At least 4, pure white, adult Snowys have been seen recently in the region west
of Cache Bay and east (along hwy 17) and south of Verner. (along hwy 94),
within the past 9 days.
specifically one has been on top of barn buildings adjacent to 1291
Levac Road (which runs due west of Cache
Hey,
There were two Snowy Owls atop power poles about 300 m apart along Hwy 21, just
north of where 18 Mile Line joins the highway. This is about 2 km north of the
bustling metropolis of Kintail.
Maybe they're territorial..climate change and all that...lol.
Cheers,
James Holdsworth, Biologic
snowy owl seen on Merlin rd in between Queens line and 3rd line east side of
road on telephone pole
Another around 7727 middleline, west of Four rd Road
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Counted 4 snowy owls along hwy 42 in between Comber and Belle River area.
In between 911 addresses 5700-2348
All sitting on tops of telephone poles.
Could be more out there
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Late this afternoon...
One sitting on NW corner of Versacold building at Parkhill and Highpoint.
Another sitting in treetop then flying down to field on the E side of James
Snow Pkwy at the corner of Derry.
Lou Marsh
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Found two juvenile snowy’s at noon today, the first was on the north side of
Egremont Rd. (hwy 22) and School Rd. sitting in a tree, the second north side
again of Egremont at Robotham Rd. sitting on the roof of a barn .
Good birding
Tom
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2 Snowy Owls on the breakwater at Cobourg harbour 9.40am this morning, Sunday,
November 12.
Directions: Exit 474 from Hwy.401, south to the harbour.
Margaret Bain
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The large number of Snowy Owls are persisting 5 Klics north of Chesley s/w
of Owen Sound. 26 birds found in 40 minutes. Several Northern Harriers and
2 adult Bald Eagles in the same area.
With practically all of the snow gone except for fence rows and small filed
patches these birds are real stand
While on a wild goose chase today (unsuccessful), I found six snowy owls south
of Mitchell's Bay. Four were in fields near the intersection of Winter Line Rd.
(Chatham-Kent Road 34) and Marsh Line. Two more were in fields off Angler Line,
west of Winter Line.
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2 adult snowy owls this afternoon on Roman Line north of Fallon Dr. Take hwy 4
north of London, cross hwy 7 first right Roman Line.
Tom
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Mrs. L. Burke reported 2 snowy owls today at the corner of Oliver Avenue and
McHugh St. in Windsor, Ontario at 4PM today. At 4:15PM the two flew towards
the WFCU Recreation Centre.
Tom
Regards from Point Pelee
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There are currently (as of 08:50pm) 2 Snowy Owls.1) Lamp post on the WEST bound
highway 7 right at the 404 overpass (just east of 404)2) Lamp post on the 404N
just over the Hwy 7.
I wonder if they are sticking around the Seneca College Campus. I spotted a
Barred Owl one night same location and r
Birders might want to start checking for early signs of the return flight
of Snowy Owls from the south, particularly along Lake Ontario and whenever
the ice retreats from the north shore of Lake Erie. Inland areas of
Southern Ontario where numerous birds were present in December may also do
well by
I saw two heavily barred Snowy Owls late this afternoon. The first was on a
building at the corner of Heritage Road and Steeles Avenue and the second was
on a hydro pole north of Maple Lodge Farms on Winston Churchill Boulevard north
of Steeles Avenue.
Wishin' I was fishin'
While out and about today, had the opportunity to spot 2 Snowies.First one, a pure white adult male, was atop a Harvestore silo at 3749 Mount Carmel Rd. The farm is just east of the hamlet of Mt Carmel.The second one was a female in a tree on a farm to the west of 42150 Thames Rd east, east of E
Three Snowy Owls have been hanging out recently, about 15 miles east of
North Bay.
One is upon Development Road between Rutherglen Road and Mt. Pleasant
Road. That is just about 4 miles south and east of the little community of
Rutherglen, which is upon highway 17, about 13 miles due east of h
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This morning, a group from FLAP Canada got together at Humber Bay Park East and
were rewarded with at least 2 Snowy Owls, both offering great views. One was
perched on an evergreen tree in the parking lot before taking off. Two were
later spotted on ro
Late this afternoon went to check out the fields west of Leslie St. on
Ravenshoe Rd.
in Keswick. Came across only one very white Snowy Owl.
