YOUNGER OWLS

Spotting two of the birds at once was an unusual experience.

“They’re usually pretty well spread out,” said long-time birding enthusiast Charles Mitchell. “Usually, there are isolated reports of individual sightings.”

Fletcher said these two birds seemed to be immature owls because they had some gray on their wings, though their heads were “as white as could be.”

She was hesitant to say where they were spotted, but it was on farmland near Lakeshore Road.

If their early presence means anything, more sightings could be on the horizon as winter approaches.

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