Yard Snowy's

Today two Snowy Owls flew over the yard while we were enjoying the glorious weather, thus adding Snowy Owl to my yard list. The birds were calling to each other or at each other as the flew. One landed on the roof next door, then flew to the tall pine just up the street. A neat afternoon for us 10th street folk.                          

Barred Owl

With so many Snowy Owls around this Barred Owl was a fun treat on the way to the Newbury dump. There are literally so many Snowy's on Plum Island this year its equivalent to seeing Red Tailed Hawks in other areas.

The increased snow fall probably pushed this guy close to the road during the day in hopes of an easy meal.

A neat moment

A shot of a Snowy Owl near our house sitting in the snow. Makes you think about how they must look in the arctic.

A pile of Snowy Owl's

Today starting at 6:30 birding until around 11am, I saw between 11 & 13 Snowy Owl's, 11 being the lowest possible number of birds. Truly an incredible day.

Snowy's

Well they are back in full force this year, here are a few more shots from this morning.

Snowy Owl & Northern Shrike

First birds of the Season, shaping up to be another great year for Snowy's on Plum.

Lapland Longspur & American Avocet

A great bird at close range around the Hellcat tower, Lapland Longspur . Other recent sighting's from the Parker include ; American Avocet, Snow Bunting and dark morph Gyrfalcon. The Gyrfalcon is still up for debate for birders in the area, but the bird I saw was pretty definitively a Gyr. I got one bad picture which was just to fuzzy for any field marks.
                                         
                                           

Avocet

                                                         Lone Longspur on the Hellcat dike

I stole the idea for this photo from my buddy Hans, he takes way better pictures than I do, check him out. www.hanszimmern.com3