We have seen a Snowy Owl in a tree in an alien northeastern state. It even flew to another tree.

(Jim, thanks for the gorgeous photo!)

Leslie Starr & Joe Turner
Baltimore




On Dec 14, 2011, at 6:11 PM, Jim Moore <> wrote:

> 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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