Today Thursday Morning at 8:45 there were 2 Red-necked Phalaropes and at least 3 Pectoral Sandpipers at Shirleys Bay in the west end of Ottawa. The population of peeps and ducks is steadily increasing.
Directions: 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 ON [email protected] _______________________________________________ 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/
