Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 06:07:10 EST Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Gail Mackiernan Subject: Re: Snowy Owl In-Reply-To: Message of Fri, 15 Dec 2000 20:42:34 -0800 from Hi Kevin (et al) The Snowy Owl appeared fine yesterday, catching and eating a rat and then flying to a phone pole and providing close views. I didn't see any blood or any weakness in the flight. As we were leaving, someone put out a bal chatre trap to try and catch him for banding (was this you, Steven?) -- would assume if the bird were captured and showed obvious signs of injury, it would be reported. That having been said, unfortunately most of these young owls which fly south never survive to return home, falling victims to wires, cars etc. Cheers, Gail Mackiernan Colesville, MD ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================