A bitterly c-c-cold Feb.18 afternoon in south Whitby-- shortly after 3pm I witnessed 5 raptors in the air at once over the fields around the Sobey Warehouses north of Victoria St. There were 3 Red-taileds, 1 N.Harrier and an unexpected light morph Rough-legged Hawk, the latter hovering over the field before moving along right over my head. An Am.Kestrel, all the while, was perched on a hydro line nearby.
Hall's Rd. was "quiet" in the morning-- I did see 3 Red-winged Blackbirds and a N.Harrier. The male Wood Duck was seen again in Pringle Creek, just to the east of Brock St., Whitby. The Sobey's Warehouses are to the immediate west of the Iroquois Sports Complex, the latter being at Henry and Victoria Sts. in southwest Whitby. Doug Lockrey, Whitby www.pickeringnaturalists.org From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Feb 18 19:40:29 2006 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 1CD6463A8E for <[email protected]>; Sat, 18 Feb 2006 19:40:29 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 89759 invoked from network); 19 Feb 2006 00:40:29 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=rogers.com; h=Received:Message-ID:From:To:Subject:Date:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:X-Priority:X-MSMail-Priority:X-Mailer:X-MimeOLE; b=QI0rCbJEyixIfasIuyrGzq/877wWdOFZkFPQvCdkMpPvxe6iBtoQss+IizsLL69WorMeoYc/7OgDBX9nxcKX2tujr5I7GiokrocnwUuDy5cgHzLsaQWD1MP9rKlrkgy5mds35ZoAn1P+FAFJZjR4PLcpoJNt7UQa1EuKR5EYYa8 ; Received: from unknown (HELO cr515688a) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]@72.138.177.219 with login) by smtp102.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 19 Feb 2006 00:40:29 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Peter Campbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 19:43:51 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 Subject: [Ontbirds]Great Gray Owl - March Valley Road, Ottawa X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 00:40:29 -0000 Hi Birders, Today, 18 Feb, between 5:45 and 6:10 PM I watched a Great Gray Owl actively hunting over the DND (National Defence) property to the east side of March Valley Road about 800 metres past the intersection with Klondike Road. All I could hear as darkness fell were cracking sounds from the snow/ice cover on the fields that resulted from Friday's freezing rain and snow. The owl flew frequently between perches, but I never saw it try for prey. Peter Campbell Ottawa, Ontario Directions: Take the Queensway west from Ottawa or the highway 416 interchange to exit 138. Go north (right) on March Road and turn right on Herzberg Road. Follow Herzberg north across Carling Avenue to the Marshes Golf Course clubhouse (on the right) and turn right on March Valley Road. Follow March Valley Road, which swings left in a north west direction, past Klondike Road.
