For a nice sign of spring (not that I don't enjoy the Bohemians that I've run into over the winter), but I ran into a small flock of about 15 Cedar Waxwings happily gorging themselves in a crabapple tree on Castlfrank Road just south of Hazeldean road as I was picking up my daughter from her sitter. Naturally, as this is the one time I run into them when they didn't seem to mind me being within a couple of feet of them as the tree abutted the driveway - I was without my camera.
I also caught a quick glimpse of my first Redwing Blackbird in the vicinity of the Rideau Tennis Club at Riverain park yesterday. Now that the city has cleared the ice from the river, I expect that the bird counts will start rising significantly along the Rideau over the next couple of weeks. Good birding all! Mike _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdssetup.php ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdsguide.php
