Awesome Bird Bad Photographs
Snowy Owl is a bird I've been hoping to find for a few years. They nest in the high arctic and don't usually make it to Southern Idaho. This year however, they've been showing up in coastal Washington, Oregon, and even California. Today I was driving around looking for birds and photographs. I was driving one of my favorite winter drives (The farm fields SE of Rexburg). Out there is an old homestead 1/4 a mile from the road. It's comprised of a few scattered homes, barns, shacks, etc. I saw something out there that looked like an owl or a hawk on top of a barn. It turned out to be a chimney, but as I was scanning the tops of the buildings and trees I saw a large white bird. I couldn't quite make it out with my binoculars, so I put out the spotting scope and could easily see that it was a Snowy Owl. I'm a happy boy. Jon and I took some bad photographs of the bird.
Snowy Owl in Tree (photographed by Darren Clark)
Snowy Owl Cropped
Snowy Owl on Building (photographed by Jon)
Snowy Owl Cropped
Snowy Owl in Tree (photographed by Darren Clark)
Snowy Owl Cropped
Snowy Owl on Building (photographed by Jon)
Snowy Owl Cropped
3 Comments:
Awesome! I always wondered if they made it down to Idaho. Have you seen any Great Gray Owls in Idaho? I saw one sitting in the window of an abandoned house in Teton Valley a few years ago. When I stopped to try to photograph it, it flew away. Still, one of the most incredible things that I have seen - with the Tetons in th background too...
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Oh yeah, Great Gray Owls are fairly common nesters in Idaho. I've seen a couple and heard a few others, mostly up near Fall River and Island Park. They are very impressive.
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