[TN-Bird] Monday - Snowy Owl sighting

From: "fekel" <fekel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:47:35 -0600
Maury Co.
Jan. 19, 2009

After seeing the bird on Saturday without my wife, this
Monday morning I took Bonnie down to view the Snowy
Owl near Spring Hill, TN.  We arrived about 8 am and
slowly drove south of the Route 31 - Saturn Pkwy intersection,
checking the fields on the west side of the road.  After
looking at two inanimate white objects, we stopped at a
spot just south of where the off ramp from the west
intersects Route 31.  There Bonnie spotted the owl sitting
in the field to the left of the large barn.  We got
excellent but distant views of the owl, who seemed rather
unconcerned about the distant interest, although it did
look our way from time to time.  A road behind on Saturn
property behind the owl produced a fellow in a truck who stopped
for a while as well. As we watched it, other birders began
to trickle in, and it seemed like a family get together
with Mark Greene, Gary Casey, Jim and Sharon Hiett arriving
shortly after we saw the bird.  As we prepared to leave a
local fellow in a truck arrived.  He said people in a nearby
store had mentioned it to him, so I told him a bit about the
bird and its unusual appearance here.

Bonnie and I ate breakfast at Cracker Barrel and returned
briefly at 9:30 am to find 7-8 cars at the same spot.  In
checking with Mark and Gary, the bird had not moved from
ground roost in the intervening period.

Thanks to all who got the word out about this special bird.

Frank Fekel
Nashville, TN
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