Owls, owls and more owls

Hello from Kingston. Today we left bright and early from Ottawa and headed straight to Amherst Island in Lake Ontario. First stop was the Owl Woods, where I saw my first Northern Saw-Whet Owl. The day continued with a Barred Owl, various water birds, shore birds, sparrows, finches, etc. and ended with a flock of 26 (yes, TWENTY-SIX!) Short-Eared Owls (also a first for me). The only owls I managed to capture today were two of the three Northern Saw-Whets we found in the Owl Woods. Here are some samples...

~Northern Saw-Whet Owl~

Nikon D80, 70-300 mm f4.5-5.6G

Manual Mode, Handheld

~Northern Saw-Whet Owl~

Nikon D80, 70-300 mm f4.5-5.6G

Manual Mode, Handheld

~Northern Saw-Whet Owl~

Nikon D80, 70-300 mm f4.5-5.6G

Manual Mode, Handheld

More to come from our return visit tomorrow, if we don't freeze to death first. There were apparently both a snowy and a long-eared on the island that we didn't see...hopefully tomorrow.

~Frances