Yes - and Thanks - Good reminder, Brainerd. I should have clarified that we
did indeed implore the guy to stay further back. It was just Hunter
Hebenstreit and I watching the bird at that point. The local seemed to come
out of nowhere from the right of a shed. It was one of the guys working on
the adjacent farm. He was far enough from us that I had to yell and wave my
arms. He then advanced about 10 ft closer.. Everyone else (the birders)
present were extremely respectful to the bird and landowners. I was really
happy with that.
On Fri, Mar 23, 2018, 12:40 PM <brainard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
If anyone is at the site and sees someone approaching that close, I think
it is incumbent upon us to gently suggest that people should keep their
distance.
BPB, Louisville
-----Original Message-----
From: Graham
Sent: Mar 23, 2018 12:26 PM
To: keith.richardson1955@xxxxxxxxx
Cc: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, de_lang@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, kistlers@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: [birdky] Re: snowy owl report, March 21st
The bird is still at 1501 cave road as of 12:20 Pm. It flushed at one
point when a local neighbor approached within 15' for a cell phone photo,
but it only flew a few fence posts over. The landowners are very
hospitable.
Digiscope photo attached. Back home to Nashville for me. Thank you all so
much for the reports on this magnificent bird. My first in 6 years, and my
first outside Canada. It was a pleasure meeting a few Kentucky birders
today.
Graham Gerdeman
Nashville, TN
On Fri, Mar 23, 2018, 12:07 PM Keith Richardson <
keith.richardson1955@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Any update. I am at 1701 Russel Cave Road and haven’t seen it.first and last name and your address (city or county). * * * * * * * * * *
Keith Richardson
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On Mar 23, 2018, at 10:40 AM, David Lang <de_lang@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The owl is now at 1501 cave rd
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On Mar 21, 2018, at 5:08 PM, S K <kistlers@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
We went to find the Taylor County snowy owl today, which as of this
morning was still on location where BPB reported it yesterday.
The bird was first found sitting on a post behind a white metal shed at
37.410005, -85.331507. It was not visible from the front of the house, but
by driving a short way up the next driveway to the southwest, at 37.408747,
-85.333248, we were able to see the bird easily. The bird then took off,
flying rapidly with strong wingbeats, out of sight through the blowing
snow, to the southeast. Five minutes later we saw it flying again over the
same field. We drove up to the house at 37.408086, -85.332690 (same one
with the aforementioned driveway) to ask permission to look for the owl
from their driveway. Since they weren’t home, we assumed they were OK with
that.
The owl was sitting on a fence that crossed the field and gave us great
looks through a scope until we left. We left it sitting on a post at about
37.408186, -85.329854.
Thanks to Pam Spaulding, who helped us locate the bird to begin with.
I have little previous experience with snowy owls, but this bird looked
healthy and active to us.
Steve Kistler
Hart Co, KY
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