A snowy owl was recently released from a raptor center. Perhaps the same. No way to know.
On Thursday, April 26, 2018 at 10:32:32 AM UTC-6, Susan Wise wrote: > > Interesting. > Maikel and I were out strolling Golden Ponds in Longmont (Boulder County) > yesterday evening (4/26). A large white bird the size and shape of a Great > Horned Owl flew over. It was very white. It's head was the blocky shape > of an owl. I hollared to Maikel (the one with binoculars) but he was too > far behind to get on it. So I just let it go with a shrug. > Today, I was perusing the Bird Trax at the bottom of the CFO website. And > what do I see? A report of a Snowy Owl. > > Location > Longmont Estates, Boulder County, Colorado, US ( Map > <http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.1716594,-105.1484728&ll=40.1716594,-105.1484728> > ) > Date and Effort > Tue Apr 24, 2018 10:20 PM 🌙 NocturnalProtocol:StationaryParty Size:3 > Duration:15 minute(s)Observers:Mindy Mullen > Species > 1 species total > 1 > Snowy Owl > > Almost all White all over, very large, observed hooting loudly and sitting > in top of a large cottonwood. I am pretty darn sure it was a snowy owl. We > are near several large ponds. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/561b49f7-6cd4-4395-a4b5-67d5532d82b8%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
