Around 2:00 pm Tuesday, October 23rd there was a Greater White-fronted
Goose among hundreds of Canada Geese at the Richmond Lagoons.
Connie Denyes
Ottawa, ON
Richmond Lagoons Directions: Take Eagleson Road south from Hwy 417.
Lagoon parking area is on the west side of Eagleson, south of Old
(it is easily viewed
from the road) and please do not direct scopes at the house.
Directions:
From Ottawa take Hwy 31 south, left (east) on Hwy 2, right (south) on
Ault Island Road, left at the T intersection onto Willbruck Road. House
is on the right.
Connie Denyes
Two Rusty Blackbirds were seen today (Sept. 17) on the dyke at Shirley's Bay
around 12:30 pm. They were on the path and in the trees about half way along
the dyke.
Connie Denyes
Ottawa, ON
Directions to Shirley's Bay
From Ottawa take Hwy. 417 west to the Moodie Drive exit and turn north
Killdeer, Spotted Sandpipers
and Lesser Yellowlegs. As an extra we were greeted by two Gray Partridge at
the edge of the parking area.
Connie Denyes
Ottawa, ON
Directions (courtesy neilyworld.com):
Casselman Lagoons: From Highway 417 (The Queensway), 52 km east of Ottawa,
take the Casselman
Partridge on the South side of Giroux Road, West of
the ponds where small trees and shrubs are near the road.
Connie Denyes
Ottawa ON
Directions to French Hill and Giroux Roads (courtesy neilyworld,com):
From Highway 417 (The Queensway) take exit 113, bear left to get onto
Regional Road 174 or old
not see any of
these flocks descend to land. As we were leaving the area we stopped by
Lafleche Road again and the large volume of Snow Geese we had seen earlier
were still in the field there. Awesome sights!
Connie Denyes
Ottawa ON
Directions: From Highway 417 (Queensway) take exit 58
Sandhill Cranes are still in the area. Over 90 were seen feeding in a
snow-covered field off Smith Road near Milton this afternoon around 3:00 pm.
Connie Denyes
Ottawa ON
Directions: From Ottawa take Hwy. 417 east to exit 96 . Go north for 2 km
on Boundary Road to Russell Road (Regional 26
.
The Greater Yellowlegs and Wilson's Phalarope at the Embrun Sewage Lagoon
reported by Chris Lewis April 27, were still there today. We saw two
Greater Yellowlegs and one Wilson's Phalarope (f) at that location this
afternoon.
Connie Denyes
Ottawa, ON
Directions courtesy of NeilyWorld Birding
a distance from the road but
could be viewed with binoculars and even better with scopes. Two Snow Geese
(one a blue morph) were among the Canada Geese in the same fields. We were
not able to locate the Hudsonian Godwit last reported in the fields at Smith
and Milton roads on October 19th.
Connie
km to the bridge. Start here.
Connie Denyes
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Shortly after noon today, Wednesday, April 7th, four friends and I saw two
Pectoral Sandpipers at the Embrun Sewage Lagoons.
Connie Denyes
Ottawa, ON
Directions to Embrun Sewage Lagoons (courtesy NeilyWorld Birding)
http://www.neilyworld.com/neilyworld/sewage5.htm
From Highway 417
Around 3:30 Wednesday afternoon, March 17th, four friends and I saw a
Greater White-fronted Goose in a flooded field on the West side of Greenbank
Road, South of Hunt Club Road. It was with a flock of Canada Geese. A
Northern Pintail was also observed at the same location.
Connie Denyes
of the road in fields across the road from a large light-grey building
(#5475). There were 14-15 blue morphs in the group. A person who drives by
the area daily, said the Snow Geese had been in the area for about a week,
often closer to Highway 417 ramps.
Connie Denyes
Ottawa, ON
Directions (courtesy
or northeast just beyond onto Laurier. Follow Laurier
northeast, then north, 1.8 km to Concession 5 Road (or Route 500). Turn right
or northeast onto it and the road into the Casselman Sewage Lagoons is on your
right almost immediately.
Connie Denyes
Ottawa Ontario
the
branches from a safe distance. We are very thankful to the kind birder who
had seen it fly in there earlier in the day and showed us (and others) the
location.
Two Short-eared Owls were also observed in the Owl Woods and 8 Snowy Owls
were seen on various roads throughout the island.
Connie
and scope views
were excellent!
We went to the area in search of the Northern Mockingbird but were not able
to locate it.
Connie Denyes
Ottawa, ON
Directions courtesy of NeilyWorld Birding
(http://ca.geocities.com/larry.ne...@rogers.com/orwo17.htm): From Highway
417 (The Queensway) take exit 134
at the traditional site
along Milton Road. And two more were seen in fields further along Milton
Road.
A beautiful day to be out birding and great sightings too!
Connie Denyes
Ottawa, ON
Directions to Petrie Island courtesy of NeilyWorld Birding
(http://ca.geocities.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/oreo9
a
great view. The second Snow Goose was seen in a field on the north side of
Russell Road just west of Frank Kenny Road around 3:50 pm. It also was with
Canada Geese but fully visible very close to the road.
Connie Denyes
Ottawa ON
Directions to Embrun Sewage Lagoons courtesy of NeilyWorld
to
specifically look for banding, I do not recall any being present and none
can be observed from very distant photos taken at the time.
Connie Denyes
Ottawa, ON
Directions courtesy of NeilyWorld Birding
(http://ca.geocities.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/larose1.htm): From Highway
417, 53 km east
)
Connie Denyes
Ottawa, ON
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the heavy rain we had good views of very wet
Vesper, Grasshopper, Clay-coloured, Savannah and Song Sparrows in the fields
south of the airport.
Connie Denyes
Ottawa, ON
Directions can be found on NeilyWorld Birding at the following links:
Ponds on Moodie Drive:
http://ca.geocities.com/[EMAIL
.
Connie Denyes,
Ottawa, Ontario
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