Hi Everyone Spent a few hours birding along the Ottawa River between Shirley’s Bay and Deschenes Rapids/Britannia. With the continuing lower water levels along the Ottawa River Shirley’s Bay had a nice selection of shorebirds including two juvenile Stilt Sandpiper, 70+ juv. Least Sandpiper, 30+ juv. Semipalmated Sandpiper, 4 ad./1 juv. Semi. Plover, 3 ad./22 juv. Lesser Yellowlegs, 2 juv. Greater Yellowlegs and 3 juv. Solitary Sandpipers. There were 12 Great Egrets roosting at the mouth of Watt’s Creek including a banded individual, 61J which has been present all summer, 3/1ad./2 juv. Bald Eagle, 16 Caspian Tern, and 1 Merlin. Between Britannia and Shirley’s Bay I had a number of diving ducks including 2 Greater Scaup, 1 Lesser Scaup, 1 Bufflehead, and 3 Common Merganser. The summering Brant was still present at Andrew Haydon Park.
Good birding, Bruce Directions: Shirley's Bay: From Ottawa take Hwy. 417 west to the Moodie Drive exit and turn north (right) on Moodie Drive and continue to Carling Ave. Turn left at Carling Ave. and follow Carling to Rifle Road. Turn right (north) on Rifle Rd. Park at the lot at the end (boat launch). Walk back to the road, and continue through the gate on the Department of National Defense property. There is a trail on your right (clearly marked with vehicle "No Entry" signs) which heads into the woods, and, eventually to the causeway. There is lots of POISON IVY along the causeway. **** PLEASE NOTE**** YOU MUST OBTAIN PERMISSION FROM THE RANGE CONTROL OFFICE BEFORE ENTERING THE SHIRLEY'S BAY CAUSEWAY AREA -- Call (613) 991-5740 and request permission to visit the causeway area for birding. Bruce Di Labio P.O. Box 538 Carp, Ontario 613-715-2571 _______________________________________________ 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
