[texbirds] Re: S. Owl

  • From: Dell Little <dellel1119@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 14:55:13 -0600

My nephew in Chicago has a pic of one in the small branches of a tree. He 
claims it’s the first he’s seen such a thing. Also I always say never until 
proven otherwise. (call me a skeptic). Speaking of Snowy Owl, miss Laura Packer 
btw!

Dell Little
Arlington, Texas
"Excellent Birds"



On Feb 14, 2014, at 12:58 PM, Clay Taylor <Clay.Taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> All -
> 
> Snowys perch on exposed points in the arctic because there are NO oak trees 
> or maple trees to sit in like a Red-tail does.   When they come down to the 
> Lower 48, they choose buildings, light poles, traffic signs, dock pilings, 
> channel markers, driftwood logs, and tippy-tops of lone trees.   They go with 
> what they know.
> 
> Unless it was chasing a rabbit or some other prey species, a Snowy Owl would 
> never even consider hunting inside a forest, much less roost on a branch 
> halfway up a big ol' tree.
> 
> Clay Taylor
> Calallen (Corpus Christi) TX
> Clay.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>> On Feb 14, 2014, at 1:48 PM, "Keith Arnold" <kbarnold2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> And, of course, a Snowy Owl was photographed on an apartment balcony in
>> Dallas!
>> Keith Arnold
>> TAMU/Bryan
>> 
>> 
>>> On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 11:12 AM, Cole, Lisa <lisacole@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> 
>>> There was a well-observed and well-documented Snowy Owl in February 2012
>>> perched high up on a light pole in a marina parking lot at Lake Ray Hubbard
>>> in Rockwall County, TX. Never say never!
>>> 
>>> Lisa Cole
>>> Education Coordinator, Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area
>>> Mail: 1801 N. Mill St., Suite A, Lewisville, TX 75057
>>> Physical: 201 E. Jones St., Lewisville, TX 75057
>>> 972-219-3930
>>> LLELA.org
>>> 
>>> May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the
>>> most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.
>>> --Edward Abbey
>>> 
>>> ________________________________________
>>> From: texbirds-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [texbirds-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] on
>>> behalf of Dennis Shepler [dawgler@xxxxxxxxx]
>>> Sent: Friday, February 14, 2014 10:58 AM
>>> To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [texbirds] S. Owl
>>> 
>>> Texbirders
>>> Thanks for the owl comments. That owl species is probably not supposed to
>>> perch on light posts or buildings or fly into cities.
>>> Ciao
>>> Dennis
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