Made a quick stop at Mud Lake on my way home this afternoon and encountered a pair of black-crowned night herons. The first I found in the bay to the left of the dock along the west side of the lake. As I moved closer for better pictures (damn my short zoom!) it took off South towards the area of the footbridge. I then found the other further north in the trees just after the entrance to the west side path as I was heading north out to the car immediately therafter. As I did not see the first heron circle back across the lake, I assume this to be a second sighting. Pics at http://www.flickr.com/photos/silliopolous/ Directions to this Site: In Ottawa from Highway 417 take the Greenbank & Pinecrest Roads exit turning north onto Pinecrest Road. Follow Pinecrest Road north 0.8 km from here to Richmond Road. Turn right onto Richmond and go 0.5 km, crossing Carling Avenue, to Poulin Avenue. Turn left or north onto Poulin and go 0.6 km to where a left only turn puts you on Howe Street. Follow Howe west 0.2 km to Britannia Road. Turn right or north onto Britannia Road and proceed 0.8 km to t-junction at Cassels Street. Turn right or east onto Cassels. Park along the road by the turnstile to the west of Mud lake for access to the western path, or continue on to the small lot before the filtration plant.
From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Jun 16 16:31:22 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from simmts12-srv.bellnexxia.net (simmts12-qfe0.srvr.bell.ca [206.47.199.141]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCF0A634B7 for <[email protected]>; Sat, 16 Jun 2007 16:31:21 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [10.0.1.3] ([64.228.220.177]) by simmts12-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Sat, 16 Jun 2007 16:31:22 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed To: "Ont \"birds\"" <[email protected]> From: Doug McRae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 16:34:23 -0400 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Subject: [Ontbirds]Glossy Ibis still at Brighton X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 20:31:22 -0000 Greetings all, The Glossy Ibis reported earlier is still present at 1600h, although at times out of view, at the Brighton Constructed Wetland. The facility itself is out of bounds but the bird spends most of its time in the south east corner along the southern burm so it is visible with luck from the viewing deck or the shoulder of Cty. Rd. 64 just east of the deck. Directions: The Constructed Wetland is located at the SE corner of Brighton. From Hwy 401, take the Brighton exit (Hwy. 30)and follow it south into town. Go south through the two traffic lights, over the railway tracks and follow the main road, now called Prince Edward Street, south. About 1 km south of the tracks, the main road begins to swing to the left and becomes Cty. Rd. 64. As this long turn ends, the constructed wetlands appear on the right side.
