Thanks Eric for clarifying. I should apologize to you for raising questions.
When I saw Linda's posting this morning, my first thought was to get there and try my chances at seeing the Barn Owl which would be a first for me in Canada. Since I could not find the date of your sighting on the web page where your photo was posted (someone has since explained to me how to find it), I thought I should inquire about it. I should have tried to contact you directly, instead of sending my question on ontbirds. The fact that I thought other members of this forum might also have wanted to know more should not have been a consideration. Congratulations for your findings and for the great photos that are exhibited on your site. My apologies to you as well Linda. Have a good day, everyone, and good luck to those who will try for this rare bird. Langis Sirois, Ottawa Eric Cote wrote: > Hi Linda, Langis and everyone. > > I'm the one that took the shot. Not very familiar with the area, and not > having a details map of all farm roads. Having a good memory though, I > looked on google map to get me the name of the roads where I saw the beauty. > > This was taken on Feb 27 (Monday), at 14h00 or so. Followed the main road > which is Dundela, and there's a little side road at an angle which I believe > is Ridge rd. There's a lot of farms in the area. This where I took the shot. > The bird was standing perched on one of the wooden post which separates 2 > farms (I believe). Stopped the vehicule, stayed in it and move on the > drivers seat to take the shot with the window down. Then it took off going > in a direction where my view was obstucted by the car roof, etc... It landed > quite far away. I'm not good at distance, but over 1000 feet away and was > resting on another wooden post. I waited for some time, guess the bird > didn't like a red vehicule waiting like this. So I left the spot. > > My initial idea was to find some Snowy Owl, I carried on in the sector > looking for more. No luck that time. > > Cheers > > Eric Cote > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Langis Sirois" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Linda Price" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 9:54 AM > Subject: Re: [Ontbirds]Barn Owl near 401 and HY 16 > > Hi Linda. > > Do you have more details about this sighting. In his gallery where the > photo is posted, the author > does not say when he took it. How do you know it was in the last couple of > days? > > By the way, the author of this photo appears to be particularly gifted for > finding rare raptors. > Last Spring, a photo of an Harris Hawk that he had allegedly photographed in > Southern Québec was > posted on the Québec forum Ornitho-QC. > > Thanks for any clarification you can provide. > > Langis Sirois, Ottawa > > Langis Sirois, Ottawa > > Linda Price wrote: > > > A photo was taken of a barn owl - > > > > http://www.pbase.com/drhangar/image/56622880 > > > > in the last couple of days. The photographer has not reported it but > > did include directions and a map in the link above. > > _______________________________________________ > > ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial > > birding organization. > > Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] > > For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit > > http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdshow.htm > > ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm > > _______________________________________________ > ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial > birding organization. > Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] > For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit > http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdshow.htm > ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm
