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Snowy?



All,

From the description Dr. Patrick and his wife gave, a snowy is the most
parsimonious explanation; this year has a apparently been an irruption
year for snowies, and a starving bird could potentially show up
anywhere. About 23 years ago, I saw a barn owl late one night on the top
of heavily wooded Morrow Mtn. in Stanly County and had trouble
convincing my boss at the park, until we both saw it three or four
nights later; owls can show up in the "wrong" habitat. I may go over and
take a look around for myself (although that spectacular individual at
Ft. Fisher has cooled my jets a bit).

Regarding the concern over Dr. Patrick's estimate of the wingspan- he
has indicated that he is a fisherman (as am I- ardently). It is a well
known fact that performers of the piscatorial arts (again, including
myself) have a great deal of trouble accurately estimating the lengths
of things! ;-)

Take care,

Clyde Sorenson
Clayton and Raleigh, NC
clyde_sorenson@ncsu.edu

p.s. I managed to get some digital images of the g-t towhee on Saturday,
if anyone is interested in seeing them.