These are all photos I have taken by the lakeshore in the last month or so.  I have taken all of them out the window of my car, as to not disturb the owls.   There are at least two owls down there.   One of them likes to hang out by the side of the road, so it can be pretty easy to spot.

Windy afternoon ‘do!

It is sometimes there in the middle of the day, sleeping!

noon nap

I often see it hunting from a fencepost in late afternoon.

Searching for prey as the sun goes down

Dive bomb!

I have seen Barred Owls catching voles in this field.   They will also eat any small or medium sized rodent, rabbits, crayfish, and frogs.

Where’s Waldo

The other owl is a lot harder to find, as it sleeps at the edges of the woods, far in from the road.   I think I have seen it flying around at dusk as well.

Barred owls will be courting and finding nests this month.   Perhaps these two will meet up!

All the best!

Leslie

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First Snowy Owl of the Season

Last weekend I started the day out with a hike to Gull Island, at Presqu’ile Park.   On my way through the woods I scared up a Great Horned Owl!   No photos as we were both very surprised.   What a beautiful bird.   And huge..   After my crossing to Gull Island I found the first Snowy I have seen this fall.   He was very very sleepy from his journey south.   Who knows if this will be another big year for Snowy Owls in our part of Ontario.   Time will tell.

Barred Owl

Now that the leaves are off the trees it is a lot easier to see the resident Barred Owls at the park, which I did as I was driving to get coffee and rum cake at the annual Christmas at Presqu’ile event.    So many people whipped past me on the road and passed this owl by. The trick to noticing wildlife is to drive annoyingly slowly.

Snowy Owl

My next stop was Amherst Island- how could I resist. I thought the owling might be good over there because as soon as I stepped out of the car I noticed little voles skittering all over the place- rustling through the grass, little dark grey shapes running across my path. Well sure enough, I saw a few more snowies, some closer, some far away.

Typical Snowy Owl scene. Far away. In sheep field. On fence post.

Northern Saw Whet Owl

Next a very nice woman showed me where a little Saw Whet Owl was sleeping. This absolutely made my day. These little cuties are as big as your hand. Incredibly well camouflaged. Oh my goodness.

Also sleepy

Barred Owl at sunset

I ended my day there by spotting a Barred Owl hunting by the side of a dirt road. The second of the day.   9th owl, of 4 species.  Right place, right time? This time, you bet.

Thanks for visiting.

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Get it out!

What’s this owl doing? It’s regurgitating a pellet.   Owls regurgitate pellets about once a day, usually from a favourite roost.   They just open their mouths wide, make a terrible face, and push them out.   Bleh.  Why do they do this?   And what’s in a pellet anyway?

Barred owl just about to swallow a vole- all  in one piece.

Unlike us,  owls do not chew their food.   Instead, they swallow their prey whole.

The tail goes down last.

Their stomachs have two parts.   The first part is the proventriculus, which produces acid, enzymes, and mucus.  This part begins the process of digestion of the prey.     The second part of the owl’s digestive system is the gizzard.   The gizzard acts like a filter, catching indigestible  parts of the prey like teeth, feathers, bones, and fur.    The gizzard compresses these indigestible bits into a pellet, which will be regurgitated several hours after the owl has eaten.

Getting Ready…

When I found this Snowy Owl it was making the weirdest faces.    What I soon realized was that it was getting ready to expel a pellet.    Since the pellet partially blocks the owl’s digestive system, it needs to get rid of it before it can eat again.

Snowy Owl regurgitating a pellet

If you find a pellet you can take it home, take it apart, and find out what the owl has been eating.

Do I do this?   Yes.   Of course.  I’ve brought home lots of pellets.   I also collected Barred Owl pellets and brought them in for my Grade 2 students to dissect.   They were engaged and focussed for 90 minutes.   Just so you know, that is unheard of!

The Queen’s favourite roost.

In my last blog I wrote about my favourite Snowy Owl, the Queen of Gull Island.   She likes to sit on a duck blind for much of her day.  Sure enough, I found pellets scattered on the seat and floor of the blind when I looked in there.   I wrapped one up in a Kleenex, slipped it in my pocket, and took it home.   The only tricky thing was remembering which Kleenex it was wrapped up in, so I would not use it to blow my nose when I was hiking back to my car.

