Today is an interesting day. Not being able to bird on a Sunday is a weird feeling, but some work needed to get done on a hopefully cool Christmas gift for Julia I will be sharing with you all!
Even though I didn't formally go out birding today I still managed to nail down a single bird I haven't seen since February, a Snowy Owl!
This is the 3rd individual I've spotted this year which is down from a few winters ago where I managed to find around 7-8 in a 4-month span. Nonetheless, it is always great to see these pretty white birds! This female has decided to call the outskirts of Dunnville (more formally known as Byng) her home. To top that she has been showing herself all over this area landing on man-made objects like street lamps and no parking signs. She has acted as sort of a local celebrity.
With this comes the everso talked about etiquette of viewing and photographing owls. I myself employ to follow a strict "social distancing" rule of about 50m from the birds. This is to ensure they don't feel stressed or a little freaked out by a person being so close to them. And when it comes to the most common 2 open-land owls of Haldimand (Short-ears and Snowies) they usually do a great job of keeping that distance from me as well.
So, I ask all my readers, please follow this "social distancing" rule for owls as much as you can!
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| This is the local celeb sitting on the top of a lamp post. |
