Yesterday my boss came in and said "I thought about you last weekend.  
Guess what bird I saw in my backyard...?"  He lives in Annapolis, and 
since I know he is not a birder but very observant and wrong only rarely, 
I replied "I guess by your excitement it was rare - was it a loon?"  He 
said "well I thought I knew what it was right away, but I've never seen 
one before, and never heard of one being seen around here."  He then told 
told me it was a Snowy Owl, that was sitting on his boat!  He then ran in 
to get his kids and his camera, and got some pictues that he said were not 
high quality but maybe good enough for me to tell.  He sent them to me 
last night and I just looked - his photos are excellent especially given 
the low light level, and it was obviously a HY SNOW.  Very cool!  He said 
it hung around on his boat, dock, and neighbor's dock til dark, but he has 
not seen it again since Sunday.

Of course, I said "you should have called me"!  Note - It may still be 
around or in the vicinity, since he is often not home in the afternoon 
during the same time as when he saw it on Sunday.  He lives on the water 
in Eastport.

Jeff Shenot
Croom MD