Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 18:40:18 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Peter Mann Subject: Snowy Owl at Bombay Hook MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable There is a snowy owl at Bombay Hook - it has been there for the last few = days. It looks like an immature bird to me. We saw it today around dusk. = It has been seen in the same area for the last few days in the late = afternoon. Go to Bear Swamp. Go past the big island where the night herons roost in = the summer. Around the turn. Several hundred yards up the road there is = a sign on the left "Bear Swamp Pool" The owl was just beyond the sign - = on a low island on the left, about 150 feet from the road. We watched it for about twenty minutes, while it calmly ate a bird - we = couldn't see what species - it was getting too dark.=20 Peter Mann Galena, MD Kent County =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =========================================================================