Hi there, Today (March 13, 2013) at 1:00 PM, I observed:
A single drake Barrow's Goldeneye mixed in with male and female Common Goldeneye's on the western side of the Island Park Bridge. These ducks were observed from the western part of Bate Island. To note, the ducks were within 150m from the QC shoreline, roughly 200m west of the Island Park bridge. Cheers, Jon Ruddy Directions, as per those given on Neilyworld.com: >From Highway 417 (The Queensway) take exit 123 (Island Park Drive) if travelling west or exit 124 (Carling Avenue) if driving east. Using the Carling exit requires a bit of manouvring. Immediately upon exiting, in 250 metres, you will merge with Carling Avenue. As left turns are prohibited onto Merivale Road, which joins Island Park Drive, you will want to cross the traffic lanes and turn left onto Kirkwood Avenue and have only another scant 250 metres in which to do it. Be careful! Avoid rush hours, traffic can slow to a crawl, especially crossing the bridge to Quebec. Go NNW on Kirkwood for 1.2 km and turn right on Byron Avenue. Proceed 0.4 km ENE on Byron to the traffic light at Island Park Drive. Here you will join the route of those travelling west on the 417, who had only to exit onto Island Park Drive and go 0.9 km NNW along it to reach Byron. From Byron and Island Park continue NW along Island Park to the Champlain Bridge and part way across it, making a righthand turn onto Bate Island, 2.0 km from Byron Avenue. Sometimes, the road on the island is closed. But you can usually park in the parking lot at the base of the bridge on the Ottawa side. To do this turn right onto the Ottawa River Parkway before crossing the bridge, then left into the parking lot about 150 metres from the corner. _______________________________________________ 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/
