The Snowy Owl in Spring Hill (Maury Co) was still present but very distant at midday today (1/24/09), on the west side of Highway 31, across from Rippavilla, south of 396/Saturn Parkway, and south of the red barn and gated entrance/pullout mentioned earlier. It was only visible from about a 25' section of the Saturn fence, at its highest point above the roadway atop a somewhat treacherous and crumbly slope. The bird was hundreds of meters distant, right on the skyline at the crest of the farthest rise, visible to the naked eye as a bright white dot, through binoculars as a slightly larger white dot, and through a scope as a rippling fluffy blob that occasionally turned its two pinprick eyes towards you. Re: the multiple reports of their originally having been two owls: These might not be independent data, they might all be repeating the same primary rumor. Bill Pulliam Hohenwald TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________