frank hodgson wrote:

> How many people on the tweeters list have: (1) ever seen a snowy owl in
> the wild (if so from how close?)

Having lived in Alberta for nine years I've seen many snowy owls, the
closest was a fencepost near a road seen from my car on the Yellowhead
Highway in Saskatchewan.

Arthur Berman
Vancouver, BC aberman1 at earthlink.net