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Monthly Archives: May 2015

Sparrow Outing – June 5

May 30, 2015 eontbird

Our first sparrow run of the year. We will be visiting a consistently productive sparrow area just outside of Ottawa: Burnt Lands Provincial Park. Continue reading Sparrow Outing – June 5 →

Conducting Breeding Surveys

May 26, 2015 eontbird

From the third week of May – mid July 2015, I will be conducting breeding bird surveys throughout eastern Ontario; primarily, Ottawa, Lanark, Frontenac, and Leeds and Grenville Counties. Continue reading Conducting Breeding Surveys →

“Looking” at Similar Songs

May 25, 2015 eontbird

Learning birdsong can be quite a challenge! For some, mnemonics work quite well, i.e. the familiar “sweet-sweet-shredded wheat!” of a Yellow Warbler singing from a roadside thicket. For others (myself included) visualisation is perhaps the key element to learning each song and getting ’em glued into the memory bank. Continue reading “Looking” at Similar Songs →



My name is Jon Ruddy and I am an Ottawa-based Field Ornithologist and bird guide. I became interested in birds while studying under the tutelage of Carleton University professor and naturalist, Michael Runtz. Before the inception of Eastern Ontario Birding, I worked as a field ornithologist. I have conducted bird surveys in the Okanagan Valley, southern Ontario, James Bay, and throughout Manitoba. Read More

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