Dennis writes:


"I thought it was surprising that we hadn't heard from southwestern BC
yet--the epicenter of Snowy Owl occurrence in this region. Why don't we
get the Vancouver Rare Bird Alert any more? Is there anyone from
Vancouver
on tweeters (besides MP)? How about Victoria?"

Thursday morning around 10am I had the opportunity to stop by the
Boundry Bay Dyke at the South end of 72nd and was fortunate enough to
count 4 Snowy Owls in the brief 10 minutes I was there. They were
individually holding down separate pieces of driftwood a long way out at
the edge of the mud where it meets the vegetated marsh. Too far out for
me to even attempt to identify sex or age with my optic equipment.

Last week I was at the same location and was asked if I had seen *The
White Owl* by a couple of Municipal employees who had seen it earlier in
the week.

--
Ken Klimko
Richmond, BC
Canada
kkalimo at direct.ca