On my way home to Aurora at the 404 southbound off ramp to Aurora Side Rd.
intersection oddly came across another one somewhat heavily streaked
sitting on t
1 heavily barred Snowie continues at blue heron pond area on Windsor Tecumseh
border into 3rd week and one continues "whiter" at belle river marina for last
4 days.
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2 Snowy Owls present on the northernmost islands at the Canada Centre for
Inland Waters adjacent to Eastport Drive in Burlington. Trumpeter Swans also
present.
Chris Burris
Waterloo
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The one in Malden is likely the same bird which has been spotted for the last 3
weeks. The one in Leamington was spotted at 5pm. just on the bend of number 3
bypass.
Donny
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There were at least three immature, heavily flecked Snowy Owls in the area of
the vegetable fields on either side of Ravenshoe Road south of Keswick,
Ontario. There was at least one large flock of Snow Buntings. Another
observer had Cooper's Hawks in the same area before 8:30 a.m. Redpolls we
At 3:00 Pm today, I had 3 adult male Snowy Owls in 1 field near St. Pauls
Station.
Directions: From Stratford, take hyw 7 west until you come to Rd. 20. Turn
right and the first village is St. Pals Station. Turn right on Rd. 122. Just
as you cross the railroad tracks, check the field on you
Hey,
Over the weekend I found two local Snowy Owls - one just east of Zorra Line,
about 1 km north of Beachville, and a 2nd sitting on the ice in the west end of
Pittock Lake.
Although mostly frozen, Pittock had good numbers of (mostly) Herring Gulls
fishing the open leads. In their midst were a
I was in Keswick today and traveled out Ravenshoe Rd off of Leslie St.At the
end of the road ( at #25) I saw a Northern Shrike. While looking at it on a
wire I then spotted a heavily streak Snowy Owl sitting on the last pole on the
road.Going down a dead end portion of Yonge St to the south I s
Hello winter listers:
FYI, today (Dec 7 Sunday) I covered the Southern Etobicoke & SE
Mississauga Waterfront to confirm and add to previous reports.
King Eider ( 1st year male) continues at the Mouth of Humber River SE corner.[
Very cooperative ]
Harlequin Ducks (2)--- Male AND female)
Seen around 1 pm today - 2 snowy owls near Comber - 1 between 401 & Lakeshore
Road 305 just west of Comber Sideroad & other between Lakeshore Road 305 &
County Rd. 42 just west of Comber Sideroad.
Ann Van Wagner
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Erwin Meissner just called to say that 14 Snowy Owls were seen today in the
Gore Bay area of Manitoulin Island - most were very lightly marked to "snow
white" individuals indicating that they hatched before this year.
Erwin said there was a Northern Hawk-Owl in the Massey area (west of
Sudbury) a
Ron Fleming’s positive post on Holland Marsh Snowy Owls this past Sunday (he
saw 9) was likely the end for this year. The fields are all a huge black muck
pudding, no place for a Snowy to feel at home. Though I suspected to find none,
I still carefully did the entire area East of Hwy 400, North
Just to let you know that they haven't left yet, on my way home from Kitchener
last evening, I had four different Snowy Owls along a 20 mile stretch of county
road. That was between highway 7 and Exeter along highway 83. All very
beautiful, sitting on telephone posts in the setting sun.
As well
Last night at and shortly after sunset 2 darker coloured snowy owls were
sighted on Egremont Rd between Wisbeach & Adelaide (west of Strathroy) 5km
apart perched on top of farm shed and the top of a tree, both close to the hwy.
Bill Cornell
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Roused from my winter torpor by Frank Pinilla's recent post, I ventured out to
the Holland Marsh west of Newmarket after work today and put in a solid two
hours of scanning the tundra-like landscape for Snowy Owls. The weather was
absolutely balmy and the visibility was great. I found six Snowie
Over the past several days, a couple of Snowy Owls have been fairly regular
around the Essex Sewage Treatment facility. One adult & one Immature. The
adult favours the berm/embankment around the sewage lagoon during the day. It
is also seen sitting in the adjacent fields sometimes with a few
A team composed of Hans van der Zweep, Jacques Bouvier, Christine Brunet
and myself covered an area from Hawkesbury through Winchester today
counting Snowy Owls. We began at 7:15 a.m. and ended at about 6:30 p.m. The
team found 42 birds with all four members seeing 39. These were personal
records f
Update to the previous note with new information just in.
Team results are 42 Snowies with 39 seen by all 4 team members. Jacques
Bouvier and Christine Brunet were fortunate to see 2 more in St-Isidore and
a third in Vankleek Hill this evening.
