[wisb] Re: FW: Snowy Owl - Trempealeau County Near Galesville
- From: Gwyn Calvetti <gwyntells@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: DanJackson@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 17:53:56 -0600
I just got back from a failed attempt at trying to get good photos of the
owl. It was in the field of AA as Dan reported. A neighbor walked out
into the field to get a look and it took flight, landing on a phone pole
along AA. I was able to spend some time watching it, and was sticking my
lens out my car window when another car gave a honk. I suppose he thought
I'd be exiting the vehicle. The bird then took flight across the fields in
an easterly direction toward highway 54, until I could no longer spot it. I
tried to relocate it after that without success. It was still cool to find
my own owl, even if the best I could do was a distant flight shot with
hardly any face showing!
Having got a closer look while it was on the phone pole, I'd agree that
it was a female. It was HUGE!
Gwyn Calvetti
LaCrosse County
On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 3:16 PM, Dan Jackson <DanJackson@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I just saw some pictures that were taken of the bird that weren't from an
> angle looking directly into the sun. Based on those, the bird is actually
> a juvenile female. I goofed.....
> It was seen flying across Hwy 53 and it went somewhere to the north of the
> highway. There is an extensive open area in that direction (north on
> County AA) where it could end up.
>
> Dan Jackson
> Chaseburg, Vernon County, WI (near La Crosse)
> www.pbase.com/dejackson
>
> From: Dan Jackson
> Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 1:21 PM
> To: Undisclosed Recipients
> Subject: Snowy Owl - Trempealeau County Near Galesville
>
> Gwyn Calvetti found an immature male Snowy Owl in a soy bean field on the
> south side of Hwy 53 just west of the intersection of County AA. This
> location is about ½ mile north of Hunter's Bridge (the Hwy 53 bridge over
> the Black River) and a few miles east of Galesville.
>
> When I went to see the bird over my lunch hour, it was still sitting in
> the field. It was located about 100 yards south of Hwy 53 and a little
> southwest of the field driveway and the driveway of the now-closed surplus
> business that is located on the west side of AA at that intersection.
>
> It is nice to see another Snowy Owl in the area.
>
> Thanks to Gwyn for sharing the sighting!!
>
> On my way back to work, I found a Northern Shrike on the west side of
> County XX about 50 yards north of the intersection with Briggs Road. I saw
> the same bird in that area on Monday. I have also seen another Northern
> Shrike a couple of times on the south side of County ZN about 100 yards
> west of the parking area for the Halfway Creek Marsh. That is located
> about ½ mile west of Midway. Shrikes can move around so that sighting
> could be the same bird.
>
> Good birding,
>
> Dan Jackson, President
> Coulee Region Audubon Society
> La Crosse, Wisconsin
>
>
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