I'll drive leaving from Bowie @ 6:15 am Mon Jan 16 and can meet up and take 3 more, hopefully one with a scope. Or, if a group is going and has space, I'll ride along.  Pls. reply off-list.  
 
Dorothy Paugh, 
 

> Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:32:09 -0500
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> Subject: [MDOSPREY] Extralimital Owl
> To: 
> 
> Since several people asked me to let them know about any nearby SNOWY OWL, I
> will tread on Norm's list just to say there is one just north of
> Shippensburg, PA near the junctions of Mud Level and Duncan Roads. I'm not
> giving any more directions than that - google it.
> 
> And take your best scope and all of the clothes you own - it is somewhat
> brisk up there. The owl thinks it's on a tundra and it feels like one.
> Actually it looks like farm fields to me but what do I know. I will add that
> Laura and I got fairly good looks from a Rails to Trails thing I think was
> labeled as The Cumberland Trail or something like that - it's just down
> Duncan Road from the intersection mentioned above. The owl does move around
> so I can't guarantee it will be visible from the trail when you go. A guy we
> met there said it had been SW of the intersection when he got there and then
> flew over him (Wow!Musta been a sight!) and landed on a fence post back over
> on the SE side, near where we saw it. It was on the ground sitting near a
> rock on a ridge the whole time we saw it. Parking is there but is somewhat
> precarious in spots. Be prepared that the locals all drive big pick-ups or
> even bigger tractors. Give them a wide berth.
> 
> Thanks to Mike O'Brien for the tip.
> 
> And the owl's name is Harry. Not after Harry Potter but our own Harry
> Armistead.
> 
> How do I know this? Simple.
> I made it up.
> 
> Jerry Tarbell
> Carroll County, which now includes Shippensburg, PA
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