This was an unusual first for me yesterday morning on Akins Road in rural west Ottawa - 4 male Snowy Owls in one field all at the same time. The 3 in the right-hand section of the field were so far away from Akins Road that they were almost at Fallowfield Road and too far away for any photographers to trek out to get a closer shot.
The one on the far left, snoozing contentedly in the sunshine, had been closer and I watched one person try to go out and get closer, but as has been the case with this male all season, he does not like people and as they get within 200-300 feet he simply flies further back into the field.
The one on the left has been here since late November, but the fact that we now have 3 more at the same time might suggest that the migration back up north has begun and that these 3 are just passing through on their way home.
The other BIG exciting news for me personally is that I've just had cataract removal surgery on both eyes in the last 10 days and yesterday I could actually clearly see all four of the Owls without binoculars - even with binoculars I would not have been able to see the 3 on the right at all. I'm amazed at how impaired my vision actually was before this... darn near blind as a bat!
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