Snowy Owl pellet with feather and a whole lot more inside.

Here’s the pellet I collected the other day.   You can see feathers from the waterfowl this Snowy Owl hunts, as well as little bits of bone.

Jawbones, teeth and ribs of a little rodent.

Taking it apart revealed rodent jaws and teeth.   There are a lot of mice on Gull Island.

What did YOU do on Saturday night?

Here’s the mess I made.

An elusive Screech Owl

A pellet also revealed something fascinating about the elusive little screech owl that lives in my neighbourhood.     Last February I heard a huge disturbance in my backyard, birds squawking and going crazy.   I went outside and saw a Screech Owl roosting in a red pine tree.  By the time I got my camera it had flown away, but it left a pellet below its roosting spot.

No, it is not fruit and nut bread. It’s a Screech Owl Pellet.

I dissected it, fully expecting to find bones and teeth and fur of rodents.   Interestingly,  it was full of small pebbles, and the exoskeletons of some kind of invertebrate.   No fur, no bones.

Unexpected contents: pebbles and exoskeletons

Screech Owls have a really varied diet and are little opportunists.  My best guess is that the pebbles and exoskeletons I found in the pellet were from caddisfly nymphs who live in our backyard stream.

Caddisfly nymph covered in pebbles. Image credit: Bob, Aquatic Insects of Virginia

These little aquatic insects coat themselves in pebbles, sticks, and other bits and pieces from the stream bottoms where they live.   Good camouflage and protection for them- but apparently not good enough to elude the crafty Screech Owl.

What has this Barred Owl been eating?

Though the Screech Owl’s diet was certainly interesting, it wasn’t 100% surprising that it was finding its prey in the water.    When I collected this Barred Owl’s pellets and gave them to my friend’s little boys, they found crayfish exoskeletons in them.

Snowy Owl with Common Merganser for Dinner

Owl pellets give us clues about the lives and habits of owls that we might not ever have known about otherwise. If you find one, you have probably found an owl’s favourite roosting spot.   If you like, you can take the pellet home and dissect it.   Put out some newspaper, get some sharp tools to pull it apart with, and see what’s inside.   You might want to give the pellet a day or two to dry out, but don’t wait too long, or forget about it, as it will get moldy (maybe I’ve done this…).

Little balls of fun!

Sources:

The Owl Pages

Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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This morning I got up early and headed down to Presqu’ile Park for a hike out to Gull Island.

Right now, Gull Island looks like this.  Required footwear for the hike varies, but today it consisted of tall rubber boots with ice cleats strapped on to them.    A very fashionable ensemble.

Hiking out the the island I am never alone, as the lake is teeming with waterfowl such as these little Long Tailed Ducks.

And mallards….woah, look out behind you!!!!

Each year, a female Snowy makes Gull Island her home.   I don’t really know if it is always the same one.    But I do know that many Snowy Owls enjoy winter territories around the Great Lakes each year.    It’s the easy access to waterfowl that keeps them coming back.

Today I initially found the Queen sitting on a duck blind.   Isn’t it nice of the park staff to set these up for her?    She checked me out, then fell back to sleep.

Snowy Owls are wild, and do not tolerate people if we get too close.   I have learned to stay far back, stay still, and then the owl will just go about its business instead of flying away.    My long lens helps, as does heavily cropping photos when I get home.

I always take a plastic garbage bag in my backpack so I can sit down on it and wait, and watch, without soaking my pants.   Eventually the owl took off right over me to go hunt over the lake.

She flew back to the island and landed on the “Access Prohibited” sign, then gave me a little wink.   OK, I am anthropomorphizing here.   Again.

After swooping down over the island looking for rodents she landed back up on a post.  I love how her feathers were blowing in the wind, and how I can see the fuzz on her face when she turns sideways.  Once again, I waited to see what would happen.

Off she flew, right over me! What a beauty! New Year’s Eve is always kind of like Thanksgiving for me.   I look back on the year, and think about all the things I am thankful for.

I am so fortunate that I live in such a beautiful part of the world, where I can visit wild creatures like the Snowy Owl who fill me with such awe.   I can’t think of a better way to spend the last day of 2015.

