[Ontbirds] Amherst Island owls

2011-02-15 Thread Steve Manders
Ispent a day on Amherst Island just west of Kingston, searching for owls and in the Owl Woods in particular.  No owls were seen  there despite a diligent search where I have seen them before. ( Saw-whet, Boreal, and Long-eared)  There were no owl scats on the snow anywhere, despite a recent mel

[Ontbirds]Amherst Island owls

2008-12-12 Thread Brian . Morin
This message is being relayed from Bruce Di Labio on Amherst Island. The owl woods are very productive this morning. There are at least two Boreal Owls, four Northern Saw-whets and 30+ Long-eared Owls. At the Kingston Field Naturalists Club property on the east end of the island there was one S

[Ontbirds]Amherst Island owls

2007-11-22 Thread Ott User
Hi. I wanted to add that a trip to Amherst Island last weekend found 4 - 5 Long-eared Owl in the owl woods. In addition to other birds, I watched as a Northern Harrier dove to the ground and flew off with a sizeable rodent in its talons. It was followed by another Northern Harrier which

[Ontbirds]Amherst Island Owls

2007-09-30 Thread Alex. Scott
We spent a couple of hours in the Owl Woods this afternoon. Karen found one SAW-WHET OWL in the white cedars east of the main path in the Cedar Woods. The ferry to Amherst Island is at Millhaven, just 20 km west of Kingston. ___ ONTBIRDS is presented b

[Ontbirds]Amherst Island Owls, Peregrine

2006-12-30 Thread Iain Fleming
Made it across on the 7:30 ferry yesterday (Dec 28th) morning. The first Snowy of the day was found just to the west of the entrance to the KFN property sitting on one of the bird boxes along the fence line. No Saw-whets in the woods, but the Long-eareds are all still there (25+). A seco