Phil,
 These April Fools jokes have got to stop. Why, it's only February!  P:-)

Hmmm, on the other hand, maybe it was a white gyr....

Rick Sussman
Woodbine,MD

My son said that it looked like the owl in Harry >Potter






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From: Phil Davis <>
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Sent: Thu, Feb 25, 2010 12:15 pm
Subject: [MDOSPREY] Snowy Owl report in Glen Burnie


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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