Thank you for sharing my journey with me, and Happy New Year!

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Good Morning Presqu’ile!   Oh how I love you!

There are so many reasons to love Presqu’ile Park, no matter when you visit.You can show up early on a hazy fall morning, and observe as Presqu’ile’s beaches and offshore islands start to come alive with sound and activity.

Migrating shorebirds start to wake up, and begin their daily search for food.

If you sit or lie down very still, the shorebirds will walk right past you as they are feeding.   It is endlessly entertaining to watch them.

A fall drive around the park may reveal a Ruffed Grouse, foraging at the side of the road for breakfast.  Look at those gorgeous feather patterns!

As seasons change and the weather turns colder, the park becomes very quiet.    I think winter is when Presqu’ile really shows its magic.

Little by little the lake freezes over.   Depending on the wind and the waves, the lakeshore looks different every time I visit in the winter, and each time is spectacular.Presqu’ile is famous for its ice volcanoes.   When the wind is just right, water from the waves will spray up through these holes in the ice.  I like them best at sunset, when they are lit up like some alien landscape.   Snowy owls love to use the offshore islands to hunt. Even in the dead of winter there is so much beauty to be found at Presqu’ile.Spring comes to Presqu’ile, and with it, the busiest time of year.A walk along the boardwalk in Jobes Woods reveals little sprouts of green, and some unexpected company.Look who’s watching you now!Early spring also brings the arrival of waterfowl, who are great show-offs for their potential mates.   What characters. As the ice moves out of Presqu’ile Bay, huge “rafts” of waterfowl can be seen feeding along the ice edge.Spring also brings bugs- lots of them!   But isn’t that perfect timing? The migratory birds are on their way back north.

Lots and lots and lots of them!.   How exciting to be at the park when the trees and bushes are just full of colourful birds singing and eating and flying about.  I am very grateful to have met some very experienced and knowledgeable birders at the park, who can help me learn about all these birds, their names, and their habits.     The diversity of species at Presqu’ile is amazing!

One day I got stuck out in a thunderstorm down by the lighthouse so went into the duck viewing shelter to get out of the rain.   In the tree next to me were so many different kinds of little birds I could barely keep track of them.   Above is a little Yellow Warbler shaking off the rain.Oh, and “fallouts!”   A fallout is when weather or wind conditions cause many thousands of birds to come to the same area all at once.   I will never forget being at Owen Point early on a May morning this year, and experiencing a fallout of shorebirds.   They were everywhere the eye could see, in flocks in the hundreds, soaring around, and feeding on the beaches.

I think I took over 1000 photographs that day!    It was so great because the Ontario Field Ornithologists Young Birders were at Owen Point that morning too, and this enthusiastic group of young people got to experience this spectacle as well. I don’t think any of us will ever forget it.

Did I mention you could see a fox at Presqu’ile?   And if that’s not enough for you…How about watching a fox walk down the road and then having a deer cross right in front of it, say “Good Morning” and carry on.   Is this the Bambi movie? I don’t know.    Presqu’ile is so cool.On the first hot hazy days of the year, the momma snapping turtles will come out of the mud and start to lay their eggs at the side of the roads.     A couple of years I have been down there on just the right day and seen 4 or 5 of these beauties all in the same trip.  I love their long sharp claws!Of course, Presqu’ile is for recreation too!   Walter loves to swim and run on the rocky beach.    The sandy beach is for the shorebirds, and of course all the campers and day trippers that flock to Presqu’ile in the summer.No matter when I visit, Presqu’ile always has something beautiful to offer.    I’m never disappointed.

Presqu’ile Provincial Park is located on the north shore of Lake Ontario, just south of Brighton.   Check it out!

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I’m pretty fluffy and cute, but look at my talons!

Yes, it’s that time of year again- time for the Barred Owlets to leave the nest and venture out on their own.

I see you.

When owlets come down from their nest, and climb up into the nearby trees they are called “branchers.”   They just crawl around the branches with their talons and beaks, flapping their wings.   They will learn to fly little by little, first by flapping and hopping from one branch to another one nearby, and then flying and gliding short distances on their own.

