A group of us were birding in Constance Bay (west of Ottawa) this morning and found several good birds for the area. Highlights were Whimbrel, Caspian Tern, and Baird's Sandpiper.
To get to Constance Bay, take the March Road exit off Highway 417 (in Kanata). Follow this to Dunrobin Road. Take Dunrobin Road west past Dunrobin and Woodlawn. Turn right onto Constance Bay Drive. Follow this to the Ottawa River/Constance Bay. Where you reach the river is a good spot to look for the Caspian Tern. Travel ~500 m east of this point along the river and you will find another access point with a good view over the Bay. 4 Pied-billed Grebe and a 1st winter Bald Eagle were also here. Further west along the river is a restaurant (The Point). The Whimbrel was on the beach (at the Point) here. Further west where Buckam's Bay joins the river is an access point where we saw the Baird's Sandpiper (and Semipalmated Plovers, Greater Yellowlegs, and 19 Blue-winged Teal). If you drive straight out of this access point down a woodland road you will come to a clearing. This is where the regularly reported Red-headed Woodpeckers are. We saw 5 today. Good birding, Jeff Jeff Skevington, Research Scientist Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada K.W. Neatby Building, C.E.F., 960 Carling Ave. Ottawa, ON, K1A 0C6, Canada Work Phone: 613-759-1647, FAX: 613-759-1927 Home Phone: 613-832-1970 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] alternate e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Sep 9 14:38:25 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from taiga.com (mail.taiga.com [204.11.32.182]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C02006346F for <[email protected]>; Sat, 9 Sep 2006 14:38:24 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 16692 invoked by uid 30); 9 Sep 2006 18:34:55 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 09 Sep 2006 14:09:55 -0400 Subject: [Ontbirds]HSR: Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch (07 Sep 2006) 308 Raptors X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2006 18:38:25 -0000 Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch Port Stanley, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 07, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 9 26 26 Bald Eagle 2 11 11 Northern Harrier 33 53 53 Sharp-shinned Hawk 62 130 130 Cooper's Hawk 0 0 0 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk 0 4 4 Red-tailed Hawk 0 0 0 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 0 0 American Kestrel 194 301 301 Merlin 6 9 9 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown 2 6 6 Total: 308 540 540 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 08:00:00 Observation end time: 16:00:00 Total observation time: 8 hours Official Counter: Dave Brown Observers: Colin Horstead, Keith Sealy, Tom Thomas Visitors: Visitors today included Ernie Gribble (London), Grace and Gerry Duggan (Oakville), Mike Cowlard, Jeff Atkinson along with some of the usual volunteers...Colin H, Tom T. and Keith S. Weather: Very hot and hazy today but with little cloud. temp to 23C. Winds were mostly S and SW and light. Raptor Observations: The flight was actually great compared to what we expected with a total of 308 birds counted for the day. These included 194 Kestrels, 33 Northern Harriers, 9 Osprey and 6 Merlins...some of which were right on the deck and screaming by just over our heads. Non-raptor Observations: Warblers continue to be seen with Black-throated Blue, Blackburnian, Yellow and some of the vireos with Blue-headed, Red-eyed, Warbling and a Philadelphia. Lots of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds again today...but not as many swifts or swallows. Also some Eastern Kingbirds, Eastern Wood-pewee and a couple of Epidonax flycatchers. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Dave Brown ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch information may be found at: http://www.ezlink.on.ca/~thebrowns/HawkCliff/index.htm Site Description: Hawk Cliff Hawkwatch: Oldest Hawkwatch in Ontario - since 1931 - located just east of Port Stanley on the cliff overlooking Lake Erie Directions to site: >From east 401, take the Highbury south cut off at London, follow Highbury (Hwy 30) south to St. Thomas. Highbury changes into South Edgeware at a large curve in the road to the west. Follow South Edgeware west to the first set of traffic lights - Burwell Road, turn left (south) and stay on this road. It becomes Fairview Ave (Regional Road 22), which runs directly into Hawk Cliff Road. You will see a sign for Hawkes Cliff Farm, where they sell fresh vegetables and a gravel road just beyond sign. Just continue down gravel road to viewing area. >From west 401, take the Highway # 4 (Colonel Talbot Rd.) exit south, through Talbotville, road now is Sunset Rd. continue towards St. Thomas; you will come to a veer in the road, straight up to St. Thomas, veer to the right for Port Stanley, follow Highway 4, now Sunset to Port Stanley. As you approach Port Stanley you will come to a large curve in the road with a sign saying East St, to the left. Take East St., and follow it to the first road left, (opposite Port Stanley Water Tower) Dexter Line. Follow Dexter Line approximately 2 km. and turn right down gravel road at Hawkes Cliff Farm, and follow gravel road to viewing area
