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Snowy Owl report in Glen Burnie

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Phil Davis

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Phil Davis

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Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:15:45 -0500

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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