(story by Jane)
We met Bill and Barb on Milton and we drove slowly down the road to Smith looking for Sandhill Cranes, unfortunately we did not see any.
Then we checked out Frank Kenny for any Snowy
Owls, no luck.
We eventually arrived at Lafleche to see flocks
of Snow Geese. John Ruddy was there with his
group and he told us they had good views of 2
Ross's geese, but none for us.
We then went over to check out County Roads 21,
20 and 10. On 20, we spotted a falcon, but
unfortunately we did not get a good enough view to
identify it. We did see Snow Buntings and Horned
Larks. We stopped to look at a Rough-legged
Hawk. Stopped for lunch on County Road 19, no
Snowy Owl. We drove to the corner then turned
around and drove to about where we had lunch and
yes a Snowy Owl in the field. (Barb and Bill
already had seen a Snowy on Leitrim Road the way
to meet us - so it was their 2nd of the day). We
kept driving down 19 and there on a far tree a
full adult Bald Eagle. Barb, Connie and I then
had a discussion on what was a better find Snowy
Owl or Bald Eagle. Snowy Owls always put a smile
on my face, but there is something magnificent
about a Bald Eagle
We drove to Cobb Creek in the hope of seeing
Snow Geese, we were not disappointed, there must
have been 5000+ .
On Russell
Road we were fortunate to have a Pileated
Woodpecker fly the front of our car. Barb and
Bill left us at Leitrim Road, we kept driving to
Dolman Ridge.
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