Karen Shragg, the director of Wood Lake Nature Center, and I went out to = the airport to try for Snowies, I find midday the toughest time to = locate them, most of my interesting sightings have been at dawn or late = in the day. After much scanning with binos to no avail from the glycol = facility blockhouse on Cargo Rd, I scanned with a scope and found a = white blob =BE miles away in front of the main terminal. Without enough = magnification to put eyes in the head, we were able to determine it was = indeed the largest owl on the continent by its wing edge being a dark = shadow on the white blob, its feathers on the nape of the head and = around its feet ruffling in the wind, and two quick movements of its = head. This was a lifer for Karen, I was sorry she didn't get a close and = definitive look at it. This was around 12:30 PM. Horned Larks were heard = in two occasions from this location, their high twittering calls blown = on the wind, so I didn't locate them specifically. but they sounded like = flyovers. Nearly 50 degrees and the snow is melting, if you want to see = the Snowies, now would be a good time, they may be moving on soon. Good = Birding.
