Subject: Re: Snowy owl
Date: Nov 8 15:01:01 1996
From: Greg Toffic - gtoffic


At 10:02 AM 11/7/96 -0800, you wrote:
>
>Tweets,
>
>We've had a Snowy here at the zoo for about a week after it was found in the
>Alamo Car Rental Garage at SeaTac last week. It was underweight and too weak
>to fly. Since then it is eating well and has gained weight so we will be
>banding it and releasing it tomorrow.
>
>I'm heading off to see Mountain Gorillas for a couple of week and maybe a
>Turaco or two as well.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Mike
>Mike Waller
>Manager of Operations
>Woodland Park Zoo
>5500 Phinney Avenue N.
>Seattle, WA 98103
>ph: (206)684-4057
>fax:(206)684-4817
>e-mail: mwaller at wolfenet.com
>
>
>Tweets (you too Mike),

The above mentioned 1st year male snowy owl, having gained 250 g.
(from 1150 g. to nearly 1400 g.) since it was brought to the zoo Oct. 29,
was released this morning near Edison. It flew very strongly and seems in
very good shape. He was given a U.S.F. and W.S. band and marked with green
coloring on the top and back of his head to aid in tracking. He was not
given a radio transmitter, so we will have to rely upon visual surveillance
to monitor the success of this release.
We saw no snowys in the Samish flats today but there was a juvenile, brown
plumaged gyrfalcon and a single Pacific golden plover at the West 90.
Greg Toffic
Woodland Park Zoo
206-684-4836 (W)
206-338-1746 (H)
gtoffic at halcyon.com