Subject: Another Snowy Owl Sighting
Date: Nov 4 17:37:05 1996
From: "William R. Applegate" - applgate at whidbey.net


I was walking my dog along the beach today (4 Nov 96) at Joseph Whidbey =
State Park on NW Whidbey Island. We encountered a snow owl. It was =
perched on a prominent driftwood log just back from the high tide line. =
It flushed as we approached and flew to the NW out over the water of N =
Puget Sound. After circling back twice to look at us it flew in the =
direction of the south coast of Lopez Island. There was no whitewash =
nor any castings around the log on which it was perched. One wonders if =
this is yet another snowy owl, or if it is one of the birds previously =
reported that has changed its location.
Bill Applegate
Whidbey Island
applgate at whidbey.net