Hi Tweeters:
Mark should not apologize. This is a BEAUTIFUL image of a flying very-white Snowy Owl. Thank you, Mark!
Between frantic errands today, I hope to see the Snowy Owl that was seen in the fields west of Enumclaw yesterday, and was reported to Tweeters by Charlie Wright. (1/4 mi south of hwy 164 on 208th Ave SE).
These fields also may feature other raptors including Short-eared Owl on occasion. The southern boundary of this area is the White River, which is the King-Pierce county line. I really like the fact that the original Enumclaw report said the Snowy was seen perched on a tank in a weedy field. LOVE those weedy (ungrazed, unplowed) weedy fields. That's what the owls and raptors really seem to like.
Thanks for the picture, Mark. I would love to see a flying Snowy Owl just once. I have only seen them perched.
Carol Schulz
DesMoines
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Ahlness
To: Tweeters
Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 10:44 PM
Subject: RE: [Tweeters] Damon Pt Snowy Owls


We went back to Damon Point today, two days after visiting with Marv, because we were still in the area, and the opportunity to see these beautiful birds so close up doesn't just happen every day. The weather was quite a bit better, but still rough. Today we "only" saw five snowy owls. This time I did bring along my camera. I hesitate to post this because I'm no photographer, don't have any fancy equipment, and there are so many wonderful pics referenced on this list - but here was our shot of the day:

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=76481933&size=o

No snow buntings, one peregrine - Mark
Mark Ahlness
mahlness at halcyon.com
http://ahlness.com
http://roomtwelve.com

-----Original Message-----
From: tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu]On Behalf Of Marv Breece
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 8:04 AM
To: Tweeters
Subject: [Tweeters] Damon Pt Snowy Owls


Yesterday (12.20.05) 4 friends and I walked out Damon Spit at Ocean Shores. Before we had reached the pond, 3 PEREGRINE FALCONS had flown by, presumably 3 different individuals. Upon reaching the pond, we headed for the beach and the driftwood. Before long we had in our sights 6 SNOWY OWLS. No luck with Snow Buntings.

The weather was less than birder friendly, so we headed to Tokeland where we could bird from the car, or at least close by. At high tide, the dock in the harbor held the typical hundreds of MARBLED GODWITS. >From the dry warmth of a very nice van, I scoped each bird without locating a Bar-tailed Godwit. With the godwits were a few LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS and about 15 WILLETS. A RIVER OTTER swam near the dock. We saw one WHIMBREL on the lawn of a nearby house.

Although the dry spells were few on this rainy day, noone complained.

It was a good day.

Marv Breece
Seattle, WA


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