So I’ve received numerous emails... I can only speak to what I myself saw (very briefly). Yes, it could have been a light morph Great Horned Owl. The nesting density on the west side of Longmont is ridiculously high. Yes, it could have been a Barn Owl. After Great Horned, that’s the highest probability in this location. No, I didn’t hear any sound therefore I don’t have a recording. The location where I saw it fly is directly East of Golden Ponds where the St Vrain intersects with Airport Road. The is private property - a farm. Joe - I understand the skepticism. When Maikel told me last year that he just saw a Scarlet Tanager north of Boulder , I said, ‘Are you sure it wasn’t a Vermillion Flycatcher?’ If looks could kill.
On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 1:15 PM Joe Roller <[email protected]> wrote: > eBird shows that there have been no records of Snowy Owl anywhere near > Colorado since early April this year. > Could happen, but I'm skeptical. > Sharon, do you have any way of finding out whether the recently released > owl was young or adult, > male or female? > > Joe Roller, Denver > > On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 12:55 PM, Sharon Kay <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> 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 >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/561b49f7-6cd4-4395-a4b5-67d5532d82b8%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/cobirds/lPhsfSQrb0s/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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/CAJpZcUBuzh-Ojt1Sjo6HsrdPkaCGCGBvbA-D9zxXYGSDM1W2GQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAJpZcUBuzh-Ojt1Sjo6HsrdPkaCGCGBvbA-D9zxXYGSDM1W2GQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Susan Wise [email protected] 303-819-4863 -- 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/CAEt0nt11mXZB6CXnyarOLnak48RECzcZQFS3NirCO2NOV9pyNg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
