Based on a recent eBird listing, my friend Devin and I rolled the dice and went out to Breezy Point for what we assumed was a slim chance at finding an Snowy Owl. To our surprise and delight we saw not one owl but two.
The first was a bit smaller and slightly mottled with black. It was sitting on some old chunks of wood on the third dune back from the beach, off to the right of the diagonal path that cuts from the main sand road to the shore. The second owl was further to the west, once again on the third dune back from the beach. This owl was larger and was completely white. There's a good chance this was the owl that was hanging out at Jones beach previously. This owl was sitting in a particularly picturesque spot with the wonder-wheel and the parachute jump in the background. Both birds were easily viewable from the dune closest to the shore. It was made sure that all onlookers kept distance so as to not persuade these owls to shove off again. Nevertheless the second owl seemed a little bit nervous and walked around a bit, making a slight hop at one point. Cheers, Archer M. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
