NeilyWorld  Birding Ottawa - Northwest - Eardley Escarpment & Gatineau Park Northwest

        Independent Directions to this Site: From where Autoroute de l'Outaouais or Highway 148 meets Chemin de la Montagne Sud, take de la Montagne northward. At present, this means continuing on Highway 148. After going 1.2 km north, turn left or WNW onto Chemin Pink. Proceed 0.8 km WNW on Pink to Chemin de la Montagne Nord. Turn left or west to continue on Chemin Pink and drive 3.0 km to Chemin Vanier (Vanier Road). Turn right or north on Vanier and go 0.4 km to the pulloff at the southern entrance for the Vanier Road Quarry.

        Eardley Escarpment & Gatineau Park Northwest Route Directions: From where you are parked at the Museum Feeders, return to Chemin Pink (Pink Road). Turn right or west on Pink and go 0.7 km to Chemin Vanier (Vanier Road). Turn right or north on Vanier and go 0.4 km to the pulloff at the southern entrance for the Vanier Road Quarry.

        Site Description and Birding Information: This large quarry area attract roosting gulls and waterfowl, as well as a few shorebirds. The birds often roost on the narrow strip of land between the two parts of the pond, so a scope is recommended. A second viewing area is the northern entrance to the quarry, about 0.3 km north on Vanier. This is the "business end" of the quarry, so be wary of truck traffic; and don't block the way.

         Just north of the northern entrance, where the powerlines cross the road, there is an intermittent Segde Wren colony. They were not present in 2003.

        Eardley Escarpment & Gatineau Park Northwest Route Directions: From the northern entrance to the Vanier Road Quarry, continue north on Chemin Vanier (Vanier Road) to visit the next site on this route, the ???.