Canada Birding Photography Locations & Reports

The Waterfront Trail runs west of Thickson’s Woods along the shores of Lake Ontario and with reports of Short-eared Owls cruising the meadows, Mike, Leslie, Frank, Ann and I took a trip out there today in hopes of spotting one of these birds.
The thick fog made for VERY poor visibility and at one point my camera would not even focus past 50 meters or so. Dense fog, totally overcast and threatening rain at any second was not the best conditions for photography! Leslie did flush a Short-eared Owl, but it disappeared quickly into the brush. We did find other signs of them in the pine tree’s (pellets, poop & feathers). We had a few good looks at a Northern Shrike hunting the scrub, scaring off a few sparrows. A local Northern Harrier (Mash Hawk) was seen on many occasions cruising the meadows in search of a meal as well as large local Red Tailed Hawk. We searched for hours, I mean really searched, the kind of searching that involves bushwhacking! On the way back we ran into four other birders that earlier had spotted a Long-eared Owl and they quickly pointed us in the right direction. Frank, Mike & Leslie carried on to another location in hopes of seeing a reported snowy owl. I hope they found it!

Long-eared Owl

Remnants Of Spring

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