I went up the lake today as I missed the Snowy Owl cocktail party
Friday afternoon in the mucklands, but held out hope they would still be there.
After much scanning I did find one Snowy Owl sitting in the corn at the far
north side of the fields about center. It was partially hidden and hard to see
so it's possible others were still there although I couldn't find another one.
With constant shooting most of the waterfowl were bunched up at the east and
west sides of the fields. I could see nine Sandhill Cranes, but again they were
partially hidden in the grass and tough to see. I didn't find any unusual Gulls
or Geese. The Tundra Swan and Mallard numbers very were impressive.
Scanning the fields north to Carncross Rd. didn't produce any Snowy
Owls until my last stop at Morgan Rd. where I was hoping to see Short-eared
Owls. There was a young Northern Harrier hunting the fields, a few Gulls,
Canadas, one Tundra Swan and Hooded Mergansers. Just before dusk another white
bird flew in that I thought was a Herring Gull, but the flight didn't look
right and as I picked it up in my scope it transformed into a Snowy Owl. She
landed on a grass hummock to wait until dark to hunt. It's possible this one
was one of the mucklands 4. I never did see any Short-eared Owls.
Gary
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