A Northern Hawk Owl was reported yesterday by Ted Gardner on the Muskoka Bird Board. We found the bird this morning in the same area, in the field east of #1819 Falkenburg Rd., north-west of Bracebridge. At 10:45 a.m. it was perched in a cedar tree at the south side of Falkenburg Rd. just west of the intersection with Beatrice Townline Rd. The bird then flew south a short distance and perched in a lone deciduous tree next to the snowmobile trail that cuts through the field. (Some of you may remember this area from the owl invasion of 2001 when a Northern Hawk Owl and Great Gray Owls were found there.) Barbara Taylor (Bracebridge, ON) Muskoka Bird Board: http://www.boards2go.com/boards/board.cgi?user=MuskokaBirdBoard directions: 1. take Hwy.118W heading west from Bracebridge, turn right on Butter & Egg Rd., turn left at Falkenburg Rd. or 2. take Manitoba St. (Hwy.4) heading north from Bracebridge, turn left at Falkenburg Rd. Google map of the area: http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=1819+falkenburg+road+muskoka+lakes&sll=45.106364,-79.436302&sspn=0.096078,0.222988&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=1819+Falkenburg+Rd,+Muskoka+Lakes,+Muskoka+District+Municipality,+Ontario+P1L+1X4&ll=45.079097,-79.331245&spn=0.192247,0.445976&z=12 -- _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
