Sandhill Cranes near Venosta

September 14, 2014

We passed a rainy cool weekend at the cottage.  Finally, late Sunday, it cleared up.  We went for a paddle but found nothing of note.  But on the drive home, Barbara had just told Grant to be on the lookout for cranes, when he announced that there were 3 in the field!

Loon Count with Friends

August 24, 2014

Friends Colette & Francis and Johanne & David visited our cottage for dinner.  It was decided that the guys would do a Loon Count.  David was the recorder, but we saw very few pairs, only gangs of 5 and 6.  The one and only baby could not be located, but I found it the next day.  Although it was feeding, it did not have a good healthy look and it was all by itself.  We have to hope for the best.   We did tally a nice Bald Eagle during our count.

The Ottawa River Migratory Corridor – Ottawa with Always an Adventure

Thursday Aug 21

Today there were Helen, Gary, Sue, me and Lorraine came late.  We went to Shirley's Bay dike where we saw 17 Great Egrets. 

Inexplicably, all my photos and lists vanished for this day.  I was only able to grab a few off the already used card using card recovery software.

We also went to Richmond Lagoons and Moodie Pond.  We finished up at the dump and Greely Sand and Gravel.  Here we got a few nice migrating warblers.

Juveniles and Adults, Migrating Shorebirds – Ottawa East with Always an Adventure

Tuesday Aug 19

Today there were  Gary & Sue, Tony & Nina and me .  We met at Petrie Island and birded at the ponds for a while, then went to Giroux Ponds via Tim Horton's.  While parking at hte Park 'n Ride, we got a Caspian Tern in the lot! From there went went to Dignard Constructed Wetland.  Next stop was Embrun Lagoons.  And then on to the Chrysler Lagoons.

Bird List

1. Great Blue Heron
2. Red-winged Blackbird
3. Mallard
4. Virginia Rail
5. American Black Duck
6. Ring-billed Gull
7. Belted Kingfisher
8. Wilson's Snipe
9. Killdeer
10. Green Heron
11. Bald Eagle
12. American Bittern
13. Song Sparrow
14. Solitary Sandpiper
15. Caspian Tern
16. Wood Duck
17. Spotted Sandpiper
18. Northern Shoveller
19. American Goldfinch
20. Blue-winged Teal
21. Lesser Yellowlegs
22. House Sparrow
23. Mourning Dove
24. European Starling
25. Rock Pigeon
26. American Crow
27. Tree Swallow
28. Cliff Swallow
29. Green-winged Teal
30. Gadwall
31. American Wigeon
32. Common Raven
33. Least Sandpiper
34. Northern Harrier
35. Peregrine Falcon
36. Semi-palmated Plover
37. Bobolink
38. Semi-palmated Sandpiper
39. Baird's Sandpiper
40. Eastern Kingbird
41. American Kestrel
42. Wild Turkey
43. Turkey Vulture
44. Cedar Waxwing
45. Eastern Phoebe
46. Swamp Sparrow
47. Common Gallinule
48. White-winged Scoter
49. Northern Flicker
50. Red-tailed Hawk
51. Blac-capped Chickadee
52. American Robin