This sounds like it may be a Short-eared Owl. Snowy Owls do not have beige or brown on the wings. The markings are black. This seems to be a great year for Short-eared Owl and the habitat around King Road looks good for Short-eared. That would be my best guess.
Chris Wood On Mar 1, 2013, at 12:42 PM, "Linda Madeo" <lwma...@gmail.com<mailto:lwma...@gmail.com>> wrote: I saw a bird that looked like this, too ... yesterday around 5:30 pm on W. King Rd. Linda Madeo On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 9:05 PM, Tobias Dean <tdea...@twcny.rr.com<mailto:tdea...@twcny.rr.com>> wrote: Second hand sighting: Wife Elizabeth said a very large owl, very white with beige markings evenly spread on wings and back, flew right in front of her at headlight level last night on E.King Rd. in Ithaca. She didn't get a good look at the head. this was well after dark. Toby Dean -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
