Hi Ontbirders: Spent the day out east of Ottawa at the Embrun and St. Albert sewage lagoons. Dodging out between the rainstorms, managed to get some good shorebirds. A WILLET was spotted at the Embrun sewage lagoon in the south-east cell. As well, there was a Red-necked Phalarope and a Pectoral Sandpiper at Embrun and lots of Dunlin, Semipalmated and Least Sandpipers. At the St. Albert lagoons, the male breeding plumage HUDSONIAN GODWIT was present and a single Brant that appeared to have an injured foot. In addition to a Wilson's Phalarope, there was also several hundred of the commoner shorebirds.
Good birding Peter Hall Directions from Neilly World Birding: 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. To get to the St. Albert lagoons from the Embrun Sewage Lagoons return via Route 400 to St.-Joseph Road and turn right or northeast on it. Proceed 1.5 km to Notre Dame Street or County Road 3. Turn right or ENE on County Road 3 and drive 2.8 km to County Road 5. Turn right or SSE onto it and go 6.6 km to the 90 degree left turn to the ENE toward St. Albert. Continue on County Road 5 another 2.2 km to the Crysler turnoff, where County Road 5 turns SSE. Continue ENE on County Road 7 watching for the sign for the sewage lagoons, on the south, opposite house number 1664. This is the main entrance to the St. Albert Sewage Lagoons. _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
