Sat 15 Dec 2007
Steve & Dottie Cooper saw the Snowy Owl 8:30-9:00 am today in the same areas as described before on the web site. The owl was active. We observed it on both sides of the road. First seen on a lone fence post on the south side of the road about 1/4 of a mile west of the bend in Gleasman Road. A crow landed by the owl and walked around and checked it out. Then a Red-Tailed Hawk flew by several times until the owl flew to the power pole with several transformers on it. We think the owl caught a small rodent in the ditch. The owl doesn’t appear to be disturbed by the traffic.
It was a life bird for both of us.
Hope the Christmas Count is productive for all of you hardy souls.
December 19th, 2007 at 11:07 pm
Steve and Dottie – I’d love to have your help on the Kishwaukee CBC on Dec 29. You can have your own territory – mostly done from the car if you want. We need someone to get out and find a couple more Snowy Owls! Let me know if you can help! Barbara Williams
December 22nd, 2007 at 6:24 pm
Bryan Holliday emailed us today and reported that he saw the Snowy Owl. He also reported that 2 police officers stopped and looked at it! They were apparently happy to have seen it after hearing about it.