I don't know if this is exactly the kind of sighting you want to hear about. AsI drove to Oakville from Brampton, Tuesday morning, November 18, I spotted the carcass of a very fluffy white (with small black flecks) bird on the asphalt median at the exact point where the westbound off ramp of Hwy 407 joins westbound Hwy 403. I assumed it was a SNOWY OWL, as it was far too overall white and fluffy, and slightly too large to be a gull. In that general area, (Dundas Street West/ Ninth Line/Trafalgar Road) there are still some open fields that provide good mouse hunting where raptors seem to collect in the winter months. This would have been the first Snowy Owl I have seen there... Maril Semph _______________________________________________ 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/information/ontbirdssetup.php ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdsguide.php
