Subject: Re: Snowy Owl map on the World Wide Web
Date: Nov 28 18:05:09 1996
From: suiebill at ix.netcom.com - suiebill at ix.netcom.com
Michael Hobbs wrote:
>
> >From: donb at rational.com[SMTP:donb at rational.com]
> >Of course, most birders also love the city life. If something as unusual
> >and obvious as a snowy owl is around, there are also a lot more non-birding
> >eyes to notice the event than out in some random field or beach. So, this
> >distribution might well be at least partially an artifact of the distribution
> >of potential viewers.
> >
> >Then again, perhaps it isn't :)
>
> --------
> The complete absence of Snowy Owl reports from Bellevue and other
> Eastside communities would indicate *something* to me. Perhaps SNOW
> prefer the coast? Perhaps they prefer urban to suburban? Certainly
> there are enough eyes out here, so it isn't that they weren't seen.
>
> == Michael Hobbs
> == Redmond WA
> == mikeho at microsoft.comHi,
I have kept my eyes peeled for snowy owls on the East side with little
success.
Not for the want of trying. I think they have a preference for the coast>
Bill
suiebill at ix.netcom.com
Kirkland