Hi Everyone-
I visited the now-famous owl house at 14141 Harvest Mile Road at 6:45 this morning 1/3. Just as the sky erupted in orange, I had a Snowy Owl three utility poles south of the house. It sat there while I scoped it, but soon it got to bobbing its head to calibrate its trajectory, then launched itself into the ditch to the west. It appeared to have gone west from there, so I went south to 138th, west on 138th, and north on an unnamed street to an oil well with solar panels and a large storage tank. I had an owl sitting on the short post just south of the fence protecting the well. At the time, I assumed they were the same owl, but now that I think about it, the bird at the house was larger and paler. I never saw both at the same time. Both owls departed to the west, where there are no handy roads, so I drove to work. The unnamed street turns into 144th, which connects back with Harvest/Harvest Mile (the street changes name right about here). About social Snowy Owls: One winter day after a storm, I saw two Snowy Owls at the mouth of the Columbia River in Oregon sitting side by side. When one got hungry, it would go to a nearby pond, snag an exhausted Red Phalarope, rip it in half, swallow it in two gulps, and glide back to its perch. I apologize for the late post. I am unable to post from work, or I would have written sooner. Horned Larks were calling in the dark in the snowy field east of the house, but got quiet by dawn. Mark Miller Longmont, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
