Great Gray Owls seen Feb. 23, 24 and 25 Feb. 23, 11:00 am, north side of March Valley Rd., about 1 km. west of Klondike Road Two GGOs along the north side of the road, not far in from the fence. Directions: From Ottawa travel west bound on Hwy. 417 to the March Rd./Eagleson Road and exit right onto March Road. Follow to Klondike Road and turn right. Go northeast to March Valley Road and turn left; owls seen between 1 and 2 km. from Klondike Road.
Feb. 23, 12:30 pm, intersection of Sixth Line and Riddell Road One GGO perched on the street sign at the intersection. Directions: From Ottawa travel west bound on Hwy. 417 to the March Rd./Eagleson Road and exit right onto March Road. Follow March Road northwest 8.0 km to Dunrobin Road. Turn right at stoplight onto Dunrobin Road and go 0.2 km to Riddell Road. Turn right on Riddell and go northeast 4.4 km to its end; at this point the road bears left and becomes the 6th Line. Feb. 24, 11:30 am, End of Cafferty Road north of Hull One GGO seen on the edge of the gliding clubs landing area. Directions: Proceed from Ottawa/Hull on Highway 5 to end, exit to Highway 105 and turn left, proceed 4 km to Cross Loop Rd. (left off 105 just past the IGA) and proceed about a km. to Cafferty on the right, go to end of Cafferty Rd. at the Gliding Club. This road is so picturesque that it's worth the drive alone. Feb. 25, 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm just south and west of the intersection of The Thomas Dolan Parkway and the Fifth Line One GGO very close to the road Directions: From Ottawa travel westbound on Hwy. 417 to the March Rd./Eagleson Road and exit right onto March Road. Follow March Road northwest 8.0 km to stoplight and 90 degree lefthand turn which is the junction of the March Road and the Dunrobin Road. Turn right at onto Dunrobin Road and proceed northwest 7.5 km to Thomas Dolan Parkway at Dunrobin. Turn right or northeast on The Thomas Dolan Parkway and proceed 4.3 km to Stonecrest Road. This is a good starting point for birding the Carp Ridge on Thomas Dolan Parkway. Feb. 25, 3:00 pm, north side of March Valley Rd., between 1 and 2 km. west of Klondike Road Six GGOs seen at various points along the north side of the March Valley Road, some quite active. Directions: From Ottawa travel westbound 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. Alan Landsberg, Ottawa, ON [EMAIL PROTECTED] From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Feb 26 10:34:46 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from smtp102.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp102.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.36.80]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AC23263C85 for <[email protected]>; Sat, 26 Feb 2005 10:34:44 -0500 (EST) Received: from unknown (HELO cr1040681a) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]@24.157.70.210 with login) by smtp102.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 26 Feb 2005 15:37:59 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Alan Landsberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Ontbirds]Great Gray Owls - west of Ottawa and north of Hull ; correction Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 10:37:57 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 15:34:46 -0000 I apologize for some clumsy cutting and pasting; the directions in the following item from my previous report should read as follows: Feb. 25, 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm just south and west of the intersection of The Thomas Dolan Parkway and the Fifth Line One GGO very close to the road Directions: From Ottawa travel westbound on Hwy. 417 to the March Rd./Eagleson Road and exit right onto March Road. Follow March Road northwest 8.0 km to stoplight and 90 degree lefthand turn which is the junction of the March Road and the Dunrobin Road. Turn right onto Dunrobin Road and proceed northwest 7.5 km to Thomas Dolan Parkway at Dunrobin. Turn right or northeast on Thomas Dolan Parkway and proceed almost to the Fifth Line where we have frequently spotted a GGO near the intersection and very close to the parkway. Turning left or southwest on the Thomas Dolan Parkway and proceeding 4.3 km to Stonecrest Road takes you to a good starting point for birding the Carp Ridge on Thomas Dolan Parkway. Alan Landsberg, Ottawa, ON [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] To join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://mailman.hwcn.org/mailman/listinfo/ontbirds ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Feb 26 11:17:40 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from smtp103.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp103.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.36.81]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 069C963C33 for <[email protected]>; Sat, 26 Feb 2005 11:17:39 -0500 (EST) Received: from unknown (HELO ?24.112.18.37?) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]@24.112.18.37 with login) by smtp103.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 26 Feb 2005 16:20:55 -0000 Received: from 127.0.0.1 (AVG SMTP 7.0.300 [266.5.0]); Sat, 26 Feb 2005 11:24:07 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Doug Lockrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ontbirds" <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 11:24:07 -0500 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Subject: [Ontbirds] Feb.26 -wonderful views of 5 Great Grays along Hall's Rd. for many very early AM visitors X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 16:17:40 -0000 In spite of a Saturday morning ground fog Hall's Rd. in southwest Whitby had up to 50 cars and a masterfully-driven snow-plough on it before 7:30a.m. The Barred Owl sat high in a tree alongside the north pathway for an hour. I counted 5 Great Gray Owls, flying from perch to perch and low over the ground, before going of for the day before 8a.m. We suspect that, as long as there is plenty of prey, there is no reason for the owls to leave. I have enjoyed meeting so very many visitors, and I do feel that the past 2 months has provided a wonderful educational experience for people of all ages. In addition, allow me to express thanks to Karl, Del, Eleanor, Ron and any others who supply the feed for the many songbirds at the north pathway. Hall's Rd. is entered from Victoria St. in southwest Whitby. Doug Lockrey, Whitby -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.5.0 - Release Date: 25/02/2005
