My son and I observed a Great Grey Owl at about 11:15 this morning and again at 3:15 pm in the same spot. This was a first for both of us! We watched it from the side of the road in the car for about 5 minutes the first time but it spooked shortly after we stopped for the second observation. It was sitting on a fence post close to the road then flew about 200 m back to some tall red pines. What a beautiful face and an incredible wingspan! A bit further up the road we saw a flock of Snow Buntings in the field by Vissers sod farm. We couldn't get more than about 200 m from them and were unsure if there were any Horned Larks among the flock.
The owl was spotted on Durham Region Road 42 about 200 m south of Concession 5 and about 1km south of Taunton Road. This location is northeast of Bowmanville and west of Orono. The Snow Buntings were seen in the field on DRR 42 just south of Taunton Road. Regards, Bettina Murphy From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Jan 8 19:46:20 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from bayc1-pasmtp01.bayc1.hotmail.com (bayc1-pasmtp01.bayc1.hotmail.com [65.54.191.161]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1028DCB0D9 for <[email protected]>; Sat, 8 Jan 2005 19:46:20 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Originating-IP: [69.158.120.107] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from emachine.sympatico.ca ([69.158.120.107]) by bayc1-pasmtp01.bayc1.hotmail.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Sat, 8 Jan 2005 16:48:35 -0800 Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]@pophm.sympatico.ca X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.1.2.0 Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2005 19:44:38 -0500 To: Ontbirds <[email protected]> From: Carol Horner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 09 Jan 2005 00:48:35.0921 (UTC) FILETIME=[F376BC10:01C4F5E4] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Wild Turkeys near Uxbridge X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2005 00:46:20 -0000 Hi Everyone Just in case someone is looking for WILD TURKEYS for their winter or 2005 list, my sister tells me there is a very reliable flock of about 40 birds on Highway 47 just west of Uxbridge, in the field east of the Curb Lane gas station. Good Birding Carol Carol Horner dendroica at sympatico dot ca Toronto, Ontario Canada From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Jan 8 20:52:10 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from hotmail.com (bay15-f10.bay15.hotmail.com [65.54.185.10]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B0DFCB0EB for <[email protected]>; Sat, 8 Jan 2005 20:52:10 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sat, 8 Jan 2005 17:52:00 -0800 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from 201.137.197.238 by by15fd.bay15.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Sun, 09 Jan 2005 01:51:00 GMT X-Originating-IP: [201.137.197.238] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Mark Cranford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2005 01:51:00 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-OriginalArrivalTime: 09 Jan 2005 01:52:00.0855 (UTC) FILETIME=[CF619670:01C4F5ED] Subject: [Ontbirds]Ontbirds expects ethical birding X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2005 01:52:11 -0000 Birders We are experiencing a big irruption of northern owls. These owls are here because of lack of food in the north. Many are starving and stressed. Please view and photograph owls from a reasonable distance. Use polite peer pressure with those who approach owls too closely. Please respect private property when viewing all birds. Ontbirds is for reporting birds. Please do not criticize others online. The OFO Code of Ethics is at http//www.ofo.ca/whoweare.htm#ethics --- Mark Cranford ONTBIRDS Coordinator Mississauga, Ontario [EMAIL PROTECTED] 905 279 9576
