Hi Everyone
This morning I observed at least 7 Great Gray Owls along March Valley
Road. Most birds were in the open and I watched a couple of American Crows
harassing one individual in a deciduous tree until the owl flew into heavier
cover, a spruce tree. This one of the few times I've witnessed GGO's being
mobbed.
The Red-headed Woodpeckers were very active at the old burn site today.
They both appear in good shape and this will be the first successful
overwintering record for the Ottawa District.
At Remic Rapids there was one male Barrow's Goldeneye in a group of
Common Goldeneye, displaying to a female Common Goldeneye.
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: GGO/ 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 or right. Follow
along making numerous stops scanning the fields.
Directions:Red-headed Wdpk: 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
turn right onto Constance Bay Rd following it for approx. 1.5 km. Turn left
on Allbirch Road and drive 1.3 km to the " T " intersection. Turn left on
Bishop Davis Drive and then right on Bayview Drive. Follow Bayview Drive to
Ritchie St. Turn right and go a short distance to Whistler Rd. From the
corner of Ritchie and Whistler, the road is not maintained during the winter
months. Turn left and walk .3 km and watch for a gate on the right. The
trail through the burn area is opposite the gate.
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. Park and walk east along bike path to
Remic Rapids.
