2 Eagles, 3 Hawks and 2 Owls!

(Photos from the past several weeks)

While walking through Canatara Park, I spied an adult Bald Eagle looking out over frozen Lake Chipican. One photo shows a spot on the other side of his beak which made me believe it had recently eaten. Bald Eagles are scavengers and will eat anything they can catch, including squirrels.

A juvenile Bald Eagle stirred up the goose and duck population at Sarnia Bay on Saturday morning. It actually got a little too close for my camera settings as it soared over the waterfowl.

While walking along a narrow trail, a Cooper's Hawk flew just above my head, then landed in a nearby tree. It was scouting out the birds that were visiting a bird feeder near the maintenance building in Canatara Park. As soon as the hawk arrived, there was silence from the rest of the bird population! I didn't hang around to see if he had any success.

Lunch time for the Cooper’s Hawk on a different day!

Red-shouldered Hawk riding high on the thermals.

Sharp-shinned Hawk “supervising” the backyard feeders.

I’m not sure who was more surprised; the owl or the photographer! Long-eared Owls are nocturnal and generally spend days roosting in dense parts of trees, often near the trunk where their plumage provides excellent camouflage.

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Long-eared_Owl/id

Snowy Owl in an unnatural setting: Snowy Owls will migrate south during the winter. In some winters many can be found, but in Lambton County, they were very scarce this year.