The First Spring Arrivals - Ottawa West with Tony Beck

Tuesday Mar 27, 8:00am

 Today it was just Tony, Rick and me.

We went first to Shirley's Bay, then Hilda.  We walked around to Riverdown and spotted an Eastern Phoebe.  From there we went out March Valley Road to Riddell, then down to Constance Lake on Berry Side Road.  We stopped along 5th Line where Bob Cermak got us on an Eastern Bluebird.  We turned up Thomas Dolan and checked the creek where we saw a couple of Swamp Sparrows.  Then we went all the way to Carp Ridge, then on to Carp.  We came back in March Road with a detour by March Valley to Carling and back.

 Bird List

1. Ring-billed Gull
2. Bald Eagle
3. Lesser Scaup
4. Common Goldeneye
5. American Tree Sparrow
6. Mourning Dove
7. Red-winged Blackbird
8. Song Sparrow
9. Common Grackle
10. Eastern Phoebe
11. American Robin
12. Rough-legged Hawk
13. Wild Turkey
14. Rock Pigeon
15. Mallard
16. Ring-necked Duck
17. Hooded Merganser
18. Great Blue Heron
19. Common Raven
20. American Crow
21. Blue Jay
22. Downy Woodpecker
23. Northern Shrike
24. Common Merganser
25. Bufflehead
26. Purple Finch
27. Hairy Woodpecker
28. Turkey Vulture
29. European Starling
30. Eastern Bluebird
31. White-breasted Nuthatch (H)
32. Swamp Sparrow
33. Wood Duck
34. American Black Duck
35. Canada Goose
36. Cackling Goose