ONTbirders: I had a great view of the male Harlequin Duck this morning at about 11 pm below the Deschenes Rapids in the Ottawa River, from behind the Britannia Filtration Plant looking straight across the river. It was floating in the waves just in front of the calm water without diving for about five minutes, then took off back up the rapids. What a beautiful bird!
Rosemary Anderson, Ottawa Directions courtesy of Chris Lewis: >From Hwy 417 in Ottawa, take exit 129 north onto Pinecrest Rd. then turn right (east) onto Richmond Rd. After Richmond crosses Carling Ave, turn left (north) onto Poulin Ave which eventually leads to Britannia Rd. Turn right (north) on Britannia which ends at Cassels St. Turn left (west) on Cassels and look for the entrance to the Britannia Yacht Club. You may park in the parking lot and walk east up the driveway to the vantage over the rapids at the northeast end of the marina. To check the river from "Britannia Point", turn right (east) on Cassels and (keeping left) drive past the water purification plant until the end. Please do NOT park in the parking lot beyond the fence, as this for the municipal staff. There is usually room to park along the road near the boat launch. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Nov 27 12:15:20 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from smtp101.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp101.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.36.79]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9C94A638FD for <[email protected]>; Mon, 27 Nov 2006 12:15:19 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 38847 invoked from network); 27 Nov 2006 17:15:19 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.101?) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]@72.139.115.104 with plain) by smtp101.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 27 Nov 2006 17:15:19 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: 4rOF3lkVM1nN0MEQszKt2m2HdOTFdVcKZpbCNcm2cd2nam.RTg9o2A3I_oeFd1ZZ.Gh_qdj..vdZdWR9eBTlvtjWszDGANk1ItmXN93igcr7cejf2rQyxA-- Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 12:15:18 -0500 From: DW Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> User-Agent: Icedove 1.5.0.8 (X11/20061116) MIME-Version: 1.0 Cc: OFO Sightings <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Ontbirds]Ottawa- male Harlequin Duck References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 17:15:20 -0000 The male Harlequin duck was spotted again at 11:30 a.m. or so below the Deschenes Rapids behind the Britannia Filtration plant. He would float down from the rapids then fly up and float down again. The lighting was pretty good under an overcast sky and his markings and reddish flanks were clearly visible in a scope. > DIRECTIONS: > >>From Hwy 417 in Ottawa, take exit 129 north onto Pinecrest Rd. then turn > right (east) onto Richmond Rd. After Richmond crosses Carling Ave, turn > left (north) onto Poulin Ave which eventually leads to Britannia Rd. Turn > right (north) on Britannia which ends at Cassels St. turn right and go down to the Filtration plant and find a place along the shore behind the plant where you can see a stretch of the river from the rapids to the left.
