Ken, One rehabbed at the local raptor center after getting hit & caught in a truck grill. Local policeman drove it 50 miles after his shift and waited for the center to open. After mending it's broken bones, it's been released in a county forest preserve. So they are here in Chicago too. Regards, Bob S.
On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 11:03 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > ----- Original Message ----- 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 > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
