As of noon today the male Harlequin Duck was still present on the Ottawa River north of Bate Island. It was in the swift moving water and rapids close to the Quebec shore in the company of Goldeneye. Directions: Bate Island is in the Ottawa River accessed from the Champlain Bridge. Take Island Park Drive north to the Champlain Bridge or the Sir John A. MacDonald Parkway (formerly known as the Ottawa River Parkway) to the bridge. _______________________________________________ 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/
