[Ontbirds] Redhead, Pied-billed Grebe, Lesser Black-backed Gull- Ottawa

[Langis Sirois]

Hi all.

The Redhead, reported by Peter Hall earlier to-day, March 29, was still 
present on the Rideau River, at the base of Centennial Boulevard, in the 
early evening.  Also seen from the base of Centennial, along the other shore 
of the river, a Pied-billed Grebe, a pair of Wood Ducks and 3 Hooded 
Mergensers.

Yesterday afternoon, on the frozen pond on Moodie Dr., South of Trail Rd, 
there was an adult Lesser Black-backed Gull and a possible immature Thayer's 
Gull.  At the Trail Rd landfill, among the thousands of gulls, there were 
still at least 2 Glaucous and one Iceland.

Good birding.

Langis Sirois, Ottawa

Directions to Centennial: from the 417 going East, exit at Lees Ave, turn 
right on Lees, then left on Main and left again on Centennial; climb on the 
snow bank (on foot!) and scan the river.

Directions to Moodie Dr pond and Trail Rd landfill, from the 417 going West, 
exit at Moodie Dr., go South on Moodie; or take the 416 South, exit at 
Fallowfield, go West on Fallowfield and turn left on Moodie, drive in the 
South direction on Moodie; Trail Rd will be on the left, the pond is about 
one kilometer further South.