I must like the word Gold - In my report I mention Lesser Goldfinches - that should have read - lesser Finches
Thanks to Marcel Gahbauer for bringing it to my attention. Jim Duckworth ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Jan 19 20:33:37 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from tomts36-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts36-srv.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.93]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5958BA7C0 for <[email protected]>; Wed, 19 Jan 2005 20:33:37 -0500 (EST) Received: from brucedb4u2q8ov ([64.230.164.173]) by tomts36-srv.bellnexxia.netESMTP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Wed, 19 Jan 2005 20:34:38 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Bruce Di Labio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ontario birds" <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 20:34:42 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Ottawa: Barrow's Goldeneye & Great Gray Owl X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 01:33:38 -0000 Hi Everyone Today, January 19 , 2005 we saw 2 adult male Barrow's Goldeneye along the Ottawa River near the Champlain Bridge. Later in the afternoon counted 24 Great Gray Owls between Huntmar Road, March Valley Road and the intersection of Kilmaurs Side Road and Dunrobin Road. good birding Bruce Bruce Di Labio 400 Donald B. Munro Drive P.O.Box 538 Carp,Ontario,K0A 1L0 (613)839-4395 Home (613)715-2571 Cell Di Labio Birding Website Courses and Field Trips http://www3.sympatico.ca/bruce.dilabio/ Directions: Barrow's Goldeneye: The Champlain Bridge parking lot can be reached by taking Parkdale Ave. north from Hwy. 417 in Ottawa to the Western Parkway. Follow parkway west passed Remic Rapids Lookout and continue west towards Island Park Drive. Just before the lights at Island Park Drive there is a parking area on your right. The goldeneye's were feeding in a flock of about 25+ Common Goldeneye's to the right of the parking lot. GGO: Site 1: From Ottawa travel west bound on Hwy. 417 to the March Rd./Eagleson Road and exit right onto March Rd. Follow to Klondike Road and turn right. Go east to March Valley Road and turn left. Follow along making numerous stops scanning the fields. Late afternoon to dusk maybe the better time to look. Site 2: From Ottawa travel west bound on Hwy. 417 to the March Rd./Eagleson Road and exit right onto March Rd. Follow to Dunrobin Road and turn right continuing northwest through Woodlawn. At the hill continue straight and follow to next intersection which has a yellow flashing light.
