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Fwd: OWLS OWLS OWLS.

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Phil Davis

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Maryland Birds & Birding

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Tue, 18 Jan 2005 01:31:54 -0500

MD Osprey:

Below is a cross-posting from Birdchat. Amherst Island, in eastern Ontario, 
is where we want them. That's the gateway to the eastern US via New York 
state! The weather for the next week or so looks like a lot of northerly winds.

No updates on the earlier information about possible Great Grays in MD or PA.

Phil


>Date:         Mon, 17 Jan 2005 21:40:39 -0500
>From: ALFRED RIDER <>
>Subject: [BIRDCHAT] OWLS OWLS OWLS.
>To: 
>
>  Hello Chatters.
>                           With nothing more intelligent to do than pick
>the coldest weekend of the winter so far, three of us from the owl-starved
>region of S.W. Ontario went first to Amherst Island near Kingston Ont. we
>found BOREAL, SNOWY and LONG-EARED OWLS.    We returned slightly closer to
>home and spent the night in Whitby, Ont.
>      Early the next morning found us before daybreak standing by the Lynde
>Shores Conservation Area marsh in about -15F! Anyway we eventually saw over
>ten GREAT GRAY OWLS in that area.  The day was overcast and the owls were
>actively hunting the high population  of Voles with many successes
>noted.  In one tree an Adult GOSHAWK sat above a GREAT-HORNED OWL looking
>ominous!  In the same area were both BARRED and SAW-WHET OWLS. On a break
>for lunch and warmth we saw the N. HAWK OWL hunting a roadside and not far
>away we went to try and find the HARRIS'S SPARROW and we found it by
>finding other birders cars!
>      That was eight owls in 24 hours. On the way home we re-located a
>SCREECH OWL to complete nine owls in 36 hours.  We missed the Short-Eared
>Owls, but we cannot have everything?  While listening to the Screech Owl we
>looked at the clearing sky and located the latest Comet close to the Pleiades.
>              We got home late last evening and speaking for myself, with
>several sweaters on, it is still cold. Brrrr.
>                                                  Good Birding.   Alf.
>             Kettle Point. Ontario.
>             CANADA.

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Phil Davis      Davidsonville, Maryland     USA
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