Tweeters:

On 14 November Michael Price suggested

>So --once a winter-- why not see how many Snowy Owls (SNOW) there actually
>*are* in the region on a given day or within a given week?
>
>Why not a dedicated Sunday, or a Sunday-to-Sunday period (preferably in the
>early winter before the usual mortality begins to bite; that's why, along
>with territorial constraints, a CBC total wouldn't be as inclusive) where
>people visit the known SNOW sites and count them, then tally the counts?
>
>It also may be useful to age them as well as count their numbers, if
>possible, to get an idea of the age/sex ratios in the region.

I'd like to second his motion. And I wonder why I haven't seen any response
to this. Say, Tweets -- it's another excuse to go birding! Of course, it
might snow Kelly Cassidy under with more locations to be plotted ...

Thus far I've been out looking specifically for snowies three times with no
luck. The crows here were upset yesterday about *just* a redtail. Maybe my
poor luck is because I am one of Dennis's "old-timers" -- I remember the
monster incursion of '73-'74, and perhaps it used up my luck.

So what do you all say to Mike's proposal? We could start with this year
and take it from there ...

-- Janet Hardin
Port Townsend, Wa
wings at olympus.net