Amherst Isl: looking for Snowy Owls 4

Spoiler alert: the only owls we saw were on the water. I had a really hard time photographing them, between the ferry moving, my slow reaction times and my vision issues with progressive glasses. Hubby was frozen and sitting in the car! There were three owls, in total.



It was a bit of a trip. But the owls were beautiful.
The owls were on the water, in camouflage, waiting for ducks to land in the broken ice where the ferry had gone through. I had to set the camera to automatic, as I am not fast enough to do it manually. This is the best I could do!



The ferry ride:



Why do we see so many? <= This is a good read. I think the lobby groups are voting for issues, and thereby raising more funds. When the first irrupted, it was said to by a few good years of food and increased population.

A guy tweeted this Mon., Jan. 29th:

Seeing a Snowy Owl is not an annual winter rite for me, so I was happy to see over 20 on a Toronto Ornithological Club excursion this past weekend. Here's one of the obliging ones on the ice by Amherst Island. #Superb_Owl #ethicalowlphoto #birding @avibase @OntarioNature pic.twitter.com/YIA3L7EqYj

— Justin Peter (@Birder_Justin) January 29, 2018