The First Spring Arrivals - Ottawa East with Tony Beck

March 29, 2012

Today it was Helena, Brenda, Peter, Rick, Tony & me.  We met at Dewberry Trail, then went to the Park & Ride at Navan to car pool from there.  We backtracked to Milton Rd, then on to Smith Road where we saw our first cranes and a flock of 25 turkeys.  We returned to Milton Rd where we saw the balance of the cranes.  We went east on Perrault to Trim then McFadden to Frank Kenny.  We returned to Milton, then went east on Russell back to Frank Kenny.  We went north on the latter, then east on Huisman past Rockdale to Magladry and finally Heuvalmans out to  Dunning.  We went north on Dunning where we saw the Snow Geese.  We took Dunning as far as Giroux and went to check the ponds. Finally, we returned to Frank Kenny and went to Petrie Island to finish the day.

Bird List

1. Brown-headed Cowbird
2. Rusty Blackbird
3. American Tree Sparrow
4. Red-winged Blackbird
5. Purple Finch
6. Hairy Woodpecker
7. American Robin
8. Fox Sparrow
9. Dark-eyed Junco
10. Black-capped Chickadee
11. Song Sparrow
12. Downy Woodpecker
13. White-breasted Nuthatch
14. Northern Cardinal
15. Common Grackle
16. Mourning Dove
17. Blue Jay
18. Sandhill Crane (25)
19. Wild Turkey
20. Turkey Vulture
21. Common Raven
22. American Crow
23. House Sparrow
24. Mallard
25. Ring-billed Gull
26. Killdeer
27. European Starling
28. Wood Duck
29. Canada Goose
30. Golden Eagle
31. American Black Duck
32. Greater Snow Goose
33. Common Merganser
34. Herring Gull
35. Green-winged Teal
36. Ring-necked Duck
37. Red-tailed Hawk
38. Northern Harrier
39. Hooded Merganser
40. Bufflehead