Hello birders,
Thanks to Bill Hutchinson for finding & sharing the Snowy Owl. Barb and I reached 114th Ave. east of Trussville Street at 9 am today. We saw a truck south of us on 112th . (112 and 114 both dead-end dirt roads in this area.) What is he looking at? After a lot of searching we noticed a little bump of snow in a snow-filled ditch far away. No, could it be? The top of the lump moved slightly. Bingo! But how did he ever find that?
We drove south on Trussville to 112 and joined a growing group of vehicles parked on 112 looking north across the field at the Snowy Owl, a white R2D2 a long way off. In my scope I could see that's it's head was bent down as if eating a mouse. Finally it looked up and squinted at us. Soon a Denver police SUV joined us with a cheerful woman officer inside. Bill H. acted as unofficial Master of Ceremonies to make sure "everyone behaved." We all did, staying on the road, keeping quiet despite our exuberance.
Barb and I traveled to Alaska a few years ago, where we did NOT see a Snowy Owl. Who needs Alaska to see a Snowy Owl?
Here are 12 pics from our outing today. http://goo.gl/0LInxh
Cheers,
Tom Wilberding
Boulder, CO
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