Hi Ontbirders, We had approximately 25 people out on today's outing in the Ottawa area and only covered two areas because of the weather. We started at Britannia (Mud Lake) where we saw 45 species, but nothing out of the ordinary. The ebird list is available at: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S24914928. There had been little migration during the night and it was already over 20 degrees when we started at 7:30am.
We left Britannia at around 9am and went directly to Shirley's Bay. Highlights at Shirley's Bay (at the dike) were Greater Scaup (1 - long staying, early), Great Egret (16 - decent number), Virginia Rail (1 - both rails have been easy to see this year), Sora (3), Stilt Sandpiper (2- juveniles, here for a few days), Long-billed Dowitcher (2 - dropped in after a rainstorm; seen by only a few of the group) and 2 earlyish Palm Warblers. The ebird list is available at: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S24914534 A storm came in around 11:30am after we had pretty much finished birding the area. Most people left at this point but a few of us went back out after the storm to see if anything had been grounded. The best birds of the day (the Long-billed Dowitchers) rewarded the 5 of us who returned. It was 31 degrees by the time we left the dike but 4 of us continued on for a while and had fun but did not see many more birds. Thanks to everyone who came out today. It was an unusual September day but good fun to be out nonetheless. Good birding, Jeff -- Jeff Skevington, Research Scientist Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada 960 Carling Avenue, K.W. Neatby Building Ottawa, ON, K1A 0C6, Canada Phone: 613-759-1647 FAX: 613-759-1927 E-mail: [email protected] _______________________________________________ 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
