Birders, I received a photograph last evening of a Northern Hawk owl recently taken by Shayna Hartley, in the Vineland area. Saturday Jan 24. Shayna, not being from the niagara area, did not realize the bird was unusual for the area. She was also in the area on a casual trip so did not take exact details of where she was when she discovered the bird.  What she does know is that the bird was photographed on the side of Hwy 81 leading into Vineland from the Grimsby area. I have the photo and there is no doubt about the bird. Lisa Teskey and I searched today for over 3 hours to no avail but this species usually sticks around in winter so it's likely in the area.  Best bet is to drive qew niagara to bartlett in Grimsby.  Travel south on bartlett until you get to main street and go east.  As soon as you get out of grimsby start looking and continue all the way to vineland. All side streets with appropriate pines or spruces for perching should be checked.  It's a big area but I bet the bird is about. Any more Questions regarding the sighting please e mail me privately. Len Manning Hamilton, On 289-456-6502 Sent from Samsung Mobile

Birders, I messed up on the dates. I was originally told the hawk owl was seen on Saturday, I assumed this meant the 24th. I then found out later the owl was seen on the 10th. This is in no way lens fault as this was the information I gave him. The owl could still be in the area but the sighting was almost three weeks ago. Sorry again. On Jan 28, 2015 6:00 PM, "olivesided" <olivesided@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Birders, > > I received a photograph last evening of a Northern Hawk owl recently taken > by Shayna Hartley, in the Vineland area. Saturday Jan 24. > > Shayna, not being from the niagara area, did not realize the bird was > unusual for the area. She was also in the area on a casual trip so did not > take exact details of where she was when she discovered the bird. > > What she does know is that the bird was photographed on the side of Hwy 81 > leading into Vineland from the Grimsby area. I have the photo and there is > no doubt about the bird. > > Lisa Teskey and I searched today for over 3 hours to no avail but this > species usually sticks around in winter so it's likely in the area. > > Best bet is to drive qew niagara to bartlett in Grimsby. Travel south on > bartlett until you get to main street and go east. As soon as you get out > of grimsby start looking and continue all the way to vineland. All side > streets with appropriate pines or spruces for perching should be checked. > It's a big area but I bet the bird is about. > > Any more Questions regarding the sighting please e mail me privately. > > Len Manning > Hamilton, On > 289-456-6502 > > > Sent from Samsung Mobile > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Hamilton > Birders email group. > To post to this group, send email to hamiltonbirds@googlegroups.com > To reply to the group, click Reply-all. To reply to the individual who > wrote the email, click Reply. > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > hamiltonbirds+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/hamiltonbirds?hl=en?hl=en >