St-Clet fields

Saturday 24th February 2007

A short trip around the lanes produced the usual Lapland Longspurs, Snow Buntings and Horned Larks, also a couple of Ravens.

I checked along the Cites des Jeunes but no Short-eared Owls were showing. On my second drive along Ste-Julie another birder had a beautiful male Snowy Owl in a tree next to the road, Parking cautiously I managed a few shots before he went off to reclaim another tree from an intruding Snowy Owl.

Towards the end of Ste-Julie, the regular female was hunched on her pole. Looking a bit raggy now.

Below a few shots: