The Northern Hawk Owl was spotted on utility wires on ON2/74 across from 4829 Dale Rd. Welcome ON by Jim Pawlicki. This is about 1/4 mile east of Golden Hill Road which is also the western terminus of ON74. The owl was oblivious to passing road traffic and our observations. The homeowner came out and related that the owl was on the wires for about 4 hours. The owl appeared to be concentrating on mice and voles in the roadside ditch on his northside of the highway.
We were put on to the Northern Hawk Owl by Mike Johnston of OFO while we were observing a Great Gray Owl at 10 yards at Cranberry Marsh near Whitby ON. Mike told us the owl was hunting the roadside ditch on Choate Road in neighboring Port Hope ON. Choate Rd. is northwest of Exit 464 of the 401 and the owl was seen by others between Cranberry Road on the north and the 401 to the south. Choate road continues NW to unmarked (at the intersection) ON74. Continue west to where we saw the owl. Incidently we also observed a Barred Owl at Cranberry Marsh at 20 yards that was enjoying the antics of roughly fifty birds feeding at a feeder. The birds were doing their best to ignore the Barred Owl. Jim and I met Doug Lockrey at the road about 20 yards from the Barred Owl and the feeder. We had also searched to no avail for a Harris Sparrow following ON2 west into Welcome ON to Kellogg Rd. and turning right (north) past 4th Line past Massey Rd just past the second gate on the right (and also past a grain processor of the left near the first gate) . We were told by Mike that we could pish the Sparrow right up altho Mike confessed he was unsuccessful. We were unsuccessful as well. We pished, squeaked and Jim did his best Screech Owl renditions. Jerry Lazarczyk Grand Island NY 716-773-7452 From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Dec 30 04:34:53 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts16.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.4]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03F079F567 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 04:34:53 -0500 (EST) Received: from sympatico.ca ([64.230.66.203]) by tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.10 201-253-122-130-110-20040306) with ESMTP id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 04:35:49 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 04:34:02 -0500 From: Langis Sirois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en]C-SYMPA (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: fr-CA,en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ontbirds <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Great Gray Owls, Bohemian Waxwings - Ottawa X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 09:34:53 -0000 At least 3 Great Gray Owls were present yesterday afternoon Dec. 29, around 4:30 PM on March Valley Rd near Dunrobin, two in front of residential no 1365 and one further east. Another one was present on Stonecrest Rd about one kilometer east of Kilmaurs. A small flock of Bohemian Waxwings was feeding on crab apples on Woodkilton (2nd Line), about 200 meters east of Kinburn. The northern owls invasion also brings keen birders from the south; I met three different parties during yesterday's excursion, 2 from Pennsylvania and one from Vermont; 8 people altogether who all saw their fill of Great Grays; only one had seen that species before. They came well prepared and were also interested to hear about other northern species, such as Bohemian Waxwings. Directions to March Valley Rd (former 4th line): >From Ottawa travel west bound on Hwy. 417 to the March Rd./Eagleson Road and exit right onto March Rd. Follow to Klondike Road and turn right and drive to the end of Klondike and check March Valley Rd on each side of Klondike. There were sightings on both sides yesterday in late afternoon (none could be seen earlier around 2:30. Directions to Stonecrest Rd. >From Ottawa travel west bound on Hwy. 417 to the March Rd./Eagleson Road and exit right onto March Rd. Follow to Dunrobin Road and turn right continuing northwest past Woodlawn. Turn left onto Kilmaurs Side Road (next road after Kinburn) and follow to Stonecrest (3rd road from Dunrobin Rd). Turn left on Stonecrest and drive about half a kilometer (the Great Gray was seen hunting past the railroad tracks on the south-west side around 3:30PM). Directions for Bohemian Waxwings >From Ottawa travel west bound on Hwy. 417 to the March Rd./Eagleson Road and exit right onto March Rd. Follow to Dunrobin Road and turn right continuing northwest to Woodlawn. Turn left onto Kinburn Side Road and left on next road Woodkilton and check the north side of that road for crab apple trees on residential properties (sorry I forgot to take street number - 2nd or 3rd house from the corner). Langis Sirois, Ottawa From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Dec 30 07:56:40 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from imo-m15.mx.aol.com (imo-m15.mx.aol.com [64.12.138.205]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A01CB9F84E for <[email protected]>; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 07:56:37 -0500 (EST) Received: from [EMAIL PROTECTED] by imo-m15.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v37_r3.8.) id 1.b8.68e47ef8 (657) for <[email protected]>; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 07:57:33 -0500 (EST) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 07:57:33 EST To: [email protected] MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: 7.0 for Windows sub 537 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Another Great Gray Owl-near Nestleton X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 12:56:40 -0000 Dec 29 at 1:30 p.m. A healthy, hunting Great Gray Owl was seen perched in the top of a small willow in the yard of the first house on the south side of Hwy 7A just west of the Cartwright West 1/4 Line. (just west of Nestleton) Meryl McGrath Janetville, Ontario From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Dec 30 08:08:03 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from hotmail.com (bay5-f8.bay5.hotmail.com [65.54.173.8]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 023B09F5E1 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 08:08:03 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 05:09:00 -0800 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from 216.209.148.92 by by5fd.bay5.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 13:08:22 GMT X-Originating-IP: [216.209.148.92] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "Joanne Reive" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 05:08:22 -0800 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-OriginalArrivalTime: 30 Dec 2004 13:09:00.0433 (UTC) FILETIME=[BA67D010:01C4EE70] Subject: [Ontbirds]Pyrrhuloxia X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 13:08:03 -0000 Good Morning, The bird was sighted at the Eagle feeder this morning at 7:28 A.M. Twenty minutes later and better light he was spotted again. He seems to come in regular intervals of 45 to 60 minutes. Good Birding, Joanne Reive _________________________________________________________________ Take charge with a pop-up guard built on patented Microsoft® SmartScreen Technology. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines Start enjoying all the benefits of MSN® Premium right now and get the first two months FREE*.