Tired

Mama owl seems pretty glad to be off her nest, and spends a lot of time sleeping high up in the treetops. Papa owl does a lot of the hunting so he is out and about.   He often brings his prey to the female, and she goes and feeds the babies. The female calls to the male with high rising call, telling him where she is so he can bring her food.   To hear this call, click this link to Barred Owl calls, then choose “female solicitation call.”   The Adult Barred Owls make a wide variety of sounds, which can be listened to on this page from Cornell Lab of Ornithology.    It gives me a thrill every time I hear them vocalizing near me in the woods.

What a perch

The little owlets crawl surprisingly high up into the tops of the trees!  I can only find them by listening for their sound, a high pitched hoarse little screech, then pinpointing where it is coming from.  To hear what their screech sounds like, follow the link and choose “fledgling begging calls.”

Hot up here

The owlets tend to find an exposed branch from where they can screech for food and watch for their parents.    It gets pretty hot up there, so I often see them panting.   When their parents come, it is often accompanied by a great deal of hooting and screeching from all members of the family.

Chipmunk dinner

Here’s Papa Owl, high above in the treetops, coming with dinner for one of the owlets.      Even at this small size, the owlets can swallow a chipmunk whole.

After eating, time for a nap!

I can’t believe how funny this little owlet is with its leg dangling off the branch.   Talk about relaxed!

And then there were three.

One night I was out in the woods and found a third owlet, still sitting on top of the nest tree.   It flapped its wings and teetered a bit on the edge of the tree, then went back down into the nest.  Eventually this little owl found its way down and climbed up into the forest canopy.

Mama and Owlet

One of the last times I saw the little owls, the mother owl was sitting on a branch nearby.   She then flew over to one of the owlets.    I thought she was bringing food, but she actually went over and started preening the little one’s feathers.   It leaned into her, and preened her too. Oh my goodness.   I can’t believe I got to see that!

I’ll preen you too, Mama

The owlets can often be found close together, with the mother nearby.    As time goes on, it becomes harder and harder for me to find them, as they learn to fly and can cover larger distances every day.

Getting Bigger

Here is a photo from one of the last times I saw the owlets.   By now they should be doing some hunting on their own, and have moved further away from the vicinity on their nest tree.

This is the second year in a row I have been fortunate enough to observe a family of Barred Owls growing up.    Sometimes, when I was out in the woods covered up from head to toe, doused in insect repellant, and not seeing or hearing a thing,  something amazing would happen and my patience would be rewarded.   That’s what it was like when I found the third owlet, and also when I got to see the mother and baby owl preening each other.    Both times, I had been just about ready to go home because I had been sitting still for so long.

It’s worth it

Back in the woods, it’s like I am in a secret world, and if I sit long enough that world will just carry on despite my being there.

It’s worth the wait, for sure.

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You made it!

Located on Lake Ontario, just southeast of Kingston, this little island is a haven for wildlife.

The Frontenac Two. Don’t know where Frontenac One is.

Every trip to Amherst Island begins and ends with a ferry ride.   It’s only 20 minutes, but there’s always lots to see.

Ferry channel in early March

This time of year, the ferry has to break through big chunks of ice to make the crossing.

Ducks making way for the ferry

Waterfowl live in the channels of open water.  Sometimes you can see a Snowy Owl sitting out on the ice too.   They will dine on the waterfowl if that is on their menu for the evening.

Wooly

The island is completely rural, full of sheep farms and horses.  It is also a paradise for raptors, due to its high vole population. Many birds of prey overwinter here because the hunting is good.  A drive around Amherst Island on a winter day is sure to be interesting. You never know what you are going to see.

Public School Snowy Owl

Snowy Owls pretty much own the island.   The one above likes to perch over the playground at the public school.

Sentinel

This one likes the main intersection.

Fire hall Snowy

The most reliable Snowy Owl is this young one, who likes its vantage point from an old twisted tree behind the fire hall.

What a sight

It’s not hard to find these beauties.  They stand out in stark contrast to the sky.

Relaxing

This snowy looks pretty content.   That’s because it had just finished a skirmish for territory with another owl, and found a nice place to perch.

Hunting

This owl was off to go hunting.

