Today at around 1 pm, a flock of 20 + Bohemian Waxwings landed outside my window at home, 140 Mann, near the corner of Range Rd. They flew off, landed again, then flew off again. They were feeding on some small orange berries. The location is ca. 1 km from the Hurdman Bridge as the waxwing flies, and I wonder whether this small flock may be associated with the 120 bird flock at the Hurdman Bridge yesterday. My window looks onto the parking lot of the Youville Centre, where a driving birder could park for a few minutes and check the shrub row on the right. If no luck, they could park on Mann or Range Rds., then walk through the parking lot of the Youville Centre and out the back, down the hill onto a trail leading to the Rideau River. Following that trail south along the river another 500 m, past some active feeders outside the backs of homes on the right, leads to the Hurdman Bridges, the first being Hwy 417 and the second being a foot bridge. Yesterday the 120 BOWA were visible in the high trees on the southeast side of the bridge.
Write to me directly for further details. -- *www.babina.ca* Robert Alvo Author: "Being a Bird in North America" (2013) Tel.: 613-236-0660 219-140 Mann Ave. Ottawa Ontario K1N 1E5 Canada [email protected] _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
