On the northwest corner of Donlands and Danforth there is a church. On the top of the tall evergreen sits a kestrel. If near the church you will be in for a neat urban treat On Jan 21, 2012 4:18 PM, "David Britton" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > This morning about 20 participants enjoyed some excellent birding east of > Ottawa. The weather was better than expected: although things began with > overcast skies and a raw north wind that created wind chills in the -20's, > the skies soon cleared and the wind dropped for very pleasant birding > conditions > The day's birding began under overcast skies scanning gulls flocking in > the snow-covered fields near the Lafleche Dump, southeast of Casselman. > Amongst the numerous Herring and Great Black-backed gulls, 20+ GLAUCOUS > and 3 ICELAND Gulls were found. > We continued north through the fields in the Ste-Rose area. On > Concessions 20 and 21 we found 4 SNOWY OWLS and 1 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK. On > Concession 20 east of Ste-Rose Road, we had small numbers of SNOW BUNTINGS > and HORNED LARKS on a manure spread and a group of 40 LAPLAND LONGSPURS (a > very good count for eastern Ontario) feeding on grain screenings in front > of some silos. > We continued west and visited #998 Calypso Road, southeast of Limoges. > Within 15 minutes everyone had great looks at the VARIED THRUSH. Along > with the usual common feeder birds, there were also at least two EVENING > GROSBEAKS present here. > We finished the trip on the Rideau River behind the Tennis Club, where we > were able to easily view the male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE amongst the more > common wintering ducks. > Thanks to everyone who participated for making this a very enjoyable > morning. > David BrittonOttawa > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > > _______________________________________________ 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/
