The loggerhead shrike is well-known for impaling its prey on thorns. This bird prefers to live in the thickets of savannah grasslands and is listed as endangered within Ontario.
Photo credit: Bill Bouton
The yellow-bellied flycatcher can be found in damp woodlands and by wetlands. As per its name, it often catches insects mid-air, as well as occasionally eating fruit and searching along the ground or along branches for insects.
Photo credit: Jerry Oldenettel
The common nighthawk is listed, in Ontario, as a species of special concern. While flying, the common nighthawk is frequently mistaken for a giant bat. There has been a reported decline of nighthawks in recent years.
Photo credit: Ken Schneider
Scissor-tailed flycatchers are rare visitors to Ontario. They are insectivorous aerial foragers and typically inhabit several south-central states, and countries in Central America. A scissor-tailed flycatcher migrated to Prince Edward County, in Ontario, earlier this week.
Photo credit: Patty McGann
