Late yesterday afternoon I was at the west shore of Mooney's Bay, across
from the public beach at Riverside Drive, and photographed a single scoter
that was far out on the river. I present two heavily cropped pictures of
that bird as the 2013 album "Probable Black Scoter at Mooney's Bay" at
www.hansblokpoel.phanfare.com .
The bird was not associating with any other waterbirds. The pictures suggest
to me that it was a male adult Black Scoter. If my and Howard's tentative
identifications are correct, it is quite a co-incidence that two scoter
species were seen on two different waterbodies that are so close together
and connected by the Rideau Canal.
Hans Blokpoel
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anouk Hoedeman" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2013 1:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Ontbirds] Ottawa: First-year surf scoter Dow's Lake
The scoter is currently about 40 feet from shore, just north of the tip of
the peninsula, and indeed wants nothing to do with the mallards.
Anouk HoedemanHoward Youth <[email protected]> wrote:What appears to
me to be a first-year surf scoter is on Dow's Lake in
Ottawa.
The bird was near the peninsula's shore, between the arboretum peninsula
into Dow's Lake and the far shore skirting Queen Elizabeth Dwy.
Park in the arboretum (entrance off traffic circle on Prince-of-Wales) and
walk downhill to the lake shore facing Queen Elizabeth Driveway.
The bird kept to itself and didn't associate with the plentiful mallards.
--
Howard Youth
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