Hi Everyone, I'm currently on Frank Kenny road at bearbrook creek, between Russell Rd and Colonial south of Navan. There are 2 Ross' geese close to the road in the creek amongst a loose flock of 500 Snow geese.
Rob Sent from my iPhone On 2013-04-21, at 1:34 AM, Robert Alvo <[email protected]> wrote: > The waterfowl spectacle east of Ottawa seems to be nearing its end, with > much less land flooded than last week, both in the Milton Road area and the > Cobb Lake/Creek area. No *Snow Geese* were present today along Milton Road, > but there were 200 along Frank Kenny Road 3 km north of Russell Road, a > flock of 100 flying over Dunning at Russell Roads, and another 500 about 3 > km sw of Pendleton. The Lalonde Rd. bridge over Cobbs Lake had several > dozen *Northern Pintails* calling, one pair of *American Wigeons* and my > first *Northern Shovelers* of the year (1 pair). > > In summary, the *Snow Geese* seem to have arrived east of Ottawa between > April 4 and April 7, seemed to peak at perhaps 100,000 individuals on April > 14 and are mostly gone by April 20. When they arrived, there was some open > water in the fields but still considerable areas of ice and snow, whereas > by April 20 all the ice and snow has gone from the fields, as well as most > of the water. This year the entire spectacle lasted about two weeks. This > includes results posted on OntBird and on eBird. Perhaps one of the local > pros can indicate whether these numbers east of Ottawa represent a record > for this expanding species that is wreaking havoc on its Arctic breeding > grounds, turning them into mud. > > The pond/lake on the south side of Giroux Road was half covered with ice > and had 35 *Common Mergansers*. > > Mud Lake, Britannia, had *Pine and Yellow-rumped Warblers, a Hermit Thrush*and > *Fox Sparrows*. > > > -- > *www.babina.ca* > Robert Alvo > Author: "Being a Bird in North America" (2013) > Tel.: 613-236-0660 > 219-140 Mann Ave. > Ottawa Ontario K1N 1E5 > Canada > [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/ > _______________________________________________ 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/
