Mer Bleue & Open Country – Ottawa East with Tony Beck

Thursday April 25

A good crowd today: Josh, Rick, Peter, Nina, Helena, Ian, Tony, Al, Heather, Margaret and photographer Rick.

We met at Mer Bleue and then went to Navan Arena to carpool.  But the area washrooms were closed for renovations, so we went to Petrie Island with a washroom stop along the way at Tim Horton's.  We headed back out to Giroux Ponds, the to Bear Brook at Frank Kenny.  Finally we went to Milton Road for the Sandhill Cranes.

 

Bird and Mammal List

1. White-throated Sparrow
2. Red-winged Blackbird
3. American Robin\
4. Downy Woodpecker
5. Black-capped Chickadee
6. Dark-eyed Junco
7. Mourning Dove
8. Wood Duck
9. Hermit Thrush
10. Turkey Vulture
11. Brown-headed Cowbird
12. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
13. Common Raven
14. Song Sparrow
15. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
16. American Goldfinch
17. American Crow
18. Northern Shoveller
19. Green-winged Teal
20. American Tree Swallow
21. Bald Eagle
22. Killdeer
23. Canada Goose
24. American Black Duck
25. Northern Harrier
26. European Starling
27. Rock Pigeon
28. Common  Merganser
29. Hooded Merganser
30. Bufflehead
31. Herring Gull
32. Lesser Scaup
33. Ruddy Duck
34. Northern Pintail
35. Gadwall
36. Eastern Meadowlark
37. Chipping Sparrow
38. Savannah Sparrow
39. Mallard
40. Common Grackle
41. Great Blue Heron
42. Sandhill Crane
43. Coyote
44. Red-tailed Hawk