MD Osprey:
FYI ... I just received the following report. John said it was OK to
forward to MD Osprey.
Phil
>From:
>Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:30:44 EST
>Subject: Good Morning
>To:
>
>My name is John Schmid and and I live in Glen Burnie,Md.
>410-766-5262 Last night about 10pm I was looking out mt front
>window ,where I have some feeders in our plum tree. On one of the
>overhead lines I noticed a big form on the wire. As I watched its
>head turned quite a bit and I could see it's huge eyes. I believe it
>was a white snow owl. It was white and huge. It stayed there for 30
>seconds and as I was yelling for my wife and son to come he started
>to fly away and although my was missed it my son saw him. It had a
>huge wing span. My son said that it looked like the owl in Harry
>Potter. I read that they sometimes migrate away from there normal
>territory. There is no doubt in my mind what I saw,so I thought I
>would report it.Please let me know if there is anything else I can
>let you know about. In my yard we get 3 types of
>woodpeckers,nuthatches,tit mouse,carolina wren,an occasional wood
>thrush,oriole, a waxwing once last year and twice a
>grossbeak,towhees and the normal sparrows,robins,finches,blackbirds
>and cowbirds. I enjoy watching them very much. Well please let me
>know what if anything I can do. Thank You John Schmid
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Phil Davis Davidsonville, Maryland USA
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