the last pine tree before the 'lighthouse'.
Directions to Andrew Haydon Park: From Ottawa take Hwy. 417 west to
Greenbank Road exit. Turn north and follow to Carling Ave. Turn left and
follow to Andrew Haydon Park (Holly Acres Road) >and turn right. Dick
Bell Park is just to the west along Carling Ave.
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