Mer Bleue & Open Country – Ottawa East with Tony Beck

Thursday April 11, 7:30 am

We met at Dolman Ridge Road.  There were Josh, Helena, Nina, Margaraet, Al, Ian, Heather, Tony and me.  Margaret is new, part of the full program.

We birded in the area fro a while - it was freezing!  We went to Navan and left cars at the arena.  We went to look for the Sandhill Cranes, and located 5 on Milton Road.

We checked the waterfowl at the flooded Bear Brook, then drove all the wa south to Marionville/Morewood where we found only about 1500 Greater Snow Geese in the distant field.  This was a far cry from the up to 100,000 seen by others in various locations.

We drove back for a brief stop in Russell, then went to Giroux Ponds.  Finally we went to Petrie Island, where we saw three Bald Eagles on the ice and a Great-horned Owl.

Bird List

1. Red-winged Blackbird
2. Common Redpoll
3. American Tree Sparrow
4. Black-capped Chickadee
5. Song Sparrow
6. Yellow-rumped Warbler (seen by a few) FOS
7. Hairy Woodpecker
8. Northern Cardinal
9. Common Grackle
10. Pileated Woodpecker (H)
11. Mourning Dove
12. American Crow
13. American Robin
14. Rock Pigeon
15. Rough-legged Hawk
16. Greater Yellowlegs FOS
17. Mallard
18. Ring-billed Gull
19. Canada Goose
20. Northern Pintail
21. Wild Turkey
22. Sandhill Crane
23. American Black Duck
24. American Wigeon
25. Northern Harrier
26. Snow Goose
27. Horned Lark
28. Red-tailed Hawk
29. Great Blue Heron
30. Turkey Vulture
31. Hooded Merganser
32. Bald Eagle
33. Herring Gull
34. Great-horned Owl