[Ontbirds] OFO Field Trip: Lac Deschênes IBA, Ottawa, May 25, 2014

Twenty-seven people attended a half day trip to explore three areas of the Lac Deschênes IBA in Ottawa. (Lac Deschênes is essentially a widening of Ottawa River.) Our first stop was the “Nortel” marshes which we accessed by walking 500 m west along the Trans Canada trail/bike path that starts

[Ontbirds] OFO trip: Ottawa, Sunday, May 21

Cool, cloudy, and windy conditions produced 11 birders who, in turn, observed 77 species. In the Dunrobin area we had excellent views of Blackpoll Warbler and Veery along Constance Creek (almost on the ground and pretty well surrounded by water); and fantastic views of Black-billed Cuckoo and

[Ontbirds] Preliminary results for the Ottawa-Gatineau CBC

The 99th Ottawa-Gatineau CBC was held on December 17, 2017, with well over a hundred field observers finding 63 species. The weather was very cold but mostly clear and quite still throughout the day. No doubt the very cold weather throughout the week before the count contributed to the lowest

[Ontbirds] OFO trip: Ottawa, Monday, May 21

This year we applied an expansionist interpretation to the definition of the Lac Deschênes IBA, starting in the Carp Hills, which run parallel to the IBA about 2.5 km to the southwest. This outcrop of the Canadian Shield is approximately 10 km long and 4 km wide and is an excellent area for a

[Ontbirds] OFO Field Trip: Lac Deschênes IBA, May 20, 2019

With the extremely high water levels and flooding this year, the big question was how much of the Lac Deschênes IBA were we going to be able to access. Nine participants showed up to find out and were rewarded with trip that found about 88 species, including 20 species of warbler. We started