-Was out to St.Catharines hospital Jan 5th finding 3 snowies ,2 jouveniles and one apparent female .Two were on roadside fence posts and one in the field behind the hospital . -Directions :QEW southbound to St. Catharines, exit at 7th St. Louth, turn right onto 7th until you reach 5th Ave Louth. Turn left on 5th Ave Louth until 1st. St. Louth. Owls were in the field north of 5th Ave ,on a fencepost on 6th Ave Louth and on a hydropole on 1st Ave Louth
-Also found one snowy in Welland on a rooftop on Perth Trail off of the Dailmer Parkway east of the Hwy 406 On a side note I happened upon the landowner of the property behind the St.Catherines hospital .He respectfully asked if anyone coming out would kindly refrain from venturing off the roadways onto any of the area land to get better views of the owls . Last year ,as per his account ,many people walked into his fields to get such views crushing down and rendering useless his winter wheat crop . I told him I would pass along his request _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup
