Fw: [IBLE] Snowy Owl sighting

["james.d.mcintyre" <james dot d dot mcintyre at worldnet dot att dot net>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: SJPeterson@aol.com 
To: ible@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 11:30 AM
Subject: Re: Snowy Owl sighting


  
In a message dated 11/29/2005 9:25:03 AM Alaskan Standard Time, 
rowlandrl@aol.com writes:
  "ible", RL here.
  Yes I am back from Georgia. Later will post a final note about my 
trip.
  Anyway, just had a call a few minutes ago from a lady down in Owyhee 
Co. She & her husband run a dairy just off Crane Falls Rd. Yesterday, 27 
Nov, she found a Snowy Owl hunting in one of their pastures. She was 
able to get a positive id. She has been looking for it again, today, 
with no success, as yet. As soon as she relocates it she'll call me & I 
will be off to confirm.

IBLE and RL,

Charles Swift of Moscow, Idaho, posted the following message on the 
INLAND-NW-BIRDERS listserv earlier this morning...  Snowy Owl searchers 
may find it useful!

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For those who don't follow the west side (of the Cascades) birding lists 
such as tweeters and OBOL, there is an impressive Snowy Owl invasion in 
progress. Until recently it seemed this invasion was mostly confined to 
coastal areas but I just saw on the Montana list that a number of Snow 
Owls have appeared around Sommers, MT  on the Flathead Lake south of 
Kalispell.  

It would be worthwhile to check some of the likely regional locations 
such as the Rathdrum Prairie and the areas west of Spokane. Snowy Owls 
have been notoriously hard to find on the Palouse in recent years but 
this may be the year. The last time they were on the Palouse the fields 
east of Genesee hosted Snowies. Also worth checking are Mann Lake and 
surrounding fields, Anatone flat, and fields around Moscow and Pullman. 
It will be interesting to see if they appear in our area.

thanks, Charles.
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I haven't seen any Snowy Owls in the Anchorage, Alaska area lately, but 
we do have quite a bit of snow and unseasonably cold temps right now...  
(It's - 4 F as I type at 9:30 AM local time).

Cheers,

--Stacy Jon Peterson
20252 Lucas Ave
Eagle River, AK 99577
Stacy@trochilids.com
http://www.trochilids.com


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