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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: farmer on February 25, 2013, 12:14:10 PM

Title: Snowy Owl - Leamington
Post by: farmer on February 25, 2013, 12:14:10 PM

A lifer for me, found a snowy Owl north of Leamington Sunday Feb. 23 sitting in a soya bean field.

(http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm317/applefarmer40/Snowyowl_zps49235772.jpg)

He even 'smiled" for the photo!
(http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm317/applefarmer40/Snowyowl2_zps98d4e3bd.jpg)

Title: Re: Snowy Owl - Leamington
Post by: BoboBird on February 25, 2013, 02:17:05 PM

Congratulations. Nice find.

Title: Re: Snowy Owl - Leamington
Post by: lovemypt on February 25, 2013, 06:04:54 PM

Nice find...I remember you have mentioned that you have wanted one, there was one down by Pelee last year but I don't reckon many go down that way...without a eruption year

Title: Re: Snowy Owl - Leamington
Post by: farmer on February 26, 2013, 07:46:58 AM

Thanks, i had heard report of one in Chatham, that was the closest to here. i was thrilled to get a snowy owl and redpolls (both lifers)in Leamington in the same year!

Title: Re: Snowy Owl - Leamington
Post by: Palo on February 27, 2013, 09:41:30 AM

Excellent catch Farmer! Congrats

Title: Re: Snowy Owl - Leamington
Post by: MEGHAN on February 27, 2013, 09:06:34 PM

Awesome!! Congrat to you. I always thought it would be you who posted the most amount of Snowy's every year. You always hear of them in the onion fields out near Pelee.
Glad you finally managed to find one...maybe this pretty girl will turn your luck around.
Beauty bird.

Meghan