[Ontbirds]Ottawa Birding

[Brendan]

Hi Ontbirders,

My Mom and I birded Britannia Conservation Area this afternoon.  There 
were numerous American Robins, Red-winged Blackbirds and Common Grackles 
near the parking area.  We had a flock of 31 Bohemian Waxwings fly over 
us near the Filtration Plant.  There was a singing Northern Shrike on 
the ridge.  There was a Great Blue Heron on Mud Lake near Britannia 
Road.  There was an adult Coopers Hawk being mobbed by American Crows in 
the tall pine trees.  I was unable to locate any Great Horned Owls.

In the front yard of a house on Britannia Road, there was a large flock 
of Cedar Waxwings with a single Bohemian Waxwing eating crabapples.

Good Birding!

Brendan Toews