Hamilton area had a couple random sightings of a Snowy in August, near the RV place off Eastport. I didn't see the bird but saw the photos.
I stopped counting Snowys after 20 last winter. I used the same approach to counting them in certain areas like I do with Project Feeder Watch, only using the highest number seen at one time to count for that spot unless there was noticeable differences in the birds like an adult male to a juvi bird. Like I had 3 in one night along the stretch of the 401 coming home from work although I had single bird counts almost nightly from mid-December until mid-February. So I only counted 3 although it's possible there was more than that along the stretch.
I do regret not documenting the whole season of sightings last winter. I wonder what that number would have been?
The oddest part is that my usual sighting spots like Holland Marsh and Ravenshoe brought me only 1 bird the whole winter while others were seeing 6 and even up to 11 birds in a single outing!
The beginning of the big irruption in 2011 had Big Frank and I seeing an adult male in Bradford right around this time. I need to go back and look at files for an exact date. We were certain we spotted the bird with our bins way across a field. We followed the road up and around, and had it in very good view, basically across the road and up a bit. Man were we thrilled, adult males are the gems. Good times. I miss the big lug.
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