Bald Eagle

A drive around the island can also yield many other spectacular raptors, like this young Bald Eagle.

Short-Eared Owl at dusk

I saw my second Short-Eared Owl ever, just before sunset one night.    I had to decide whether to photograph it, or get on the next ferry back to the mainland.   Well, I managed to do both, but it was tight!

Rough Legged hawk

There are numerous Rough-Legged Hawks on the island as well.  They are remarkably large birds of prey. So far, I have only photographed them from a great distance, but some day I will get lucky. They are gorgeous birds. Red-Tailed Hawks are also numerous on the island, but I do not have a single photo of one.  Someday.

White Tailed Deer

Amherst Island is also a great place to see White Tailed Deer.  We saw this lovely little one just at sunset. Note the grass showing in this photo.   Amazing! Haven’t seen that in a while.

???

Check out this bird.    It was hard to figure out what in the world it was, and what the people were doing out on the ice  on Lake Ontario, south of the island.    After intensive spying with binoculars and zoom lenses, we finally figured out it was a little helicopter, and the people were out ice fishing!   Pretty posh.

Goodbye for now

As the sun goes down, it’s time to catch the ferry and head back to the mainland.  Looking back on Amherst Island from the back of the ferry, it’s so amazing to think that this tiny, flat little island out on Lake Ontario can be such a haven for wildlife.  That’s what keeps me going back!

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But you know we always see you first!

A few days ago I went owling with a friend who had never done it before.   The weather forecast said a high of -6C for the day, but it was way colder than that in the morning.   More like -16 C.  This is what the lake looked like that morning.

brrrr

We were dressed properly (read: 3 pairs of pants, etc) and had a bit of a hike to warm up, so it was fine.   I must say it was so cold that every time I put my camera up to my face to take a photo, the viewfinder in the camera fogged up- even if I held my breath.   It was really challenging to tell if anything was in focus or even there.

We searched row after row of trees in the forest, one person on one side, one on the other, trying to be as quiet as we could despite the snow crunching underneath our feet.  We were looking for some little shape or lump or colour that didn’t look like part of a tree.   As we trudged along I was thinking it might be getting boring, or cold, or whatever, for my friend, when all of a sudden I heard her whisper- “Leslie- look!” and then saw the hand signal, meaning “it’s tiny!”

Carry on, people…

Oh boy!   A Northern Saw Whet Owl.  What a find!   Cold?   What cold?

One of the cutest creatures on the planet!   Just tucked away roosting in a pine tree, about 7 feet up.  You can see a couple of little branches sticking up through the feathers on the owl’s stomach.   Sometimes Saw Whet Owls will save part of a mouse on a little stick like that, to eat another day.

Saw Whet Owls hunt at night and roost in the day.   Their defence mechanism if found is to stay still, and count on their camouflage to keep them safe.  You do not want to flush a tiny Saw Whet Owl, as they are a favourite meal of many larger raptors in the forest.   They need to hide to survive.

Awwww

We only stayed for a couple of minutes, got a few shots on our fogged up cameras, and moved on to let the little owl go back to sleep.

Goodnight

Not believing our good luck, we headed into the deeper woods to have a look around.

What a surprise

Deep in the forest, sitting out on the end of a branch was this amazing Long Eared Owl, looking right back at us.  I was so startled when I saw it.  What a face.   Like a cat?   Angry?  Surprised?  It was almost surreal to see one for the first time.  These owls stretch themselves out tall and thin to try to hide.  They are the most interesting looking creatures.    Long Eared Owls are strictly nocturnal, and very secretive.   What a treat it was to actually see one!

A great day owling, for sure!

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Seriously…

Having a Great Gray Owl around is like having a big secret that you want to tell everyone about but you can’t.   You see, Great Gray Owls are rare down here in Southern Ontario.   And they are exquisitely beautiful.  When they do show up the odd time from the north, they create quite a stir.   People drive from all over to see them.  This can be quite disruptive for the owl and for the neighbours.  So I kept it to myself, mostly.

