Hi Everyone
Today, during a sunny morning and early afternoon visit to the usual
sites, only a few owls could be found, but during a late afternoon check at
a few sites I recorded 20+ Great Gray Owls. It appears that on sunny days
fewer birds are active until dusk. Both Saturday and Sunday it was overcast
and the owls were active during the day time. It was great to see three
feeding in one field, all being successful in catching prey. On the down
side of this invasion, I've heard of two being struck and killed by cars in
the Carling Ave./Shirley's Bay area.
good birding
Bruce
Bruce Di Labio
400 Donald B. Munro Drive
P.O.Box 538
Carp,Ontario,K0A 1L0
(613)839-4395 Home (613)715-2571 Cell
Di Labio Birding Website
Courses and Field Trips
http://www3.sympatico.ca/bruce.dilabio/
Directions: 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. Go east to March Valley Road and turn left. Follow along making
numerous stops scanning the fields. Late afternoon to dusk maybe the better
time to look.
>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 through Woodlawn. At the hill continue straight and follow to
next intersection which has a yellow flashing light.
