Mer Bleue, Rare Nesters of Eastern Ontario – Ottawa East with Always an Adventure

July 3, 2014

We met at the Dewberry Trail parking lot on Dolman Ridge Road - Tony, Nina, Gary, Sue, Judith, me and a new birder, Helen.

We had some good sightings right there, then moved over to the Mer Bleue boardwalk.  We got the LIncoln's Sparrow, but had no sign of the Palm Warbler.

Our next stop was Hall Road, where we found a Vesper Sparrow on the ground.

Our last stop was Milton Road / Smith Road.  No sign of the Sandhill Cranes, but we did see a whole family of Eastern Bluebirds.

Bird List

1. Wood Thrush
2. Great Crested Flycatcher
3. Song Sparrow
4. Osprey
5. Cooper's Hawk
6. Black and White Warbler
7. Black-capped Chickadee
8. Ovenbird
9. Chestnut-sided Warbler
10. Broad-winged Hawk
11. Veery
12. Blue Jay
13. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
14. Nashville Warbler
15. Red-eyed Vireo
16. White-throated Sparrow
17. Eastern Phoebe
18. Purple Finch
19. American Robin
20. Common Grackle
21. Common Yellowthroat
22. Red-winged Blackbird
23. Cedar Waxwing
24. Swamp Sparrow
25. Green Heron
26. Lincoln's Sparrow
27. Gray Catbird
28. Northern Flicker
29. Hairy Woodpecker
30. Common Raven
31. American Crow
32. European Starling
33. Vesper Sparrow
34. American Goldfinch
35. Savannah Sparrow
36. Ring-billed Gull
37. Canada Goose
38. Barn Swallow
39. Great Blue Heron
40. Northern Harrier
41. Turkey Vulture
42. Mourning Dove
43. Eastern Bluebird
44. Killdeer