Waterfowl, Gulls and Assorted Songbirds – Ottawa West with Tony Beck

Thursday April 18

We began at Andrew Haydon Park.  I forgot to note the birders today, so going from memory I have: Tony, Nina, Josh, Heather, Helena, Ian and me.  There may have been a couple of others.

We birded at Andrew Haydon, then went to Burnside.  We went to Richmond and stopped at the new Tim Hortons.  We went up Conley Road, then used the back roads to get out past Black's Corners.  It was drizzling and the Trumpeter Swans were not to be found.  We headed back to town and found a surprise Sandhill Crane on Terry Fox.  We finished up by going to Shirleys' Bay and Hilda, where we saw the black chipmunk again.

Bird List

1. Ring-billed Gull
2. Canada Goose
3. Brown Creeper
4. Song Sparrow
5. Mallard
6. Greater Scaup
7. Eastern Phoebe
8. American Crow
9. Iceland Gull
10. Tree Swallow
11. Ring-necked Duck
12. Lesser Scaup
13. Osprey
14. Common Merganser
15. Ruddy Duck
16. Bufflehead
17. Killdeer
18. Cooper's Hawk
19. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
20. House Sparrow
21. Song Sparrow
22. Dark-eyed Junco
23. Green-winged Teal
24. Greater Yellowlegs
25. Blue Jay
26. American Robin
27. Purple Finch
28. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
29. Winter Wren
30. White-throated Sparrow
31. Northern Harrier
32. Wilson's Snipe
33. Merlin
34. American Kestrel
35. Sandhill Crane
36. Rough-legged Hawk
37. Mourning Dove
38. Hooded Merganser
39. Northern Rough-winged Swallow
40. Wild Turkey
41. Common Goldeneye
42. White-breasted Nuthatch
43. American Tree Sparrow
44. Common Redpoll
45. Black-capped Chickadee
46. White-throated Sparrow
47. Blue Jay
48. Brown-headed Cowbird
49. Barn Swallow
50. Northern Cardinal
51. Downy Woodpecker
52. Hairy Woodpecker
53. Fox Sparrow