Thanks to OntBirds, we were able to visit Bowesville
Road
Barbara thought she saw it as we drove slowly by, but I
thought the light would be better from the trail in behind. Well, that did not work, as we could see
nothing at all. Returning to the road,
we joined a few other birders, and one of them spotted our quarry.
We had a partially obscured view, but tried photographs
nonetheless. Suddenly a Pileated
Woodpecker flew in close to the owl. We
believe that it was not initially aware of the danger, since it suddenly began
to make a huge racket when it noticed the owl.
The woodpecker flew off calling wildly, but the owl was
unperturbed. It flew further back into
the woods, but was shortly spotted in a more open area to the north. We got our photos.
Some geocachers alerted us to a Snowy Owl on Earl Armstrong
by the S bend. So we went over there but
did not find it, only a Red-tailed Hawk.
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