Hello fellow birdwatchers.
I visited the Embrun sewage lagoons yesterday afternoon, July 4. Water fowl and shorebirds present, mainly in the lagoons on the West side, included: - the Horned Grebe observed there since at least the end of May (presumably the same bird); it is losing its breeding plumage; - 2 American Coots - 1 Common Moorhen - 8-10 Ruddy Ducks, 2 pairs displaying - 10 Lesser Yellowlegs and 1 Solitary Sandpiper (at the South-East corner of the North-West lagoon) I heard a Sora numerous times. I also visited the Casselman Lagoons which had 8 or 9 Lesser Yellowlegs, 3 Least Sandpipers, about 20 Green-winged Teals and not much else. Good birding to all. Langis Sirois, Ottawa Directions to the Embrun sewage lagoons, from Neily World Birding Ottawa : 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. _______________________________________________ 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