Brian Morin
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At 2:30 pm today I saw a dark Snowy in one field and a light Snowy just one
field north. Location is Eight Line between Brittania and Derry Roads on the
east side. Still there when I checked again an hour later. they are quite far
in, between two farms; you'll need binos.Frederick
Hans van der Zweep and I tallied 32 Snowy Owls today in areas south and
east of Ottawa. The greatest number were located in the general
WInchester-Chesterville area and from Casselman east to St. Isidore. Most
birds were located along roads atop telephone or power poles or on silos.
Others were on
Sharron and I went out yesterday afternoon for our new years drive to look for
raptors. This year we decided to try the Linwood area and not Fisherville.
This turned out to be a good decision. We had 10 Rough-legs, 12 Red-tails, 1
Kestrel and 7 Snowy Owls.
The owls were along County road 5, w
10:20pm Renforth Drive at Convair (YYZ) sitting on the fence parallel to 24L a
barred - Snowy Owl
11:12pm 407East at Jane on the south side sitting on the Spruce Trees lightly
barred Snowy Owl
For the record: old post December 31 3pm - Woodchoppers Lane Kettlby - 1 Snowy
just east of Keele stre
I was at the navigation light end of the Burlington Canal this morning
photographing waterfowl when I spotted two heavily barred juvenile Snowy Owls
on the Burlington side of the canal entrance into Lake Ontario. They were both
perched on a large concrete buttress opposite me and being buzzed b
Today Ian Cannell and I went out to specifically find Snowy Owls in the
Strongville area (along Hwy 26 SE of Wasaga Beach). the Holland Marsh area at
Bradford and at the west end of Ravenshoe Road in Queensville and luck was with
us.
We came up with 19 Snowy Owls that included 17 female/juvenil
Exploring the maze of roads in and around the Holland Marsh (south end of Lake
Simcoe) near Bradford, along both sides of Hwy. 400, and north to Ravenshoe
Road produced some good winter birding (20 spp.).
1 Rough-legged Hawk (dark phase)
7 Snowy Owls (only one of these at Ravenshoe Rd.)
2 North
4 snow owls observed east of
Casselman Ontario on concession road 19 & 20. In most cases they were on the
telephone poles. One was seen hunting in the fields between the two roads.
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As previously posted, owls are still present around Galloway Trail in Welland.
Viewed three individuals this morning around 8 am.
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Hi All
Observed 2 Snowy Owls at the mouth of Forty Mile Creek in Grimsby this
afternoon at 4:00 pm. There was a third one there earlier but it flew west
along the shoreline.
Tony
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Lots of Snowy Owls have been reported in southern Ontario on Ontbirds
over the last week and it seems they are quickly making their way into
southwestern Ontario in the last couple of days judging by reports on
EBird and the Middlesex-Elgin Listserv.
Yesterday [Nov 30] Jason McGuire of London
Hi Ontbirders:
Took a late day spin around the west end of Ottawa. The heavily barred Snowy
Owl was at the same location along Rushmore road between Old Richmond Road and
Eagleson.
Small flock of Pine Grosbeaks at corner of March Valley Road and Riddell.
Males and females in the flock.
Th
2 snowy owls today. One at the Holland Marsh on Wanda St. Just before Day st.
In the field to the south. At 1:30 pm.
This one had nice markings on its back and lighter ones on the breast.
We saw another one earlier on Ravenshoe Rd. west of Leslie, just before Yonge.
It was on the roof of a barn
Today Ian Cannell, Jay Peterson and I went up to Ravenshoe Rd / Yonge St. in
Queensville and we were very lucky to find some Snowy Owls.
Along Ravenshoe Rd (east of Leslie St.) we found an amazing 8 Snow y Owls and a
9th one along Yonge St. We were only able to travel abut half way along Yonge
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The two snowys were still around Gull Is. this morning along with a flock of 15
Commom Redpolls. Also present were 20-25 Snow buntings.
Many shore birds still on the South side of the causeway going into Presquile
Park. I did not see the previously mentioned Purple Sandpipers but they were
s
Hi,
There were two Snowy Owls near Owen Point this morning. One owl was on each
of two tiny islands just west of Gull Island - very easy to see.
