FYI...
I passed along the Snowy Owl sightings to a friend on another
non-bird related discussion list because she is living in the
Seattle area. Here is her reply to me this weekend...

While we were out working in the yard raking up leaves and general
clean-up, my son and husband saw one of the owls being chased
by many crows. When they came running around to the front yard and telling
me about this, all I was able to see were the crows in pursuit. We live in
the new city of Shoreline (the north end of Seattle) which borders Edmonds
on our north side. This sighting was at about 3:45. We appreciate you
letting us know so that we knew to be on the look-out.
I will also mention that a couple of weeks ago, I looked
out our back window and found a Blue Heron standing on our back fence
which was about 20 feet away. He was so long and slender being all legs
and neck. There are 3 different houses behind us that have small ponds in
their backyards and the Heron has found some "easy" fishing in those
ponds.


Darlene Sybert
http://www.missouri.edu/~engds/index.html
University of Missouri, Columbia
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...there is a harmony
In autumn, and a lustre in its sky,
Which through the summer is not heard or seen,
As if it could not be, as if it had not been!
Thus let thy power, [oh Beauty]
...to my onward life supply
Its calm--to one...thy spells did bind
To revere you, and love all human kind. -Shelley
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