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Date: 1/19/25 4:40 pm From: Michael Meetz <mcmeetz1...> Subject: Re: [ia-bird] SNOW in Story County
About 2:30 the Snowy Owl was still on the ground along the fence row where Wolf Oesterreich and I last saw it. ( along the south corn stubble side) west of 580th Avenue north of 13th street (220th St). Returned about 4:30 PM we could no longer locate the bird. Evan, Tracy, and Linda Miller were with me. After driving the surrounding area for about an hour we relocated the bird. It was now on the East side of 580 th avenue about 1/2 a mile into the section. The bird started out on the ground making it difficult to see then it perched on a post along the fence line that ran east. Would have missed it if we had not been used spotting scope. Approximately 5:15 PM the bird flew about 75 yards south dropped onto the bean stubble and sat for a few minutes then lifted off, flew low to the southeast toward the Verbio stover storage area at which point we lost sight of it. Will be looking for it in the AM Mike Meetz > On Jan 19, 2025, at 12:11 PM, Doug & Nina Harr <dnharr...> wrote: > > Still there at Noon. > > Doug Harr > > On Sun, Jan 19, 2025, 9:53 AM Wolfgang Oesterreich <wolfoest...> <mailto:<wolfoest...>> wrote: >> Pat Schlarbaum discovered a Snowy Owl this morning along 580th Ave, about 0.5-mile north of 220th St. I met up with Mike Meetz and we spotted the owl, about 0.75-mile north of 220th St, in vegetation along the east side of the road. After a few minutes, the owl flew westward across the road and landed in a soybean field, near a grassy waterway. Soon the owl flew southward and landed on a fence post (fence line 0.5-mile north of 220th St). The owl would alternate between a fence post and the ground. The Snowy Owl was last observed on the south side of the fence line (corn stubble field), almost to the top of the slope. >> Wolf. Oesterreich >> Ames >> >> -- >> Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> <mailto:<ia-bird...>. >> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx >> This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. >> IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> <mailto:ia-bird+<unsubscribe...>. >> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CAB%3DdHR3Y8W7j%2BkHrfTCHWGyk7%3D-dBJyT1z8tAbH%<3DpYfqwp1-rg...> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CAB%3DdHR3Y8W7j%2BkHrfTCHWGyk7%3D-dBJyT1z8tAbH%<3DpYfqwp1-rg...>?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > > > -- > Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> > To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx > This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. > IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> <mailto:ia-bird+<unsubscribe...>. > To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CAO6%3DGQea2%<2Bp3Pog8dOVXK6SaPkOpJJvydw9tHg6Jbh8MRQowCw...> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CAO6%3DGQea2%<2Bp3Pog8dOVXK6SaPkOpJJvydw9tHg6Jbh8MRQowCw...>?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<56A31B35-9AC5-4CEA-998D-747E2B7510CC...>

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