Hello All,
I spent a couple of hours watching the Marbled Godwit and other shorebirds on the mudflats behind the Connaught Firing Range today. Other than taking short flights and always returning back to the same approx. area, it seems quite content with its surroundings. Other birds on the mudflat were Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Silts, Solitary Sandpipers and one Black-bellied Plover with a flock of Green-winged Teals. Along the path leading to the dike there were two Ruffed Grouse and one Winter Wren. There also a steady movement of Golden-crowned Kinglets along the trail. Cheers, Brian Directions given by Bruce Di Labio: Shirley's Bay: From Ottawa take Hwy. 417 west to the Moodie Drive exit and turn north (right) on Moodie Drive and continue to Carling Ave. Turn left at Carling Ave. and follow Carling to Rifle Road. Turn right (north) on Rifle Rd. Park at the lot at the end (boat launch). Walk back to the road, and continue through the gate on the Department of National Defense property. There is a trail on your right (clearly marked with vehicle "No Entry" signs) which heads into the woods, and, eventually to the dyke. There is lots of POISON IVY along the dyke. **** PLEASE NOTE**** YOU MUST OBTAIN PERMISSION FROM THE RANGE CONTROL OFFICE BEFORE ENTERING THE DYKE AREA-- Call (613) 991-5740 and request permission to visit the dyke area for birding. _______________________________________________ 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/
