I saw a Great Gray Owl about 40km south of Kenora on Hwy 71 today. This
is the second GG I've seen this fall now. i saw the other one on Friday
Oct. 1st in a fairly remote area and thought at the time that it may
have been a local breeder -which would have been a good find in this
area. A friend of mine then reported a Great Gray from a different
location that weekend following Oct. 1. Since then, I've heard of other
GG sightings from people around Kenora. With this number of sightings
and the report from Marc Johnson in Hearst a week ago it's looking like
we'll have a southern movement of them this winter.
Others: -first (of this fall) Rough-legged Hawk today -don't see many
around here
-first snow bunting (single bird) last weekend -a few flocks around
today
-small group of Hooded Mergansers on Lake of the Woods this
morning
-main migrants moving through right now -lots of juncos, also tree
sparrows, Blue Jays, a few robins.
Kenora is in Northwestern Ontario on the TransCanada Hwy near the
Manitoba Border.
Lyndon Kivi
Kenora, Ontario
