[texbirds] Re: snowy owl
- From: Clay Taylor <Clay.Taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "dawgler@xxxxxxxxx" <dawgler@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 08:33:11 -0500
All -
Typically, Snowy Owls are not branch-perchers, they are tree-toppers (and
telephone poles, buildings, rock outcrop pings, etc.), mostly because they have
no trees in the Arctic, and Snowys do not recognize them as potential perches.
That, and the fact that her bird flew into the woods, leads me to speculate
that it was more likely a Barn Owl.
Still, a very cool sighting.
Clay Taylor
Calallen (Corpus Christi) TX
Clay.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> On Feb 14, 2014, at 8:09 AM, "Dennis Shepler" <dawgler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Howdy Texbirders (especially those in east Texas)
> The following was posted on eBird:
> Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus) (1)
> - Reported Feb 11, 2014 18:40 by Pamela Reece
> - camp joy rd, Upshur, Texas
> - Map:
> http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=32.8356785,-94.7013974&ll=32.8356785,-94.7013974
> - Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S16923203
> - Comments: "i was driving down camp joy road, this beautiful white owl
> flew in front of me landed on a branch. I stop the car and a few seconds
> later the owl flew across the road into the woods. i had no idea what type
> of owl it was until i shared this with my husband and he showed me some
> pictures trying to figure out what type of owl it was"
> I hope that our friends up that way will check this report. Great
> potential since the Snowy Owl influx this year has been a more easterly
> occurrence.
> Ciao.
> Dennis
> Harris County
> --
> W. Dennis Shepler
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