Today at the west 90 there was 1 snowy owl on the dike. Due to the many
hunters on the dike we scoped the bird from the parking area and could not
make out any color marks. The juvenile gyr was also perched on one of the
telephone poles just to the east. By rotating the scope 180 deg you could
have either a snowy owl or a gyr. Also in the area were 2 short eared
owls.


On Fri, 8 Nov 1996, Greg Toffic wrote:

> 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
>
>