Hi Everyone This afternoon while driving home from grocery shopping in Kanata I observed a Great Gray Owl along Huntmar Road just north of Richardson Side Road hunting in a field. It was very active flying from fence post to fence post but I didn't see it catch anything. Once I got home I decided to go back out and cover another area in the remaining light. I drove over to the Shirley's Bay area and along March Valley Road. My first stop yielded 1 Great Gray Owl perched on the top of a cedar tree. I continued along March Valley Road towards Riddell Rd and stopped opposite house # 1395. There is a spruce tree plantation and I scanned over the filed and saw another GGO hunting. Within 30 seconds I had counted 6 GGO's flying over the field of spruce trees like Short-eared Owls. At one time there were 4 perched in a large deciduous tree. In total, I saw 9 Great Gray Owls! This invasion is reminiscent of the major flight of 1983/84 when there were 100's found in the south. Even though I saw my first Great Gray 30 years ago, seeing what I saw today, was just as exciting! good birding Bruce Directions: From Ottawa travel west bound on Hwy. 417 to the March Rd./Eagleson Road and exit right onto March Rd. Follow to Klondike Road and turn right. Go east to March Valley Road and turn left. Follow along making numerous stops scanning the fields. Late afternoon to dusk maybe the better time to look. Bruce Di Labio 400 Donald B. Munro Drive P.O.Box 538 Carp,Ontario,K0A 1L0 (613)839-4395 Home (613)715-2571 Cell Di Labio Birding Website Courses and Field Trips http://www3.sympatico.ca/bruce.dilabio/