Look at that Wingspan

The first time I saw the owl it just flew across the road above my car when I was driving home from work at dusk.   It’s wingspan was enormous!  Great Gray Owls are North America’s largest owl with a wingspan up to 60 inches (2 metres) , but they are mostly fluff, weighing only 2-3 pounds, about half the weight of a snowy owl.  I actually can’t believe they only weigh 2-3 pounds…they are huge!!!

Grey morning

They have soft, thick patterned grey and white feathers that allow them to blend right in with their surroundings.    In the photo above, the owl was sitting in a grove of trees on a grey, foggy morning last February.    I drove right past it without realizing it was there until the last second.

Hunting

Why do these beautiful owls leave their northern forest homes and come south?  Probably, food.  Last year we had a big three day ice storm here in Ontario, the ice then got covered in a thick layer of snow that stayed all winter.   Conditions were tough for many wild animals and birds.  Most likely this owl came south in search of better hunting grounds.    The fields on my road are full of rodents.

Dusk

Once I knew the owl was hanging around it was so exciting because each day had potential.    Every morning when I would drive to work, I would look for the owl.   In the evening when I walked my dog, I would look again.   Sure, most of the time it wasn’t there (or I missed it!)  but every once in a while I had a sighting.

Well, hello

I had some real treats, too.  One morning I was in my housecoat drinking coffee and I heard the crows going crazy outside in my driveway.   The crows hate owls and often mob them, so I knew I had to get out and see what was going on as fast as I could.   I threw on my winter coat and boots and went out the front door, just in time to see the Great Gray Owl swoop across my driveway, pursued by about 6 angry crows.   It landed on a nearby fencepost, so I sat myself down in a snowbank and hung out and watched it. It watched me a bit too!

Morning routine

But mostly it just preened its feathers and slept.  Great Gray Owls don’t view humans as a threat, and generally don’t fly away if they see you.   Most of my neighbours had stories about the owl sitting calmly watching them do some human activity, like unloading their pickup trucks or shovelling their driveways.

Roosting

Another treat came a couple of weeks later, when I went out into my back garden to fill the bird feeders, like I do every morning.   The owl was roosting in a pine tree at the back of my garden.   Unbelievable !  It stayed in my garden all day.

Look out squirrels!

Later in the afternoon it flew to a branch  on the fence at the side of my garden and did some squirrel watching !  I am glad I’m not a squirrel.

Evening walk

Walking my dog in the evening, there was always the chance that I would see the owl.   And I did- many times.

April sunset

Sunset was the best time.

Bye for now

This winter, the Great Gray Owl has not returned.   This most likely means it has been able to find food enough in its home territory to sustain it through the winter.   And that’s the way it should be.

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Good morning!

It’s amazing to see the difference one month can make.   Winter is a wonderful time to visit.   The peace and quiet has afforded me some terrific opportunities to sit tight and observe the Snowy Owl going about her business.

Ahhh!

In the calm of the morning, with the golden light of the rising sun, Gull Island can be quite lovely.   These days, the crossing to the island is barely ankle deep, and is covered in a thin coat of ice that gauges how much you had for breakfast that morning by how often you break through.

Looking good!

I love to watch her preen her feathers, since it allows me to see her feathery feet and long sharp talons.

I see you.

This young female was keeping a close eye on her surroundings, and seemed to have her eye on the large rafts of Long-Tailed Ducks out on Lake Ontario.

A hunting she will go…

Off she went, and took a long slow flight over the ducks in a big arc.   I don’t think she caught one this time.

No owls here…

Driving out of the park, there was another owl sitting sleeping up in a dead tree!   I have never seen a Snowy Owl anywhere near there before.   They seem to be everywhere this year!

The big snooze

A large seasonal  southerly movement of a large number of  birds is called an “irruption.”   I just learned yesterday that if the birds repeat this the following year, it is called an “echo.”   From what I have read, this year is an “echo” year for Snowy Owls.

Ya, I like it here!

Time will tell whether the Snowy Owls populations ultimately benefit from this huge seasonal migration.    One thing I do know is there is plenty for them to eat at Presqu’ile, with all the waterfowl that congregate there in the winter months, and the voles and mice that live in the park too.

I feel so fortunate that I can visit and watch these majestic birds of prey.  Keep your eyes open- they are popping up everywhere in our area right now!

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