Despite the heavy rain, birding was quite good this morning in the flooded Bear Brook area east of Ottawa. Along Milton Road there were 5 Tundra Swans amongst large numbers of Canada Geese on Bear Brook on the east side of road, just south of the bridge. Also in this area were good numbers of Northern Pintail and Green-winged Teal with smaller numbers of Wood Ducks, Ring-necked Ducks and Hooded Mergansers. Further north on Milton Road 2 Wild Turkeys and 2 Sandhill Cranes were feeding far back in the fields on the west side of the road near the intersection of Perreault Rd. There was also an early Eastern Phoebe and and Eastern Meadowlark in this area. Along Frank Kenny Road at the flooded Bear Brook were 2 more Tundra Swans and a blue phase Snow Goose. There were also 3 Tree Swallows here. David Britton Ottawa DIRECTIONS (courtesy of Larry Neilly's Ottawa Birding Page) http://ca.geocities.com/larry.neily@rogers.com/flooding1.htm >From Highway 417 (The Queensway) take exit 96 (Boundary Road). Proceed 2.0 km NNW on Boundary Road to Russell Road (Regional 26). Turn right or ESE onto Russell and drive 3.5 km to Milton Road (Regional 31). Turn left or NNW on Milton and go about 1.0 km to the top of the hill heading down to Bear Brook - Milton Road. Park on the shoulder of the road and after scanning from here move ahead a further 1.0 km to park near the bridge. >From Highway 417 (The Queensway) take exit 96 (Boundary Road). Proceed 2.0 km NNW on Boundary Road to Russell Road (Regional 26). Turn right or ESE onto Russell and drive 6.5 km to Frank Kenny Road. Turn left or NNW on Frank Kenny and go c. 3.0 km to Bear Brook.