Directions to Presqu'ile Provincial Park (and Owen Point):
In Brighton, take Ontario Street south as far as it will go and it will take
In only four hours of birding Rory MacKay and I observed 12 Snowy Owls on
Wolfe Island, most within a few kilometres from the junction of Highway 95
and Baseline Road. Many were adults, with two immaculate males present. A
light morph Rough-legged Hawk began calling and then attacked one of the
o
My wife and I visited Holland Marsh today and found the Horned Larks on Devald
Road, thanks to Ron Fleming's directions.
A check down Tornado Drive as far as Keele Lane proved fruitless but on the
return, we found two Snowy Owls almost due South of No.68 Tornado Drive
Leave 400 North at Junctio
Despite the unusual weather Snowy owls are still at all three
locations in the vegetable fields near Bradford and Holland Marsh as
of yesterday afternoon Feb.8. The two well known locations are along
the dirt strip called Yonge street south of Ravenshoe south of Keswick
(road very muddy!! b
This afternoon, Steve Eastman, Joel Nordenstrom, & I found three Snowy Owls
(two darker & one almost pure white) in the area bounded by Concession 20,
Concession 19, & Ste-Rose, east of Casselman. Also saw a handful of Snow
Buntings. Alas, no Varied Thrush near Limoges.
Happy birding year!
R
Three of the well-documented snowy owls at Presqu'ile Provincial Park were
visible on Sunday.
One was seen from the Park Office Viewing Platform, soaring and swooping over
the frozen marshes.
The other two were seen along the Owen Point Trail, one on the beach and the
other on the shore of Gu
2 snowy owls were on the ground in fields between Concession D and E around
11:30am, near point pelee national park. They were in the middle between the
concessions, not near a road.
The Great Gray owl was by 1182 road 2 west of Kingsville, in a tree it was also
in on Christmas Eve.
Enjoy
Rox
Hi all,
Jim McCoy and I toured the concession roads at Point Pelee yesterday
for snowiers. We had a total of 4.
2 were together on Conc C just East of Mersa Rd 19, (where previously
reported).
The other 2 were viewed from Conc E just North of the 'turn round' corner. One
on each side
Hello,
Lise and I visited Amherst Island today. The weather was clear and sunny,
the wind along the shores was brisk, warm clothing was a must have. We saw
two Snowy Owls on the KFN property. We did talk to somebody who had seen
three owls earlier that day in the same area. We did see a third o
Ontbirders,
There were two Snowy Owls present at Kettle Point today. A very light bird was
on the south reach and a darker bird was about 400 m north, on the rocky
island. Alf Rider happened by and mentioned having one Snowy a few days back in
the same location.
While scoping the lake, we h
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 Rave
This afternoon we went out to check to see how many Snowy Owls if any
were still lingering in the Holland Marsh area. In all we found 6
separate
individuals. All were on the partially snow covered ground. All individuals
were streaked with varying degrees of black. There were no pure whi
We saw 2 male snowy owls today. The first was seen at 11:50 am from just
north of 545 Wist Rd (just beside highway 400) Look east about 300 meters.
It was sitting on a bare patch.
The second was five minutes later on Woodchoppers Lane just west of number
581. Look north alone a small ditch. It
Hi Ontbirders,
This morning Debbie Campbell and I drove to the Ste-Rose area and Moose
Creek to see what was around. Between about 1130 AM and 2 PM we observed
three Snowy Owls all on the ground in the vicinity of Conc 20, Conc 19 and
Cty 3 west of the Ste-Rose road. We also saw one perched Ro
Today I spent 3 hrs. this afternoon surveying the back roads of the
Holland Marsh looking
specifically for Snowy Owls particularly along those roads where they
are frequently seen.
On the west side of Yonge St./Hwy.11 south of Bradford, south of Canal
Rd. and
Pumphouse Rd. I was not able to loca
Yesterday between noon and 2 pm I saw no snowy owls on the ground in
the fields at the north end of Bathurst or at the Ravenshoe/Yonge
locations. Just as I arrived, however, two magnificent Snowy's flew
north just over the trees at the north west end of the Bathurst
location.
Today (Febru
We looked all over the Holland Marsh area for Snowy Owls without any luck
tho' we did see a large flock of Snow Buntings right where Canal Roal exits
from Hwy 400. We then headed further east and were rewarded with two Snowy
Owls at the very south end of that little piece of Yonge street that runs
A quick note of clarification regarding owls in the Bradford area. I
observed only two in the vegetable fields east of Hwy. 400; a 3rd was at
Bathurst north and the others were along Ravenshoe.
