Sandhill Cranes, Geese & Raptors – Ottawa East with Tony & Nina

Tuesday Oct 29

We met at Petrie Island Causeway - Tony, Nina, Al, me and Brian, whom I had not met before.

We birded at Petrie for nearly an hour, then went to Timmy's for a short beak.  We carpooled from the Park & Ride at Navan Arena; then we headed to Giroux Ponds.

Our next stop was Smith Road and Milton Road for the cranes.  We saw about 20 of them.  We also tried a couple of other side roads leading to Mer Bleue in case we could see the rest of the group.  This was not successful, but we did see a group of Wild Turkeys cross the road in front of us.

We returned to Milton Road, then took Perrault back to Navan padding the list with a few common species.

 

Bird List

1. Green-winged Teal
2. Mallard
3. Ring-billed Gull
4. American Crow
5. Red-winged Blackbird
6. Mourning Dove
7. American Black Duck
8. European Starling
9. Canada Goose
10. Common Merganser
11. Hooded Merganser
12. American Robin
13. Brown Creeper
14. White-breasted Nuthatch
15. Northern Cardinal
16. Great Blue Heron
17. Snow Bunting
18. Horned Lark
19. Bufflehead
20. Greater Scaup
21. Pectoral Sandpiper
22. Greater Yellowlegs
23. Dunlin
24. Gadwall
25. Northern Pintail
26. Sandhill Crane
27. Red-tailed Hawk
28. Peregrine Falcon
29. Wild Turkey
30. Rough-legged Hawk
31. Black-capped Chickadee
32. American Tree Sparrow
33. American Goldfinch
34. Dark-eyed Junco

 

Nina had 39