Read the phone interview that I had with Paul Bannick. He offers beginning distance, and after an owl has acclimated to a territory, a closer distance.

http://www.shorelineareanews.com/2011/11/for-birds-snowy-owl-facts-and.html


Christine Southwick
N Seattle/Shoreline
clsouthwick at q.com

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On Mon, 12 Dec 2011, Mechejmch wrote:

> Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:05:54 -0500 (EST)
> From: Mechejmch <mechejmch at aol.com>
> To: phil.mitchell at pobox.com, tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] How Close Is Too Close? (Snowy Owl)
>
>
> Are there any guidelines for this situation?
>
> Perhaps it might be a good practice to imagine trading places with the owls, just to see how you might feel with strange critters sneaking up on you?and pointing?those large
> contraptions at you.
> You'd have enough to deal with just finding enough food and?surviving the winter......
> ?
> My dos centavos,
> Joe Meche
> Bellingham
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: seasprocket <seasprocket at gmail.com>
> To: Tweeters <Tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Sent: Sun, Dec 11, 2011 8:47 pm
> Subject: [Tweeters] How Close Is Too Close? (Snowy Owl)
>
> We were down at Damon Point today enjoying seven (!) gorgeous Snowy Owls. Aware that the birds may be quite stressed already, and have certainly been the objects of a lot of
> attention, we did not attempt to approach closely and just enjoyed nice looks from a distance.
>
> Others, however, chose to approach more closely. Sometimes the birds seemed not to care, other times they seemed "on alert," and one bird may have actually been flushed.
>
> It peeved me a little bit, but it got me to thinking that I really don't know what the "appropriate" distance is in this situation. In more isolated circumstances, I would have
> gradually approached, watching for any signs of agitation (and backing off). I didn't want to do that in this case. Others chose differently.
>
> Are there any guidelines for this situation?
>
> Phil Mitchell
> Seattle, WA
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