About 3:30 p.m. today, I saw a great gray owl hunting in the ditch on the side of Hwy. 169, 3.5 miles west/south of Ely. When it flew off to the north, I saw that it had four or five pure white feathers on its right wing. This is not the owl I saw in the city limits of Ely recently, and, since the white feathers are easily seen when it's flying, it's likely this constitutes a new bird.
Don't know how common partial albinism is in owls in general or GGOs in particular. I know it's not overly uncommon in house sparrows and robins. While my camera was nearby, when I put it up to my eye the lens was fogged and the bird flew out of sight. Call it Murphy's law or call it operator error. Steve __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
