Rod Murray Oakville, Ontario
I had read a number of reports of Great Gray Owls before my visit to a
friend's farm near Ivanhoe, (north of Belleville) due east of #62
highway one concession road yesterday (Dec 28).
We were hiking in deeps woods north of his farm when we saw what we
thought was a Great Gray. It sat for a few minutes in a large hardwood
after being disturbed out of thick spruce cover by our approach.
Not being certain of identification, I was able to see the Rattray
Marsh Great Gray at 3:45 pm this afternoon (Wed 29th) and confirm that
what we saw yesterday was indeed a GG.
It appears that the irruption is quite widespread and it will be
interesting to see where others are observed over the winter.
