Where should I go to shoot the bird ? 阿瓜 said: "North of Kanata, pretty close to Alcatel office, and DND." My God, that's big place I should go around, I have to minimize it. I got this after googled.
the report about the great gray owl in ottawa.
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Author: Ott User
Date: 01-03-05 19:21
Oops. Here is a link for directions to Shirleys Bay from
www.neilyworld.com.
http://members.rogers.com/larry.neily/orwo21.htm
The group of people I ran into on March Valley road had left after the owl flew into the tree. I stayed to watch it hunt.
----- Original Message -----
From: Ott User
To: Ontbirds
Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 8:18 PM
Subject: Great Gray Owls [Shirleys Bay + March Valley]
Hi.
Read a report of a Great Gray Owl sighted at Shirleys Bay (Jan. 1, 2005) on the Neily site. Went there this morning and saw a Great Gray Owl perched in a tree just off the road on the right side of Rifle road as you are heading down toward Shirleys Bay. The spot is almost opposite the big tower on the other side of the road.
It was first pointed out to me by two birders who had seen it fly into that area and land in a tree. Then I ran into another two birders down by the feeders at Shirleys Bay who had been viewing the owl earlier and they informed me of where the owl was located. Sure enough there it was perched not too far off the road, sleeping mostly. I met other birders who said it had been in the same spot for a few hours now.
When I went back later in the afternoon (4pm) it was actively hunting on the other side of the road almost opposite from where it had been perched. It made swoops to the ground a few times. It was in that general area for quite some time and flying more into the field by the time I left at about 4:30pm or so.
Before I went to see the Shirleys Bay owl at 4pm I had ventured down to March Valley road to see if I could spot any of the Great Gray Owls reported there earlier. I ran into a group of people who had gotten out of their vehicles. From what I recall, they saw a Great Gray Owl on the ground in the field first and then it was perched on a post about 25 feet from them. Then it flew up into a tree where it was quite visible. The owl was very active....hopping from ground to post to tree, back and forth. This was on March Valley road in the field where there is a RED abandoned contraption of some sort, a flat trailer or wagon or whatever that thing was. While I was there I saw a few vehicles parked by the side of March valley road and assummed the occupants had spotted an owl or something and went for a closer look...not sure.
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That's more clear, I'll go the place I went tens times ----- Shirleys Bay. I went there, and finished walking the 4 km trail, no great gray owl was shown in my sight. What I saw in the trail are my old friends --------- white tailed deers. here they are:
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