On Sat, 4 Jan 1997, Ter Ellingson wrote:

> There is a Snowy Owl in the Wedgwood neighborhood at noon on Saturday,
> Jan. 4. It's been here at least a couple of hours, occasionally moving
> short distances to avoid mobbing by crows. For the last hour, it's been
> perching high in a tree, a few houses south of the intersection of 36th NE
> and NE 70th, with a good, clear view from the street.

Thanks so much for posting this. I haven't had a chance to go out and
look for snowy owls all winter until today, and was planning on driving
up to the west 90. I checked my mail to find the directions i'd saved,
and here was this notice about an owl much closer. As of 2:30pm, it was
still in the same spot. Just beautiful!


Paul Talbert
paul at sparky.fhcrc.org
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