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Birding Reports => Toronto Reports => Topic started by: dodo on May 27, 2018, 10:44:41 PM

Title: Eastern Screech Owls in ravine in Rosedale
Post by: dodo on May 27, 2018, 10:44:41 PM

I was riding my bike along a ravine trail tonight at 9PM and there were 3 Eastern Screech Owls at the edge of the trail. It was beside Yellow Creek about 50 meters downstream from the Glen Road Bridge.

Title: Re: Eastern Screech Owls in ravine in Rosedale
Post by: orchidpoet on June 08, 2018, 10:18:44 PM

Wow, thanks for the info.

I live nearby. Will try to take a look on Sunday.

Title: Re: Eastern Screech Owls in ravine in Rosedale
Post by: dodo on June 12, 2018, 08:30:25 PM

Orchidpoet,if you want to get a good view of them you probably need a high beam flashlight. When I see them at the edge of the trail I point them out to people passing by but in the fading light they look too small to be owls until I shine a flashlight on them. I locate them at after it is getting dark by listening to the raspy sound they make.Last night I could hear them beside the trail near where yellow creek flows underground into the sewer system.

Title: Re: Eastern Screech Owls in ravine in Rosedale
Post by: orchidpoet on June 12, 2018, 11:52:38 PM

Dodo, you should run a guided tour!