I can't say I've seen one in a tree either. But a google image search
for "snowy owl" and "tree" turned up several images. E.g.:
http://www.visualphotos.com/image/1x9095524/snowy_owl_nyctea_scandiaca_perching_in_tree_north
Jim Moore
Rockville, MD
On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 5:52 PM, George M. Jett <> wrote:
> Folks
>
> I've never seen a Snowy Owl in a tree. I don't know that they would know
> what a tree is. They are ground nesters since there are no trees in the
> artic. All that I have seen were on roof tops or on the ground. Hopefully
> it will prove true and fly over to the good state of Maryland.
>
> George
>
> www.georgejett.net
> -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Shenot
> Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 2:28 PM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] possible Snowy Owl near Mt. Vernon
>
> Seems like would be kind of hard to mis-id a Snowy Owl even for a
> non-birder; I know some strange lighting can make it hard sometimes, but I
> am guessing if the observer thought it might be one that it most likely was.
> This location (in VA) is directly across from Piscataway Park in PG County
> (and visible from either the new boardwalk there, or from the fishing pier
> at Colonial Farm Park - which is accessed from a different parking area).
> This park could be a potentially good area for drawing the attention of a
> Snowy if it was traveling along the river, since it has some nice big open
> fields and generally does not have much disturbance. Myself and several
> other birders have recently been looking there for a Northern Shrike
> reported at Piscataway near the boardwalk (reported on eBird, not MDOsprey,
> about ten days ago; to my knowledge the shrike has not been seen by anyone
> other than the original observer).
>
> Its about a mile across the river, and if the Snowy flew to the MD shore
> there are several natural areas directly across the river from the VA
> location. In addition to the 2 above-mentioned areas at Piscataway, there
> is also a large open area of semi-public land (known as Hard Bargain Farm),
> which is cooperatively managed between the NPS and private landowners. This
> area is not open to the public but I think it may be accessed publicly if
> you get permission first, and can be easily reached from the boardwalk at
> Piscataway by continuing east past the end of the boardwalk. There are
> large open ag fields there which can be viewed while walking along the
> river. It is about a half mile walk from the parking area to these fields.
>
> It is about time for a Snowy in MD now, they seem to be popping up widely
> elsewhere now.
>
> Jeff Shenot
> Croom MD
>
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