Nothing to do with migration but I was following another thread about owls on the spit and I was reminded of Bernice Inman...she was Roy Ivor's g/f...he left her a beautiful property across from UTM (Mississauga road just north of Dundas in Mississauga), for her to operate a bird sanctuary...anyway, she used to have a couple of Great Horned Owls around her place...she would give visitors a dead chick to hold in their palm (arms outstretched)...the owls would swoop from a tree, usually behind you...and delicately snatch the chick from your palm...it was incredible..usually ended up scaring the crap outta me b/c you can't hear them...they just appear...silent...and so accurate with those deadly talons...an absolutely magical experience I will never forget.
The property itself was incredible...it had a log cabin at the end of a long drive that wound its way through the woods...you'd never believe you were in the middle of an urban centre...
I remember she used to have a crested caracara...but apparently some evil n'eer do wells broke in to her aviary and stole it along with some other birds.
