Subject: [Tweeters] RE: Snowy Owls In the Wind/Lower Eyelid
Date: Dec 30 21:41:44 2011
From: Barry Ulman - ubarry at qwest.net


I have a photograph of a Gyrfalcon raising that eyelid. Only thing is, the wind was not blowing hard that day. Go figure.

Barry Ulman
Bellingham, WA.


On Dec 28, 2011, at 3:58 PM, Nancy Wagner wrote:

> I love your observation, Cindy, of the the snowy owl trying to keep the wind from its eye. I?d love to see them do that. I?ve seen short-eared owls try to block the wind like that, but they also hunker down in the grass to escape the wind, so it gets harder to see them.
>
> Nancy Wagner
> Bothell, WA
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