I'm not sure when they are supposed to be heading back north to breed (read an article in the Montreal Gazette on the Great Gray Owl where someone mentioned the Great Grays down here are expected to be around for a few more weeks). Here is the link....an interesting read. http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=59966
The Great Grays are still in the usual places around the Ottawa area. I saw a few on March Valley Road early in the day. They were out despite the snowy weather. Saw one on Thomas A. Dolan (just off Dunrobin road) near Fifth Line/Greenland intersection. This Great Gray was very active flying around. Didn't see it catch anything but it was definitely alert and listening for prey. Spotted two near the corner of Kilmaur and Dunrobin in the early afternoon. The same two were in the area again later in the day. There may be more in the same area from what someone told me but I just saw the two. W.H. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Mar 6 20:16:38 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from tomts22-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts22.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.184]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0018A6348B for <[email protected]>; Sun, 6 Mar 2005 20:16:38 -0500 (EST) Received: from MARK ([64.231.157.53]) by tomts22-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.10 201-253-122-130-110-20040306) with ESMTP id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Sun, 6 Mar 2005 20:21:13 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2005 20:20:51 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 06 Mar 2005 23:19:57 -0500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Great Gray - Ajax, Barred - Whitby March 6 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2005 01:16:38 -0000 A lousy morning spotting owls - probably due to the weather out here - cold, windy, and some snow! Spotted a Barred Owl at Lynde Shores in Whitby around 10am in the back east corner of the lot. He was just puffed out and content to sleep - small wonder though with all the traffic that has travelled through there lately by the looks of it. Unfortunately some sections of the main feeder trail through Lynde now look like a complete maze with tracks and trails that go everywhere - unlike up to a week ago where most of the snow was still undisturbed (save for a few foot tracks.) Some areas - like where the Barred was were totally flattened with foot traffic. Looks like in our quest to see a fantastic owl we have forgotten to pay the proper respect to the habitat and the wildlife that live there. I checked out Shoal Point Rd. at about 5pm and spotted a Great Gray perched on a tree branch at the side of the road. Lots of traffic on this road so be more careful here as well - not like the quiet of Halls Rd. Lynde Shores - take Salem Rd. south from 401 to Bayly (Victoria), go left on Bayly past Lakeridge Rd. and continue until you see Lynde on South side of road. Shoal Point Rd. - take Salem Rd. south from 401 to Bayly, go left on Bayly to Shoal Pt. and take right Mark Cresswell Whitby [EMAIL PROTECTED]
