[MDOsprey] Snowy Owl and Big Raptor Day

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Made the trip to Port Mahon this am (Sun) and saw the Snowy Owl.  It was on 
some pilings half way between the bait shop and end of the road.  It appears 
that it might have been wounded (shot?) sometime yesterday.  It has reddish 
stains on the belly, breast and back to the nape of the neck.  There also 
appears to be broken feathers sticking out on the left side of its breast 
near the shoulder.
That is the bad news, the good news was an incredible raptor day, a personal 
best I am sure.  A Rough-legged Hawk was on a pole by the road leading to Pt 
Mahon and a least 3 Short-eared Owl were hunting in the marshes around the 
Snowy.  A good photographer could have gotten both in the same shot.  The 
total came to 14 1/2 raptor species.

Rough-legged Hawk
Short-eared Owl
Snowy Owl
Harrier
Kestrel (many)
Bald Eagle (imm at Bombay Hook)
Turkey Vulture
Black Vulture
Sharp-shinned Hawk (from tower at Little Creek)
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk (on road to Broadkill Beach)
Peregrine Falcon (on lighthouse at Cape Henlopen)
Great Horned Owl &
Osprey (both at Gordon Pond @ Cape Henlopen)

The half was a Loggerhead Shrike at Broadkill Beach.

Other highlights included RB & BH Nuthatch, GC & RC Kinglets, all 3 Merg 
species.

Tom Beal
Glenn Dale, MD

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