You are right about the region being bird deficient this winter. Aside from the expected Chickadees, Blue Jays Tree Sparrows and woodpeckers did the Hilda Rd feeders have anything of note and were the Barrow's at Bate Island?
Brian Morin On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 3:31 PM, Roy John <[email protected]> wrote: > Thirty-eight resilient birders faced -5 C temperatures with a really nasty > wind that made it seem much colder, and many snow flurries obscuring our > view, to see 29 species of bird. Ottawa has not been bird friendly this > winter so the going was tough, with even common birds > hard to find. That said we had a good day with the highlights being > Barrow's Goldeneye (2 m 1 f), Snowy Owl (4), Glaucous Gull, Northern Shrike > and a flock of 30 Cedar Waxwings in a "cedar"! (Juniperus sp., > ornamental). This species is usually scarce in Ottawa in winter. We also > saw two > gatherings of wind-blown Snow Buntings, probably about 100 in total. > > We started off at Bate Island where the Ottawa River is open, and > continued along the river to the Hilda Ave. feeders near Shirley's Bay, > then March > Valley Road and then south along Moodie Dr. to the Richmond area, visiting > the Trail Rd. landfill site en route. > > Thanks to all who came out! > > Roy, Bev and Bob > > > _______________________________________________ > ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial > birding organization. > Send bird reports to [email protected] > For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit > http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup > > _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup
