The Little Egret is currently roosting in a tree on Conroy Island, halfway across the Ottawa River from Brittania Conservation Area. It was near Ring-billed Gulls, as well as a Great Egret for a while, for a great size comparison. We also likely saw it very briefly flying over the conservation area at about 20:15 but could not rule out all other possibilities, so it was great to see it roosting on the island.
It will likely spend the night there and will probably leave very early in the morning, hopefully back to one of the places where it's been seen recently. Directions: The Britannia Conservation Area/Mud Lake is located off Carling Ave/Richmond Road. Take Britannia Road north to Cassels Road and turn right. It seems there is parking on the sides of Cassels Rd or in the few parking spots on Cassels Rd just before the water filtration plant. There is a path north of the road, along the water, and a few small offshoots of this path that give some viewing opportunities of Conroy Island. It's probably worth noting that there were quite a few shady looking people around this location after sunset tonight. Good luck and happy birding! Jeremy Bensette and Emma Buck All over Ontario! > On Jun 8, 2015, at 3:22 PM, "robertcermak9" <[email protected]> wrote: > > The Little Egret is present now on the south side of Palladium Dr just west > of the Lockheed Martin building at 501 Palladium Dr. This bird appears to be > identical to the one seen near Carp June 2nd except that the 2 head plumes > are only about 2 inches long now. We speculate that most of those plumes have > broken off. > > Directions: 417 west to Terry Fox, south on Terry Fox then west on Palladium > Dr. > > Sent from Samsung Mobile > _______________________________________________ > 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 > Posting guidelines can be found at > http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide > > _______________________________________________ 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 Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
