This Snowy Owl popped up on eBird and appears to be a new b
Folks:

This Snowy Owl popped up on eBird and appears to be a new bird at a different location. Wroten Island is in Dorchester County to the east of the Honga Straits, probably visible from Upper Hooper Island.
 
Tyler Bell

California, Maryland 



----- Forwarded Message ----
From: James Riordan <>
To: James Tyler Bell <>
Sent: Sunday, February 1, 2009 10:43:46 AM
Subject: FW: eBird Report - Wroten Island , 1/9/09

If useful, the owl was seen again (same location) on the dates below

-----Original Message-----
From: Iglehart, Philip [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 5:14 PM
To: James Riordan
Subject: RE: eBird Report - Wroten Island , 1/9/09

Jamie

Great idea--I saw it a lot when I was last down--jan 12-13

Cheers
philip

-----Original Message-----
From: James Riordan [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 10:41 AM
To: 'Cindy'; 'Peter K Knights'; 'Wes Chapman'; 
Cc: Iglehart, Philip
Subject: FW: eBird Report - Wroten Island , 1/9/09

The snowy owl has definitely expanded its southern range due to an
excellent
breeding season last year; however, it remains VERY rare in our area so
I
have taken the liberty of submitting the finding to eBird for their
database.