Hi Everyone
This afternoon I birded along Kerwin Road and Riddell Road north west of
Kanata. The conditions were excellent for hearing, no wind, a beautiful calm
late afternoon. I walked along Kerwin Road between house # 800 and #900 and
had 2 female Three-toed Woodpeckers. Both individuals were quietly tapping
on spruce trees. Along the public trail I had a male Black-backed Woodpecker
about 100 metres in on the right. I also tracked down 3 Pileated, 2 Hairy
and 1 Downy, all by hearing their tapping. There was a lone male
White-winged Crossbill calling from atop a spruce tree. The only other birds
were Common Raven, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Blue Jay and Black-capped
Chickadees. The snow depth is still less than 1 inch in most areas around
Ottawa.
good birding
Bruce
If you require additional information, please email me privately.
Directions: 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 to Kerwin Road. Turn right
and continue over railway tracks and watch for trail on right.
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/
