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Birding Reports => Southern Ontario Reports => Topic started by: cabz on January 24, 2014, 05:42:16 PM

Title: Holland marsh Snowies?
Post by: cabz on January 24, 2014, 05:42:16 PM
Not seeing any reports for snowy owls around Holland Marsh.  It is usually a good place for them.  Keep checking Ontbirds, but nothing recent.  If Monday is nice, might celebrate my birthday by taking a trip out there or head down to Hamilton area.  Decisions, Decisions.

Any help/advice appreciated.

Stay warm!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Holland marsh Snowies?
Post by: lovemypt on January 24, 2014, 06:44:25 PM
I have been up there a few times and my friend as well, but with very little results, I only found one along canal area, seems the snowies have travelled a little further south and not in high numbers up there..........not sure perhaps the flooding in that area last spring/summer may have effected the types of crops and leftovers which in turn effected the mice/mole populations. The fields also looked very iced over and were completedly covered by that ice storm making for difficult hunting there. In contrast, the Hamilton/ St Catherine area seems to have higher than normal numbers........I would go there :D
Title: Re: Holland marsh Snowies?
Post by: lock65 on May 03, 2014, 09:14:18 PM
http://www.facebook.com/simcoecountybanding (http://www.facebook.com/simcoecountybanding). We drove around the Holland marsh a few times this winter . average  six or seven different birds each time .