My daughter, her best friend (both 11 years old) and myself spent two
days in the Kingston area on Dec 29-30 for a birding adventure.
On Dec 29, we were on Amherst Island and saw a snowy owl on the KFN
property, a rough-legged hawk in the south-eastern section of the
island, and in "Owl Woods", two long-eared owls and a boreal owl, as
well as a brown thrasher. While boarding the ferry to cross back to the
mainland, we also saw an immature bald eagle fly overhead. This had been
the third visit in the last 4 years to this island, each time having
seen at least one owl, among other birds.
On Dec 30, we were on Wolfe Island for the first time and saw a mature
bald eagle, a ring-necked pheasant, a great-horned owl, two wild
turkeys, three red-tailed hawks, several common goldeneyes and a male
northern harrier feeding on some rodent it had just caught.
My daughter's best friend had never seen an owl, eagle, harrier or wild
turkey, so was quite excited. It was also the first great-horned and
boreal owl sighting for my daughter and me so we were quite pleased. I
can't wait to go back there in the spring. This is quite the island for
birds! All in all, a successful and fun trip.
Eurico
Ottawa
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Barry Cherriere has contributed three photos of the Eagle Pyrrhuloxia to the
OFO site. See www.ofo.ca/photos.
They show great colour detail.
Sandra
Sandra Eadie
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