Five Snowy Owls in the Holland Marsh

Photo by Barry Wallace

Pictured above is a female Snowy Owl sitting atop a post in the Holland Marsh on Thursday of this week.   My King City neighbour, Jerry Binsfeld, and I spotted five of these wonderful birds in the Marsh, on both sides of Highway 400.   There were four females and one male.   We also spotted a number of Red-tailed Hawks, a Rough-legged Hawk, and a couple of Coopers Hawks.   We also saw several Common Redpolls along the banks of the canal feeding on weed seeds.   There may have been a Hoary Redpoll among them but neither of us was prepared to say for sure.   The weather was cold but the birding was hot.

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Barry Wallace