One pair of bird-watchers from London, Ont., woke up at 4 a.m. and drove 2½ hours to see the owls at a field in Ajax, Ont., east of Toronto. "It's absolutely amazing," said birder Clair Nelson.

Ajax and his mate, Arlene, became the parents of four chicks that hatched about 200 feet from the Sandy Pond channel to Lake Ontario over the Independence Day weekend, according to Onondaga ...