Hello Ontbirders, After a very successful couple of days birding west of Ottawa; Bob Cermak and I tried the east today. We started the day at the Embrun lagoons. The HORNED GREBE (in great plumage) is still there along with PIED-BILLED and four WILSON'S PHALAROPE. Also present there were a couple of RUDDY DUCK. Not to mention countless midges.
Onto St. Albert lagoons where we had a VESPER SPARROW singing near the entrance. Within the Lagoons, 8 BLACK TERN and a SANDERLING in with a good amount of DUNLIN, SEMIPALM SANDPIPERS and another WILSON'S PHALAROPE. As well a WILLOW FLYCATCHER. Also noted was a singing HOUSE WREN on a nearby road . We did stop at Casselman to visit High Falls and it should be noted the gate to the falls is closed at the moment so be prepared for a walk. Around the entrance though it was nice to see a handful of CLIFF SWALLOWS. At Casselman lagoons we had a great look at two WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, more of the same shorebirds and a few N SHOVELER. AM. WIGEON also present here. Lastly we braved the deer and horse flies for some birding along the roads in Larose forest. CAPE MAY Warblers are singing on territory. In addition to 8 more common warblers we had a CANADA. A good bird for the area for sure was a singing OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER located along Indian Creek road near the intersection of JGL Logging road. BLUE-HEADED VIREO, ALDER FLYCATCHERS and HERMIT THRUSH also singing in the area but we may not have gotten the best cross-section of singing birds given we were there in the afternoon. Below are the directions to the above mentioned locations. Good birding, Jay Peterson Britannia, Ottawa Directions courtesy of NeilyWorld: Directions to Embrun Lagoons: >From Highway 417 (The Queensway), 39 km east of Ottawa, take exit 79 (Regional >5), labelled Limoges / Embrun. Proceed 2.5 km SSE on Regional 5 to Regional 3 >or Notre Dame Street. Turn right or WSW onto it and drive 2.8 km to St.-Joseph >Road on the east edge of the town of Embrun. Turn left or SSE on it and go 1.5 >km to Route 400. Turn left or northeast onto Route 400 and after about a >kilometre the Embrun Sewage Lagoons will be on your left. Directions to St. Albert Lagoons: >From Highway 417 (The Queensway), 39 km east of Ottawa, take exit 79 (Regional >5), labelled Limoges / Embrun. Proceed 10.0 km SSE on Regional 5 to the 90 >degree left turn to the ENE toward St. Albert. Continue on Regional 5 another >2.2 km to the Crysler turnoff, where Regional 5 turns SSE. Continue ENE on >Regional 7 watching for the sign for the sewage lagoons, on the south, >opposite house number 1664. This is the entrance to the St. Albert Sewage >Lagoons. Directions to Casselman Lagoons: From Highway 417 (The Queensway), 52 km east of Ottawa, take the Casselman exit (66) and go NNW toward the town of Casselman. Drive 1.1 km NNW into town on Rue Principale, crossing the railway tracks and the main cross-street (St. Isidore), to turn right or northeast just beyond onto Laurier. Follow Laurier northeast, then north, 1.8 km to Concession 5 Road (or Route 500). Turn right or northeast onto it and the road into the Casselman Sewage Lagoons is on your right almost immediately. Directions to Olive-Sided Flycatcher in Larose Forest: >From Highway 417, 39 km east of Ottawa, take the Limoges exit (79) and go NNW >for 4.4 km on Limoges Road (CR 5), through the town of Limoges to the junction >of this road with Regional Roads 8 and 37. Follow the right hand curve on >Regional 37 or the Saumure/Clarence-Cambridge Boundary Road northeast for 0.9 >km to where Saumure turns left. Then continue straight northeast on the >Clarence-Cambridge Boundary Road for an additional 2.3 km to Indian Creek >(left) and Grant (right) Roads. Turn left or NNW onto Indian Creek and go 2 km >to JGL Logging road. _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdssetup.php ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdsguide.php
