[Ontbirds]How to age Great Gray Owls

2005-01-13 Thread Jean Iron
INTRODUCTION: Many birders have asked us questions about (1) distinguishing the ages and plumages of Great Gray Owls and (2) how to tell males from females. Most of the differences seen in the field are due to individual variation. After September, the young of the year (three months of age) and

[Ontbirds] Presqu'ile Birding Report for Week Ending January 13, 2005.

2005-01-13 Thread Fred Helleiner
Considering that Presqu'ile Provincial Park has been closed for most of this week (re-opening at noon on Friday, January 14), the variety of birds found is quite respectable. Presqu'ile Bay offers a good variety and huge numbers of waterfowl, the margin of the ice remaining farther up the bay

[Ontbirds] Fw: BROWN THRASHER, 7 Great Gray Owls, N.GOSHAWK, Hall's Rd. bathtubs-- Jan.13 ; Crane in Pringle Creek

2005-01-13 Thread Doug Lockrey
- Original Message - From: "Doug Lockrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ontbirds" Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 1:44 PM Subject: BROWN THRASHER, 7 Great Gray Owls, N.GOSHAWK, Hall's Rd. bathtubs-- Jan.13 ; Crane in Pringle Creek > The Jan.13 thaw created a very muddy pot-holed Hall's Rd

[Ontbirds]WNY Dial-a-Bird 13 Jan 2005

2005-01-13 Thread David F. Suggs
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 01/13/2005 * NYBU0501.13 - Birds mentioned -- Please phone in any rare sightings so they may be shared via the DAB telephone update system, and submit email contributions directly to [EMAIL PROTEC

[Ontbirds]Ottawa: Great Gray Owls

2005-01-13 Thread Bruce Di Labio
Hi Everyone Both yesterday and today I birded a few GGO sites and observed 10+ yesterday and today,in the morning fog, another 15+. As mentioned before, both the March Valley Road and the intersection of Kilmaurs Side Road and Dunrobin Road are still the most reliable sites. Also in the ar

[Ontbirds] Hamilton Naturalists Club Birding Report - Thursday, January 13th, 2005

2005-01-13 Thread Cheryl Edgecombe
At 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 13th, 2005 this is the HNC Birding Report: TUFTED DUCK x GREATER SCAUP hybrid GRAY PARTRIDGE RED HEADED WOODPECKER Common Loon Pied-billed Grebe Red-necked Grebe Tundra Swan King Eider Redhead Harlequin Duck Surf Scoter Black Scoter White-winged Scoter Northern G

[Ontbirds] Quinte Area Bird Report for week ending Thursday, January 13, 2005

2005-01-13 Thread Terry Sprague
WEEKLY BIRD REPORT FOR PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY AND THE QUINTE AREA for Thursday, January 13, 2005 For awhile, it seemed that Prince Edward County had offended them - the GREAT GRAY OWLS, that is. Finally, two have shown up in the area - one at Lake-on-the-Mountain on January 8th, followed by