The SNOWY OWL was still present between 5:00 and 5:06pm when I scoped it from north of Treman Marina, but it was gone by 5:35pm when I returned from checking the lake. It was a dark, heavily barred bird, a conspicuous lump on the ice (and a prize Luddite List bird for me - Thanks, Ken!). Maybe the late hour was a factor, but I thought it was telling that I saw no other birds on the entire ice shelf. Maybe they recognized this rarity as a predator. I looked around in the dusk from 5:35 to 5:40pm but all I saw was a fox out on the ice floes which blocked the Inlet between Jetty Woods and the marina. The Inlet was free of ice elsewhere both upstream (south to at least the Octopus) and down (along the white lighthouse jetty), and the red lighthouse breakwater was an island, making it safe (from foxes, anyway) for the 2 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS which sat preening near the north end.
--Dave Nutter
On Jan 18, 2014, at 04:47 PM, Jay McGowan <[email protected]> wrote:
A SNOWY OWL is currently on the ice off mid Stewart Park, found by Ken Rosenberg.
Jay
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