Outdoor Ontario

Request for Information => Birding Areas => Topic started by: pacharo on September 14, 2012, 03:05:32 PM

Title: Owls in the GTA?
Post by: pacharo on September 14, 2012, 03:05:32 PM

I would be grateful for any guidance on where (and when) I could observe owls in the GTA.

I have yet to add an owl to my life list.  But I now have a request from a grandchild who LOVES owls and wants to see a "real" one (meaning other than at the zoo…)

Title: Re: Owls in the GTA?
Post by: thouc on September 14, 2012, 07:08:23 PM

Winter is usually the best time.

Owl locations are usually kept secret to avoid disturbing them unnecessarily, but Leslie Street Spit (Tommy Thompson park) is a good spot. Snowy Owls are usually posted, often show up along the lakefront or in the fields north of Toronto (Keswick and Bradford areas).

Title: Re: Owls in the GTA?
Post by: Reuven_M on September 14, 2012, 07:25:14 PM

Every tiny woodlot has screech owls.