I never said that the owls are being baited I am just stating what I have been told that the owls are coming towards photographers and hanging out on the road for whatever reason. Highly unlikely these hatch year birds are associating people with food but it's still not common for snowy owls to fly towards groups of people. If this can be avoided by people not lining up all along this busy road I would hope that something simple like that wouldn't be "stiring up trouble where it doesn't exist."
I spend a good amount of time looking for the 3rd snowy owl that was hit this morning that the Burlington animal control was unable to find without any luck. I'm a little taken back that an attempt to protect these owls from being hit is taken as me stirring up trouble but I also don't really care. Its also no secret that Eastport is a death trap for many birds hence the warning signs about low flying birds. Also yes tollgate is a regular winter location for snowy owls but many being hit along Eastport is not so common. A proactive approach to make any attempt to help them does not make me a trouble maker. On Nov 20, 2017 8:50 AM, "Owl Man" <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a huge favor to ask of everyone. It is no secret that snowy owls > are showing up on eastport drive in large numbers. Last night we had our > 3rd owl hit by a car. The owls are coming over to the lines of > photographers and then hanging out on the road. If everyone could please > resist the urge to photograph them here we could very likely save the lives > of many of these owls. I can only speculate why these birds are flying over > to groups of people when they setup to photograph them but it sounds likely > that they are associating people with food. Without starting up that debate > I only ask that people please do not stop on eastport drive to photograph > them for the owls sake. Thanks > _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - 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 Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