Ron
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From: Siegmar Bodach
Subject: [Ontbirds] Snowy
Went to take a survey of Snowy Owls today in the Holland Marsh Area from
Keswik to Hwy. 400
and north of Hwy.9 and came across a total of 6 different birds. Saw 3
in the keswik-Ravenshoe Rd.
area. 1 was on the north end of old Bathurst St. 2 others were in the
Holland Marsh vegetable fields
o
Two beautiful young Snowy Owls were at the very end (north of
Queensville Sideroad) of Bathurst today (afternoon of January 30),
sitting on top of hydro poles or shed roofs or just in the fields.
Hendrik Hart
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Hi Ontbirders:
Another great winter for owls. Took a quick spin out to the Casselman area
late today. Saw 3 Snowy Owls off exit 58 via the 417. One along Concession
20 and 2 on Concession 19. On the way back to Ottawa, a juvenile Snowy Owl
was perched on a lamp post right at the exit 66 of
Today I found two snowy owls in the area of Linwood. The first one was heavily
barred and was located just north-east of the corner of Hwy 86 and sideroad 17
and the second one was almost entirely white and was found on the east side of
Hwy 12 just north of 6th line.
The first Snowy Owls of the winter were located today just south of Port
Elgin.
The first was on the Bruce/Saugeen Town line east of North Bruce, near Bruce
Side Road #20 sitting on a hydro pole on the south side of the road.
The second was seen sitting in a dead tree, silhouetted by a Wind Turbi
This morning at 9:15 Mike Van den Tillaart and I had two Snowy Owls in
southwest Keswick then - about an hour later - a third Snowy west of Newmarket
in the vegetable fields of the Holland Marsh.
The owls in the Keswick area were both south of Ravenshoe Road and east of
Yonge Street. The fir
Today just after 3:00pm there were 2 Snowy Owls seen about half way along
Ravenshoe Rd west from Leslie St to the end of the road. One was about a
kilometre south just east of the yellow digger. (Probably the same one that
was seen and reported by Ron Fleming on Saturday). The other was about 100
m
Hi.
Two Snowy Owls can still be seen in the east end of Ottawa. A male Snowy
Owl was seen along Frank Kenny between French Hill and Wall road both Saturday
and Sunday. A heavily barred female Snowy Owl was perched in the field along
Wall road between Frank Kenny and Trim road. Thanks.
Please excuse the tardiness
On 31 March, Dave Moore, Cliff Hodder and I visited Pigeon, Snake and
Salmon Islands by boat, 3-10 miles sw offshore from Kingston. We flushed
1 Snowy Owl from Pigeon Island, 3 Snowies from Snake Island and 2 from
Salmon. There were no Herring Gulls on any of the islands
I finally got to see the Mississauga Snowy Owls which my friend Adam
Kubat has been reporting to me for the last three weeks. He's even got a
wonderful video of one on a lamp post. Today I saw the nearly pure white
male along with two immature female birds flying between the industrial
buildin
Hi All
Today at noon, we went up to the Roman Line to find the owls again, no snow
plows so we had more success. We had 1 adult female snowy on the Roman Line
north of the Breen Rd and another juvenile female on the Breen Rd, east of the
Roman Line and another pure white adult male on the Roma
Hi Ontbirders,
Today, 16 Feb about noon, Debbie Campbell and I went to see what was in the
Ste-Rose area. Between noon and 1 PM we observed two Snowy Owls. One on a
telephone pole just after Conc 20 turns off Cty Rd 8 and the second in the
fields north of Conc 20 towards Conc 19. About 2PM as
There has been a snowy owl hanging out on the lamp posts around the
Northumberland Hills Hospital for at least a month now. Today there was
one on Theatre Rd. in the field across from the Drive-In Theatre.
Take 401, exit south on Burnham St., the hospital is on the West side at
the 401.
To g
Mike Van den Tillaart and I drove the Holland Marsh vegetable fields west of
Newmarket this morning to find a Snowy Owl for his wife. To her great pleasure
we discovered one on top of a post along Aileen Street, then - to our great
pleasure - we proceeded to find four more. Three were along
Good evening Again
I forgot to mention that there was a small flock of a dozen Snow Buntings along
Conc. 7 Sunnidale southwest of Edenvale ( south of Strongville ) and with them
were 2 Lapland Longspurs.
Something else to watch for.
Norm Murr
Richmond Hill, ON
"Sils mordent, mords les"
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Good evening
Today Ian Cannell and I went out to look for Snowy Owls and in this we were
very successful with 11 Snowies found.
