This afternoon Dr. Henry Barnett, Ian Barnett and Andrea Barnett visited the Ravenshoe Flats in hopes of finding the reasonably regular female Snowy Owl seen there yesterday. She was seen flying to a low hummock east of the orange and white buildings of the Best Asian Farms complex north of Ravenshoe Road. As we continued to watch the bird, Ian, who had located the first owl in flight, spotted a male Snowy Owl fly into the same general are but settle behind the dike that runs along the north edge of the farm field. We did see the female in flight as she moved closer to Ravenshoe Road, but we could not re-locate her after that. There was a small flock of Snow Buntings moving between the Best Asian Farms lane and Ravenshoe Road. A Northern Shrike was seen on 2nd Concession East Gwillimbury (Main Street north of Newmarket Ontario), just a few hundred metres north of the Queensville Sideroad. The area can be reached by taking the 404 north to its terminus at Green Lane and going west to Leslie St. and then north to Ravenshoe Road. At Ravenshoe and Leslie turn left, west and go down into the flats and keep a sharp eye out for the owls which maybe on the ground, on utility poles or on buildings. Kevin Shackleton _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
