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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: Brian Bailey on March 08, 2014, 07:57:44 PM

Title: Snow Owl at Sam Smith Park
Post by: Brian Bailey on March 08, 2014, 07:57:44 PM

These images lack the wild feel of a natural setting, but I'm not complaining when I didn't have to drive anywhere to get them.

This is from last Sunday:
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7342/12894672824_984121105e.jpg)
And these are from this afternoon:
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7295/13021097785_f570ae55d5_z.jpg)
(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2445/13021097875_8052fffeb9_z.jpg)
Here she is on the dock with a partially eaten merganser nearby:
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7359/13021098135_25af9615e0_z.jpg)

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Title: Re: Snow Owl at Sam Smith Park
Post by: mr.sharp-photo on March 08, 2014, 09:51:47 PM

in the past 3 years, i've sporadically gone to SS to look for a) the snowy b) the shrikes.

i've seen the shrike (really well) just once. never have i found the snowy.

glad to hear someone else is having luck!

Title: Re: Snow Owl at Sam Smith Park
Post by: Brian Bailey on March 08, 2014, 11:21:03 PM

It's been a pretty reliable bird for the past week, but that could change any day (it is March 8th).  Both of the past two times I've seen it (late afternoon) it has initially been far off and later flown to a more accessible perch. There were people skating by the docks today, but I don't know how much longer that will be safe.

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