Braving the bitter wind and intermittent rain squalls at Exeter lagoons this afternoon resulted in the following birds:
White Snow Geese (4) Cackling Goose (at least one) Long Billed Dowitcher (1) Dunlin (hundreds) Lesser Yellowlegs (1) Pectorals (MANY) WhiteRumped Sandpiper (1) RedHead Duck (3M,2F) RingNecked Duck Lesser Scaup Ruddy Duck Shoveler Bonepartes Gull Exeter lagoons are a mile and a quarter to the west of the intersection of highways 4 and 83 approximately 30 miles north of London in Exeter. Turn south at the cemetery which is Airport Line road and drive to the second gate on the left. Park without blocking the entrance and walk in. Just a reminder that you are required to possess and display on your dashboard an annual permit that is obtained at the town office during business hours at no cost. Town office is at the intersection of Main St and Sanders St. Good Birding.. Rick Thornton From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Oct 16 21:02:49 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from web51503.mail.yahoo.com (web51503.mail.yahoo.com [206.190.38.195]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2684F4920D for <[email protected]>; Sat, 16 Oct 2004 21:02:49 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from [69.156.51.204] by web51503.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 16 Oct 2004 21:10:12 EDT Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 21:10:12 -0400 (EDT) From: Jeff Skevington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: [Ontbirds]Greater White-fronted Goose, Ottawa X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 01:02:49 -0000 Hello Ontbirders, Today, Jens-Hermann Stuke and I had an adult Greater White-fronted Goose at Shirley's Bay near Ottawa. The bird flew in this morning and joined a small flock of Canadas and left with them 30 minutes later. I saw a Greater White-fronted Goose flying with a flock of Canada Geese at Constance Bay in the late evening. It could have been the same bird. Other interesting sightings at Shirely's Bay included: Peregrine, Merlin, Osprey, 2 White-rumped Sandpipers, 2 Red-necked Grebes and 3 Surf Scoters. Shirleys Bay is west of Ottawa. Exit off Carling Avenue at Range (Rifle) Road. Follow to the river. Park and walk west along the river to the dike. Most of the interesting birds were visible from the fence at the base of the dike. Permission to access the dike must be obtained by contacting the DND's Connaught Firing Range Control Office at (613) 991-5740 or the Range Warden at 991-5741. On weekends contact the Duty Officer at 724-8716. Jeff Skevington ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Oct 16 21:23:12 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from smtp-10.primus.ca (mail.tor.primus.ca [216.254.136.21]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12432483DF for <[email protected]>; Sat, 16 Oct 2004 21:23:12 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 216.254.202.123 ([216.254.202.123] helo=chrispc) by smtp-10.primus.ca with smtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 1CIzwJ-0007pz-0A for [email protected]; Sat, 16 Oct 2004 21:34:28 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Christina Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "OFO Sightings" <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 21:19:35 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.3018.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.3018.1300 Subject: [Ontbirds]Ottawa area - shorebirds & GWF Goose X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 01:23:12 -0000 Hello Ontbirds people, The 1st day of the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club 10th annual Fall Bird Count, with southwest winds (20 -30 kph) and intermittent showers dominating the weather today. Before the "official" count began at 3:00 PM today, a Greater White-fronted Goose was found among ~ 1000 Canada Geese and 27 Greater (all white morph adult) Snow Geese, at Milton Rd. & Smith Rd. northeast of Carlsbad Springs. 10 Sandhill Cranes also flew over this location while the geese were being observed this morning ~ 9:00 AM. At the St. Albert sewage lagoons, shortly after 3:00 PM today (so they're "official", ha ha!), there were unprecedented numbers of White-rumped Sandpipers and Pectoral Sandpipers for the Ottawa area, as well as other shorebirds of interest. 141 individuals of 5 species at one location is extraordinary by Ottawa standards in mid-October. 2 American Golden Plover 3 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Lesser Yellowlegs 49 White-rumped Sandpipers 78 Pectoral Sandpipers 8 Dunlin DIRECTIONS FROM OTTAWA: MILTON ROAD...Hwy 417 east to exit 96. Take Boundary Rd. (#41) north to Russell Rd. (#26), right (east) on Russell then left (north) on Milton Rd. to Smith Rd. The geese were seen approx. 400 m west along Smith Rd. ST. ALBERT SEWAGE LAGOONS...Hwy 417 east to exit 79. Take #5 south towards Crysler, turn left at the 90 degree bend onto the #7 toward St. Albert. The sewage lagoons are west of the South Nation River. Look for the hydro line that cuts off from the road south of the #7 on your right. There is a large sign indicating the sewage lagoons. If you get to the bridge over the S. Nation River, you've gone too far...turn around and try again! Good Fall Birding, Chris Lewis & Bob Bracken (and thanks to Paul Mirsky for alerting us to the Greater White-fronted Goose and Sandhill Cranes) Ottawa [EMAIL PROTECTED]
