Hi Ontbirders: Yesterday afternoon, I went west from Ottawa along the Ottawa River looking for the Pomerine and Parasitic Jaegers reported there in the morning. I saw no jaegers, but others reported a Parasitic. At Shirley's Bay, there was a good showing of raptors, including two Bald Eagles, an American Kestrel, a Northern Harrier and a Cooper's Hawk. There were few shorebirds, but one Baird's Sandpiper did put in an appearance, as well as a Green Heron and a total of 18 Great Egrets. In the woods at the base of the Dyke, there was also a Pileated Woodpecker drinking for several minutes from a puddle at about 5 metres from me.
At Ottawa Beach, the site for the Pomerine Jaeger in the morning, two Peregrine Falcons put on a good show sweeping over a few of us standing on the beach. Good birding Peter Hall Directions from Neily World: >From Highway 417 > (The Queensway) take exit 129 (Greenbank & Pinecrest >Roads). If travelling > west, the 0.3 km offramp dumps you right or north onto Pinecrest Road. If > driving east, a 0.3 km offramp brings you to Pinecrest/Greenbank Road, > where you will turn left or north onto Pinecrest Road and in 0.4 km join > the westbound offramp traffic. Both groups will now follow Pinecrest Road > north 1.0 km from here to Carling Avenue. Turn left or west on Carling and > go 1.7 km to the turnoff for the parking lot for Ottawa Beach on the right > or north. Turn right into the lot. To then reach Shirley's Bay turn west onto > Carling Avenue and follow it until you reach Rifle Road. Turn right and > follow Rifle Road to where it turns sharp left. Go straight ahead into the > parking lot.Park here to visit the site on foot. Permission to access the > dyke must be obtained by contacting the DND's Connaught Firing Range Control Office at (613) 991-5740. _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
