Short eared owls - Event Date: 11 February 2007

This evening around 5:30 PM a group of about 12 short eared owls were located South of Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge.  They were feeding in the fields East of Lickert Harder Road.  Their exact location was about 1.5 miles South of the Refuge and just North of the first set of railroad tracks.

Edited by blodgetj - 11 February 2007 at 6:05pm

Purely accidental.  I live in Oak Harbor and often use Lickert Harder Road as an exit from Ottawa National.  Today it really paid off.

Glad you found the rare bird alert web page and located the sighting.  We wish you were home too.  See you in a couple of weeks.

Edited by blodgetj - 12 February 2007 at 8:41am

If you went out this morning I imagine the weather was against a probable sighting of the owls.  Did you go?  Were you successful in finding the birds?

Edited by blodgetj - 13 February 2007 at 3:38pm

You made a wise decision staying out of this area early in the morning.  I was on the road by 6:45 AM today and the North South roads were really bad.  Good chance the owls will, as you say, "hunker down" for a couple of days.  If so there should be outstanding viewing again soon.

Edited by blodgetj - 13 February 2007 at 5:37pm