On Tuesday March 16 we saw two small flocks of Bohemian Waxwings that were taking short flights from tree tops to catch large flying insects. At first we thought they were taking courtship flights but inspection of photos later showed the large flying insects. See example at link below. We saw these flocks at Upper Nicholson's Locks and at Baxter Conservation Area south of Ottawa.
Similar to a recent OntBird report, we saw a Big Brown Bat fluttering around in bright sunshine about 3pm yesterday afternoon west of Ottawa. Don Wigle Ottawa link for photo http://sites.google.com/site/donwiglebirdsontario/waw Directions: Upper Nicholson's Locks (Google Maps) http://maps.google.ca/maps?source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=upper+nicholson's+lock,&sll=44.950586,-75.817852&sspn=0.13886,0.213203&ie=UTF8&radius=5.22&split=1&filter=0&rq=1&ev=zi&hq=upper+nicholson's+lock,&hnear=&ll=44.952165,-75.817852&spn=0.135819,0.213203&z=13&iwloc=A Baxter Conservation Area http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=baxter+conservation+area,+ontario&sll=44.952165,-75.817852&sspn=0.135819,0.213203&ie=UTF8&hq=baxter+conservation+area,&hnear=Ontario&ll=45.107575,-75.625935&spn=0.135451,0.213203&z=13&iwloc=A _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
