Last Snowie of the Season?
Snowy owl season is rapidly coming to a close and for zealots like me this can lead to withdrawal symptoms. On Wednesday I was speaking to a wonderful audience at Woodstock’s South Gate Centre on …
Snowy Owls Remain in Southern Ontario
Over the past five weeks or so I have been enjoying local short-eared owls and northern harriers which has been brilliant. There is a down side, however. I’ve neglected my budding relationships with the visiting …
Snowy Owl At Sundown
Despite numbers being less than in some recent years this winter is turning into a glorious one for snowy owls. Each year I am happy if I can develop a relationship with a couple of …
Aggressive Snowy Owls
Since my last story I have continued to seek out and photograph the snowy owls in the area with which I am most familiar. Besides seeing owls and learning their individual habits I enjoy reconnecting …
Snowy Owls – At Last!
Over the past few months I have gone looking for snowy owls in my favourite fields, the ones I have been finding owls for the past twelve years. No luck for the first half dozen …
Have The Snowy Owls Gone?
They arrived here in late January and apparently looked at the weather forecast for March and decided the troubling mid-winter warmth in southern Ontario wasn’t to their liking. I am talking about snowy owls. On …
Special Encounter with A Snowy Owl
Luck plays a large part in wildlife photography. It’s not every occasion that you come across the wildlife subject you are hoping to see. And, there are many times that I come home without any …
Snowy owl in the dark!
Snowy owls are few this winter here in southern Ontario. Indeed, sightings are so rare that birders and photographers ‘flock’ to known viewing sites en masse. Some have driven several hours to visit the two …
A Snowy Owl – At Last!
Snowy owls have been seen infrequently in southern Ontario this winter but, finally, I encountered one last Sunday and then again Wednesday. Both times it was somebody else who spotted it roosting on the ground. …
2023 Wildlife Photography
Having spent the majority of the past week parked on my couch nursing a nasty cold I have used the time to read, play my guitar, watch some funny YouTube programs and to make sure …