Hi Ontbirders:
This morning there was a Snowy Owl sitting in the middle
of a field along Frank Kenny road just past French Hill road. It was there
pretty much all day in the same spot as I saw it later in the day when I
returned. It chose one of the few lighter areas (either snow or ice covered
spots) on the ground to perch on. In the same general area on Friday there
were 2 immature Bald Eagles. At dusk today, what appeared to be a Snowy Owl
was seen flying in a field along Earl Armstrong road.
PS. By now many know there is a southward movement of Snowy Owls both in
Ontario and Quebec. Snowy Owls have been seen as early as the beginning of
October. This is likely due to a crash in the lemming population across the
Eastern Artic as mentioned in an earlier Ontbirds report by Jean Iron. The
surrounding Montreal, Quebec area has also received a fair amount of Snowy Owls
but a number of them have not arrived in good shape. This info was posted by
Paul on a Quebec bird report website: "I just got a report from Anne Marie
Roth of St.Hilaire Rehab Center. They collected a total of about 25 Snowy Owls
east and northeast of Montreal. 15 were dead and 10 very thin and in bad shape.
If you see Owls, please do not disturb them too much. - Paul".
W. Hum
www.pbase.com/golfpic
Snowy Owl in Orleans (east end of Ottawa). Taken from Frank Kenny road.
http://www.pbase.com/golfpic/image/106241451/original
Immature Bald eagle.
http://www.pbase.com/golfpic/image/106241452/original
Directions:
>From Ottawa, take the 417 and stay left heading for Orleans (the 174). Get
>off at Trim Road and continue on Trim past the Tim Hortons until you reach
>Innes. Turn left on Innes and continue to Frank Kenny. Turn right on Frank
>Kenny (winding curve here) and continue to French Hill road. The Snowy Owl
>was in the field on the right just past French Hill on Frank Kenny road.
Earl Armstrong road courtesy NeilyWorld.com:
>From Highway 417 (The Queensway) take exit 121A (Bronson Avenue). Go SSE on
>Bronson for 3.6 km, crossing the Rideau River on the Dunbar Bridge and going
>over Riverside Drive, before bearing right to take the Brookfield Road exit.
>In 0.1 km merge right onto Brookfield Road and drive 0.5 km to Riverside
>Drive. Turn left onto Riverside Drive and go 5.9 km to Limebank Road straight
>ahead. Continue straight SSE onto Limebank and drive 5.0 km to Earl Armstrong
>Road. Turn left or ENE into the Earl Armstrong Road site.
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