Scrublands and Riparian Habitats – Ottawa West with Always an Adventure

Thursday July 10

Today, there were Gary and Sue, Josh, Heather, Lorraine, Tony and me.

We went to Corkstown & Moodie to try for the Sedge Wren, but did not get it.  However, we got  variety of other interesting birds in and around the former Nortel.  We went later to Shirley's Bay, parked on Riverdown, and hiked along Ottawa Beach as far as Hastings / Grandview and back.  Besides birds, we saw a fine assortment of butterflies and other fauna.

Bird List

1. Great Egret
2. Mallard
3. Red-winged Blackbird
4. Northern Flicker
5. American Robin
6. Barn Swallow
7. Swamp Sparrow
8. Common Grackle
9. Indigo Bunting
10. Double-crested Cormorant
11. Common Yellowthroat
12. Yellow Warbler
13. European Starling
14. Baltimore Oriole
15. Cedar Waxwing
16. Hairy Woodpecker
17. Mourning Dove
18. Black-capped Chickadee
19. American Redstart
20. Gray Catbird
21. Song Sparrow
22. American Goldfinch
23. Green Heron
24. Eastern Wood Pewee
25. Downy Woodpecker
26. Eastern Kingbird
27. White-breasted Nuthatch
28. Warbling Vireo
29. Red-tailed Hawk
30. Brown Thrasher
31. House Wren
32. Wood Thrush
33. Red-eyed Vireo
34. Field Sparrow
35. Northern Cardinal
36. Bald Eagle
37. Common Tern