OWLS OWLS OWLS

[RKD]

HELP!!!
After seeing so many great pictures of owls on this forum I have become obsessed with wanting to see my own owl in the wild maybe even two or three. I live on the edge of hundreds of acres of mixed woodland and look for signs of them but find nothing. What am I missing?
Is it easy to spot them without binoculars? Should I be looking only in evergreens, and if so what are the best ones?
Any ideas are welcome!!

[Kin Lau]

Great horned owls are the easiest to find. With the tree branches bare, you can sometimes spot that one "bump" near a tree trunk.

The two easiest locations for GHO's are Thickson's Woods and Tommy Thompson Park aka Leslie Spit (long walk tho).

[Axeman]

I've only seen one species of owl in my life...Great Gray....it was in Manitoba..and they are really easy to spot there..very tame bird...I've heard of Owl Spotting adventures in my area...and have no idea how they do it...I just never seem to be able to sign up for one of these excursions...oh sorry I did see a Barn Owl at a "resort" on Manitoulin Island once...it was in the restaurant...stuffed.

[Howieh]

I still haven't seen a snowy owl after my second birding winter. Since the temperatures will be above freezing for a few days will they start heading north?; if not how late in the season can we expect (hope?) to see them in this area?

[RKD]

Ok I saw my first owl today and it was a snowy when I least expected it. 6:45 this morning at the ramp going from 401 to 427 southbound. It all happened in a flash as I  saw what I thought initially to be a hawk divebomb some unsuspecting prey and in a flick I realized it was a snowy. Not a good spot to stop, lol, so all I saw was a fleating moment of a snowy owl, but its my first