This morning at Shirelys Bay, Ottawa there were many shorebirds as was reported yesterday by Mark Gawn. I was there from 8:30 to 9:15 with good visibility and no rain. Highlights were a Marbled Godwit and a juvenile Red-necked Phalarope. Also present were Black-bellied (2) and Semi-palmate Plover (2), White-rumped (50) and Pectoral (20) Sandpipers, Dunlin and Semipalmated Sandpipers. Nice flock of Yellow-rumped Warbler in the carex along the waterfront.
Directions to Shirley¹s Bay The Shirley¹s Bay parking lot and boat launch is at the north end of Rifle Road, which is on the north side of Carling Avenue west of Moodie Drive. Shirley's Bay causeway is on Department of National Defence property, and there is often shooting going on at the Connaught Firing Range. Permission to walk on the causeway must be obtained for each visit by contacting the Range Control Office at (613) 991-5740. Brian Mortimer Ottawa brian_mortimer at sympatico.ca _______________________________________________ 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/
