At sunset 6:50 PM while driving East on Hayes Line at Orange Corners south of Omemee West of Peterborough , The Great GRAY OWL flew across our path 1000 feet ahead and suddenly landed on a small branch and as We approached it while driving it was about 15 Feet from the road and about 10 feet up ... wow From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Mar 29 17:05:09 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from stcshb1.statcan.ca (stcshb1.statcan.ca [142.206.3.26]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBA986474E for <[email protected]>; Tue, 29 Mar 2005 17:05:09 -0500 (EST) Received: from stcsha1.itsd.statcan.ca (egapb.itsd.statcan.ca [142.206.214.207]) by stcshb1.statcan.ca (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j2TM1JB5009027 for <[email protected]>; Tue, 29 Mar 2005 17:01:19 -0500 Received: from stcsha1.itsd.statcan.ca (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) j2TM0jkN003855 for <[email protected]>; Tue, 29 Mar 2005 17:00:45 -0500 Received: from stcembh.statcan.ca (afsij02rs-01.itsd.statcan.ca [142.205.234.55])j2TLxrlY001249 for <[email protected]>; Tue, 29 Mar 2005 16:59:53 -0500 Received: from stcem01.statcan.ca ([142.205.234.62]) by stcembh.statcan.ca with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Tue, 29 Mar 2005 16:59:53 -0500 content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6603.0 Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 16:59:52 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Common Loon at Presqu'ile Provincial Park Thread-Index: AcU0qqDQyPvaTecjRoWhrrmvWXjqmw=X-Message-Flag: From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 29 Mar 2005 21:59:53.0354 (UTC) FILETIME=[A2FD96A0:01C534AA] X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 07:43:18 -0500 Subject: [Ontbirds]Common Loon at Presqu'ile Provincial Park X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 22:05:10 -0000
Apologies for the lateness of this posting - I'm new to Ontbirds. In the early afternoon of Saturday, March 26, my wife and I observed a common loon flying over the Owen Point trail. I may be mistaken, but my impression is that this is quite an early sighting for this species, which I wanted to document. Paul Matthews Ottawa, Ontario Directions: To reach Presqu'ile Provincial Park, follow the signs from Brighton. Locations within the Park are shown on a map at the back of a tabloid that is available at the Park gate. Access to the offshore islands is restricted at this time of year to prevent disturbance to the colonial nesting birds there.
