our skins thinking it a dirty Snowy. The bird was in nothing but 2-3 high widely open creosote and tarbush with some thin patches of grasses, Mostly DAPU7 and MUPO2...It flushed and we had looks at this super pale owl. This is a follow-up to the recent discussion of the pale bird at Balmorhea. There was nothing taller than 4' for perhaps 3-4 miles so "our" bird was always going back to the ground....Private/unapproved cameras are forbidden where we had it , but I would loved to have got a photo, but the approved camera was with another crew. -- Brush Freeman Independent and affiliated Field Biologist 361-655-7641 http://texasnaturenotes.blogspot.com/ Finca Alacranes., Utley,Texas The greatest musician of all time is mother nature. Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking permission from the List Owner