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Were there any owls at Downsview this morning? Dec. 14, 2022

Downsview Park is probably the best place to see owls in our area in winter. Last year, during learn4life walks, we found four species.

Short-eared Owl
Barred Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Long-eared Owl

With that in mind, I drove to Downsview this morning and looked in all of the most likely spots. No luck. I will schedule walks here for January and February and, hopefully, some owls will appear.

Park scenes:

Some botany:

Cat-tail (Typha)
Larch (Larix decidua)
Amur Maple (Acer ginnala)
Great Burdock (Arctium lappa)
Manitoba Maple (Acer negundo)
Firethorn (Pyracantha)
Manitoba Maple (Acer negundo)
English Oak (Quercus robur)
Phragmites (Phragmites australis)
Teasle (Dipsacus fullonum)
Trembling Aspen (Populus tremuloides)
Queen Anne’s-lace (Daucus carota)
Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina)
Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)
Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)
Black Walnut (Juglans nigra)
Canada Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis)
Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata)
Hop-hornbeam (Ostrya virginiana)
Linden (Tilia cordata)
Silver Maple (Acer sachharinum)
White Birch (Betula papyrifera)
Red Ash (Fraxinus pensylvanica)

OWL QUOTE

“The crow wished everything was black, the Owl, that everything was white.” ~ William Blake

Miles Hearn

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