They've been also spotted in southern Michigan. The local paper says its due
to an abundance of food this past spring that led to a bumper crop of young
ones & that the birds straying south are mostly yearlings and unfortunately
they're not doing all that well hunting for food in their new surroundings.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
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From: "Darren Addy" <[email protected]>
Subject: PESO: Snowy Owl in Nebraska
Before you look at these you should know that Thomas Mangelson has
nothing to worry about when it comes to my wildlife photography.
But Snowy Owls are in the area (I'm told a once-in-a-lifetime event
that they come as far south as Nebraska) and I've been dying to
capture one.
Last evening I spotted one near our small town airport on a lamp post,
right after sundown, but I did not have my camera with me. Tonight I
was in place, in case he returned again. He did, right on time, but he
landed on the street light farthest from me (natch).
He didn't stay long and took off to the SW. I followed him through the
telephoto (and through my car window) snapping sillhouette shots when,
to my surprise another flew into view and they tangled repeatedly in
mid-air.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/6792942927/
After three tangles or so one flew of farther SW. I tried to catch up,
hoping to find where he had landed. I succeeded, but unfortunately it
was on some extremely high power poles. I placed myself beneath him
and shot through the sunroof. When I realized it was getting too dark
I decided to try using my flash set on manual, which worked decently.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/6792955637/
I've got a sequence of them tangling and a half dozen decently sharp
shots of the bird by himself.
Never thought I'd have to be removing red eye from a Snowy Owl, but
one of them needs it.
: )
Neat day.
(We also broke the temperature record for the date by 5 degrees, with
a high of 68. Take THAT 1931.)
Darren Addy
Kearney, Nebraska
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