A Great Observation of the William Osler Family!
August 28, 2011 - Etobicoke - William Osler
Tracy Simpson Reports:
A great observation made by Toivo at the William Osler site. I have seen O’Connor, the resident female, doing this exact same thing during the Fledge Watch this summer. Every once in a while she would go across the street where a plastic owl is attached to the roof of a low rise building and make sure that the “owl” stayed right where it was. I think she was encouraged that she had sufficiently frightened it as it never seemed to move!! It would stand to reason that O’Connor’s offspring have picked up on her meticulous territory cleaning habits and took a run at it themselves!! Thanks Toivo for another great observation! Here it is:
I was in Woodbridge about 3 k up hwy 27 from the Osler site. I saw a bird dive bombing something. I will always investigate this. I drove around a building and got to observe a peregrine stoop maybe 5 times at a plastic owl on the corner of the industrial building across the street from me. I would think this would be one of the Osler juveniles. Quite funny to watch.
Toivo