Hello All, Last night (January 18th @ ~20:45) when walking along a side road through Torbolton forest in constance bay I was whistling for N. Saw whet owls when I had a BOREAL OWL fly across the road and land in a large red pine. The bird stayed in the tree and allowed me to get really good looks to confirm identity. I went back this morning to look for it to no avail, but did spot a LONG EARED OWL in the bush nearby roosting in another red pine. The forest is dominantly semi-mature pine plantation interspersed with other forest types, probably worth a search for other owls as well. There has also been at least 2 SNOWY OWLS in the general area just west of constance bay along Galetta side road. Last seen on Saturday January the 17th. I haven't noticed these birds on any recent reports so figured they were worth mentioning. Take Care, Fergus Boreal Owl/Long Eared Owl >From Ottawa take the March/Eagleson road exit north, follow march road north >of Kanata around the bend to Dunrobin road. Follow Dunrobin road north past >Dunrobin into Woodlawn and turn right (east) onto Constance bay road. Come >into Constance bay and take a left on Albirch (at the 40km sign), follow this >until it ends at Bishop Davis road . Turn right and go about 400m until you >reach an intersection of a trail, the Boreal Owl was on a red pine on the left >(north) side of the road, the Long eared was in the bush about 20m on the same >side of the road. Snowys Take above directions to dunrobin road. Follow dunrobin road past constance bay road to Galletta sideroad, turn left follow past woodkilton road. Last time an owl was seen flying south across the road about 250 meters past woodkilton road. Snowys have been seen in the general area over the last month or so.
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