Hello Ontbirders, Today was noticeably slower than the last couple of days but our group of ~15 people still managed to muster up 90 species on our outing. Highlights were 2 Sanderling near the filtration plant at Britannia, a Red-necked Phalarope at Ottawa Beach, a great migrant passerine flock that included an Orange-crowned Warbler, Philadelphia Vireo and House Wren, 8 White-rumped Sandpipers and 3 Bald Eagles at Shirley's Bay, and 1 Ruddy Turnstone, 1 White-rumped Sandpiper and 3 Ring-necked Ducks at Casselman Lagoons. Note that they have now flooded the formerly empty cell and Casselman is no longer very good for waders. We had only about 50 individuals of 8 species of shorebirds along the remaining mud fringe. We also stopped at Embrun Lagoons and all cells were very high. The only birds of interest were 4 Common Gallinules and a very late nesting Ruddy Duck with 4 small young.
I have entered the data into ebird for each of the sites visited. If any of the outing participants would like to share these lists please email me privately. Good birding! Jeff Skevington E-mail: [email protected] _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