Or first 2 were 1 along 9th Line and 1 along 10th Line just north of Beeton.
Beeton is north of Bolton and west of Bradford, Exit #64 on Hwy 400.
From here we chec
Hi Ontbirders:
I took out an outing this afternoon of about 15 members of the Ottawa Field
Naturalists' Club to look for winter birds in the agricultural area around Ste.
Rose in Eastern Ontario.
We ended up with four Snowy Owls (most in the area of Concession Road 19 and
Ste. Rose Road),
Today, my wife Lynne and I set out to see some snowy owls near Ste-Rose.
We had read about Concession road 20, and were greeted by one owl atop a
post between county road 8 and Ste-Rose road.
There was a sign with number 84 below the post. We drove around, and
saw four more scattered around.
Today we found three snowy owls on Base Line Rd west of 95 on Wolfe island.
Wolfe island is a ferry ride from downtown Kingston.
Max Perren
Upper Canada College
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We were on Wolfe Island today and saw 3 Snowy Owls on Baseline Road west of
Hwy 95. We also saw a Northern Shrike, 2 Red-tailed and2 Rough-legged Hawks
but no Northern Harriers.
Don Wigle
Ottawa
Directions: see link below for ferry schedule and map
http://www.wolfeisland.com/mtarchives/000137
A day tour of the west end of Amherst turned up 5 Snowy Owls. One on
the tree behind the township office just a km south of Stella, the
ferry terminus and 4 more along the south shore road towards the SW
corner of the island.
Directions: The Amherst Island ferry departs from Millhaven on Hw
Dear Fellow Birders,
Yesterday I had three Snowy Owls, likely males, interacting with each
other beside the runways at Pearson Airport in Toronto. Definitely a
good sign there are/will be lots of Snowies this winter.
Directions: In Toronto take the 427 north to Pearson International
Airport, go int
Quick trip to Wolfe Island Sunday morning, 24 Feb 08 and managed to find two
SNOWY OWLS perched on opposite sides of the same tree just south of Baseline Rd
about halfway between 5th Line and #95.
The hawks were not nearly as numerous as previously reported. Saw only one
RED-TAILED HAWK and e
Hi everyone,
The dark SNOWY OWL I first reported here on December 6 was again seen this
morning on Concession 20 Rd. I also saw a second one on this same road and
then a third one a bit north along Concession Rd 19.
For the past month it has been easy to find the owls. Just cruise the roads
A joint field trip between the West Humber Naturalists and Richmond Hill
Naturalists yielded some good winter birds for York Region today. We started
in Kleinburg where we had one PILEATED WOODPECKER, one NORTHERN SHRIKE, one
BROWN CREEPER, and two BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS (mixed in with a flock of ab
Mike Van den Tillaart and I had good luck with Snowy Owls today in the
Ravenshoe Road area just southwest of Keswick. We found three different
snowies between 8:30 - 9:30. The first of these was perched conspicuously on a
TV antenna on the north side of Ravenshoe Road. It was a fairly heavily
I was with Paul O'Toole on the Saturday Jan. 12, 2008 trip to Wolfe
Island and also took some pictures of the Snowy Owls, Red-Tail Hawks,
Harrier and Kestrel.
Images can be found here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/leace
One interesting picture I thought, was when Snowy #2 (presumably fem
Tony Beck led a group of birders who braved the cold this morning around
areas east of Ottawa.
Highlights included locating three Snowy Owls in the vicinity of St-Isidore
and the village of St-Rose.
The first was a young bird born this year found perched in a tree north of
Concession 19. Travel
Slowly but surely, birds are starting to get that zugenruhe, as the German
scientists call it (or "Urge for Leaving", as Joni Mitchell sang it). Even up
here north of Toronto the cast of characters is slowly beginning to change. In
many local fields that I checked today, Horned Larks had repla
Hello Ontbirders
There was a surge in raptor activity this morning east of Ottawa.
It started at about 7:40am with two Rough-legged Hawks flying south
over the Ottawa River at Petrie Island.
Throughout the day, driving backroads between Orleans and St Isidore
we had the following
14 Rough-le
Yesterday while birding near Mitchell's Bay, came across two very white
Snowy Owls near Mitchell's Bay, south of Wallaceburg, northwest of Chatham.
They were out in the fields on either side of Mallard Line, sitting on the
ground or on posts. Both were likely males due to striking white colour.
Lik
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