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Canada (British Columbia)

Chris

Date taken: Feb 9 2025

Outside Reifel Bird Sanctuary, Delta, BC

Date uploaded: Feb 10 2025

Comments (3):
Brian Morin: A winter favourite. I'm hoping for one closer to home this year.
Chris: This guy was making all sorts of sounds, head rolls/bobs, and moving from perch to perch. He ended up landing on a boat mast in the harbour and I couldn’t manage anything better than this.

Northern Hawk-Owl (23)

Brian Morin

Date taken: Mar 3 2024

I don't normally post more than one shot of a recent subject but this one is worth an encore. I checked out the bird again and managed to get better shots than on the first sighting.

Date uploaded: Mar 4 2024

Comments (1):
Chris: Gorgeous - bird and capture :)

Northern Hawk-Owl (23)

Brian Morin

📍 Map

Winchester - Discovered a few days ago and since we are late in the season, the bird could head north any day now.

Date uploaded: Mar 2 2024

Comments (3):
Sue Bishop: Wonderful!
Brian Morin: I thought I was going to miss the species this winter but thankfully this one was found last week.

Northern Hawk-Owl (23)

Brian Morin

📍 Map

Date taken: Mar 3 2022

Details: adult

Ottawa - The winter is winding down so we can expect that this bird will be heading back to the boreal forest in two to three weeks. Because of its location along a popular walking/skiiing path it was viewed by countless people over the past few months. I wanted to make a final visit before it moves on.

Date uploaded: Mar 4 2022

Comments (4):
Chris: Superb. Hope he has a good flight back 😊
BrianMorin: Me too. It was a great bird to watch in the last three months and proved to be the most reliable Hawk Owl I've ever seen.

Northern Hawk-Owl (23)

Brian Morin

📍 Map

Date taken: Feb 4 2022

Details: adult

Ottawa - I returned to watch this bird for a few hours. It was hunting off and on but didn't come up with a vole so when it got hungry, it went to one of its caches and had a frozen dinner. :)

Date uploaded: Feb 5 2022

Comments (6):
Ahmad Shah: Great capture.
BrianMorin: I spent three hours watching but it only moved to a good perch once.

Northern Hawk-Owl (23)

Brian Morin

Date taken: Jan 23 2022

Ottawa - a cold north wind and biting temperature was of no concern to this Hawk Owl. There are several in the region again this winter.

Date uploaded: Jan 24 2022

Comments (2):
Chris: I like the perch 😊 Super capture!
BrianMorin: The bird had just a few favourite perches and this is one I liked.

Northern Hawk-Owl (23)

Brian Morin

Date taken: Mar 10 2021

Details: adult

Ottawa - This bird has been present likely since December and will soon return to the boreal forest. I have seen it off and on throughout the winter but made a special trip to say goodbye. I spent some time observing it hunting, capturing a few shots.

Date uploaded: Mar 12 2021

Northern Hawk-Owl (23)

Brian Morin

Date taken: Jan 6 2021

Details: adult

It is always a treat to see these birds down south, away from their boreal environment.

Date uploaded: Jan 7 2021

Northern Hawk-Owl (23)

Brian Morin

Canada (Québec)

Date taken: Feb 23 2020

Trois Rivieres - This bird has been around most of the season and was my 5th one this winter. These owls will be heading north in the next few weeks but it has been an enjoyable winter with them.

Date uploaded: Mar 2 2020

Northern Hawk-Owl (23)

Brian Morin

Date taken: Feb 20 2020

Ottawa - This Pileated is not pleased that the owl is still around. It let it know several times. Maybe it had plans to take down the treetop :)

Date uploaded: Feb 21 2020