Greetings,
Two Snowy Owls showed up at the Niagara Distrct Airport early this
morning. I went out and quickly located one just across the apron in
front of the gazebo. The airport is on Niagara Stone Road. It can be
reached by exiting the QEW at Glendale Avenue and then working your way
over to the Welland Canal. Turn right on Niagara Stone Road, and drive
toward Lake Ontario, the airport is on your left at the junction with
Airport Road.
On Monday December 27, on the Niagara Falls Christmas Count, we had 7
Short-eared Owls in one area at about 3:00 PM. . The area is located a
few hundred meters west of Creek Road (The road between Virgil and St.
Davids) on Line 6. You want to be about 100 meters east of #650, with an
apple orchard to the north and open fields to the south. A male and a
female Harrier were also flying around the fields. At one point the
owls were perching on the tops of the apple trees. There is a friendly
dog that may come to visit you if you stand out of your car. We had the
trunk of our car opened and the dog jumped in. It was pretty reluctant
to get out of the trunk but we finally did get it out. (Don Mills take
note) The birds were not seen Tuesday afternoon, but two birds were seen
at 3:30 PM on Wednesday.
There is also a Trumpeter Swan on the Welland River at the south end
of Dorchester Road, just where Dorchester veers to the left along the
Welland River. The bird was found and identified by John Miles on the
27th. You can get to Dorchester Road by exiting the QEW at McLeod Street
and driving east toward the Niagara River until you reach Dorchester (I
think it is the second set of lights) . Turn right on Dorchester.
John Black
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Pyrrhuloxia Photo at www.ofo.ca/photos
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ONTBIRDERS
Take a look at the photo of the Pyrrhuloxia photographed by Chris Escott
today (Dec. 29th). The bird was found and identified in Eagle by Reinhold
Pokraka. The photo illustrates many of the bird's identifying features such
as the beak and the crest. This bird is almost certainly a first for Canada.
Sandra Eadie
OFO web site coordinator
www.ofo.ca
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