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["Lyneart" <lyneart@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

There was at least another inch or so of snow here last night, calling for 
another long snow walk.  Near the middle of our block there is a big cedar tree 
in an old cemetery. A Horned Owl often roosts there. It was absent this 
morning, but some crows soon told me where it was instead. I couldn't see my 
camera screen in the snow glare, but thanks to the little coupling ring Dave 
showed me how to make, I got one  recognizable shot before the crows ran it 
further off. The same ring also worked  to get a few shots of one of at least 4 
Lapland Longspurs that were among many scores of Horned Larks on some worked up 
ground. I also got a distant look at a Cooper's Hawk in an isolated brushy 
field corner.
Frank Lyne frank@xxxxxxxxxxx near Dot in Logan County, KY