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Re: Snowy Owl



Hi,

Did the owl fly INTO the tree, one or group of threes? That would be
extraordinary for Snowy Owl, but birds do strange things if they are "not at
home".

Mike

Jerry Partrick wrote:

> Dear listmembers,
>
> I saw the Owl again tonight.
>
> About eleven forty-five PM, a nice young lady who read one of my notices
> asking for sightings of a large white owl called me.  She had seen the bird,
> again in the middle of the street in Foxcroft.  It flew to a low limb and
> she went in and called me and got her camera and I met her in the parking
> lot (with my daughter accompanying me).  She showed me the owl which was
> sitting on a low limb.  She photographed it with a flash and a normal lens.
> The owl flew a short distance away to a tree, then flew and lit in the
> middle of the street, thence to a limb then flew again... and we lost it at
> that point.  I imagine the total time I was in sight of the owl was about
> ten minutes.  My views of it were not as clear as they were on Sunday night
> but even in the low light level, the reporting would be the same.  There
> were no ear tufts....  I did not see it's eyes.
>
> The location was in Foxcroft, in Melanie Court... across the street and a
> little up (toward Franklin St.) from the office in Foxcroft.
>
> Hope someone else sees it... also hope the photo is exposed enough to be
> able to positively identify it.  She used a flash and the flash itself never
> phased the owl.
>
> Regards,  Jerry

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