Larose Forest and Open Fields - Ottawa East with Always an Adventure

April 17, 2014

Today there were Tony, Nina, Josh, Judith, Rick and me.

We covered a lot of ground today.  The water at Petrie Island was still frozen, so we spent little time there.  We went to Wall Road, then Milton Road for the cranes and waterfowl in the flooded fields.  We went way out to Bourget where we saw lots of Snow Geese, including a high proportion of blue ones.  Tony picked out a Ross's Goose from among the multitudes. We also got a lone Snowy Owl out there.  We returned via Larose Forest, where we got our last 15 species.

Bird etc. List

1. American Robin
2. Ring-billed Gull
3. American Crow
4. Red-winged Blackbird
5. Canada Goose
6. Song Sparrow
7. Downy Woodpecker
8. Mallard
9. Wood Frog (H)
10. Mourning Dove
11. Wood Duck
12. Savannah Sparrow
13. Meadow Lark
14. Northern Harrier
15. European Starling
16. Sandhill Crane
17. Wild Turkey
18. Herring Gull
19. Rough-legged Hawk
20. Snow Goose
21. Green-winged Teal
22. American Black Duck
23. Northern Pintail
24. Bufflehead
25. Horned Grebe
26. Ring-necked Duck
27. Hooded Merganser
28. Bald Eagle
29. American Wigeon
30. Northern Shoveller
31. Cackling Goose
32. Turkey Vulture
33. Lesser Scaup
34. Snowy Owl
35. Ross's Goose
36. Broad-winged Hawk
37. Fox Sparrow
38. White-throated Sparrow
39. Golden-crowned Kinglet
40. Blue Jay
41. King Fisher
42. Northern Flicker
43. Great Blue Heron
44. American Kestrel
45. Dark-eyed Junco
46. American Goldfinch
47. Black-capped Chickadee
48. Red-breasted Nuthatch
49. Purple Finch
50. Red-shouldered Hawk