An adult Tundra Swan with an all black bill was seen today (Dec. 3, 2005) at the Moodie Drive Quarry Ponds, south of Ottawa. It was resting on the ice with a couple thousand Canada Geese. The quarry pond had only small patches of open water, but the corn fields around the area are still popular feeding spots, so this pond is still being used as a resting area. Directions from NeilyWorld's Birding Ottawa website: From Highway 416 take exit 66 (Fallowfield Road). If southbound, a 0.4 km offramp dumps onto Fallowfield, where you will turn right or west. If northbound, the 0.4 km offramp brings you to Fallowfield, where you will turn left or west onto it and in 0.5 km join the southbound offramp traffic. Both groups will now follow Fallowfield Road west for an additional 0.4 km to reach Moodie Drive. Turn left or southeast onto Moodie Drive and go 5.3 km, passing Cambrian Road to reach the Burnside Pits (large pond is at the second gate on the left). Park along the side of the road without blocking the access.
Larry Neily, Ottawa, ON, Canada Visit NeilyWorld, its Birding Ottawa Guide and its 4000 Birding Links. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Dec 3 19:25:30 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from tomts43-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts43-srv.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.110]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8469C63D5B for <[email protected]>; Sat, 3 Dec 2005 19:25:30 -0500 (EST) Received: from sympatico.ca ([64.230.10.103]) by tomts43-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.10 201-253-122-130-110-20040306) with ESMTP id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Sat, 3 Dec 2005 19:37:19 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2005 19:39:07 -0500 From: Langis Sirois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en]C-SYMPA (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: fr-CA,en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ontbirds <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Originating-IP: [0] Subject: [Ontbirds]Red-winged Blackbird, Cowbirds, GBHE East of Ottawa X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2005 00:25:31 -0000 Hi everyone. This message is intended mainly for Ottawa birders who might be braving the cold to do a winter list. This afternoon, December 3, I checked a few spots East of Ottawa. At 6573 Russell Rd, just East of Carlsbag Springs, there were 5 or 6 Brown-headed Cowbirds and a Red-winged Blackbird at a popular feeding station. Directions: from Ottawa, take the 417 East and exit at Boundary Rd., go North towards Carlsbag Springs; at Carlsbag Springs turn right (East) and drive a few 100 meters; the feeders are in front of the house at 6573. On Giroux Rd, a Great-Blue Heron was fighting the winds, and winning slowly, at a pond at the quarry. Directions: from Ottawa, take the 417 East and exit at Boundary Rd., go North towards Carlsbag Springs; at Carlsbag Springs turn right (East) and drive a few kilometers and turn left on Frank Kenney; drive to Giroux and turn right. The GBHE was seen on the right on the top of the hill. You can also reach Frank Kenney from Innis Rd, but there is road construction and driving is very slow. Good birding and good winter listing. Langis Sirois, Ottawa
