Date: 7/10/26 5:38 pm From: Alan Roedell via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] White owl!!!!
No worries, we've all had similar experiences , wishful thinking,
usually.
Carry on please. I love your posts.
Alan Roedell, Seattle
On Fri, Jul 10, 2026, 8:57 AM Odette James via Tweeters <
<tweeters...> wrote:
> This morning I'm embarrassed. The white "owl" has unfluffed its feathers
> and flown down to the ground, and it's not an owl but a domestic pigeon!
> With its feathers fluffed up last night it had a really large head, and I
> didn't want to get too close to it to disturb it, so I screwed up my ID.
> But if anybody knows who has a missing white pigeon, it's here. Still an
> unusual bird, but not quite so unusual. Rats. Now nobody will ever believe
> any posts I put on Tweeters. Sorry.
>
> Odette James
>
>
>
> On Friday, July 10, 2026 at 12:34:37 AM PDT, Odette James <
> <o.b.james...> wrote:
>
>
> I have just had the most surprising birding experience I have had in
> years! I am at the Lakeshore retirement community, 11448 Rainier Ave S.,
> Seattle
> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/11448+Rainier+Ave+S.,+Seattle?entry=gmail&source=g> > As I was heading for bed shortly before midnight, I looked out the window
> and saw what appeared to be a SNOWY OWL on the railing of the balcony
> outside our dining room. I was able to get some not-very-good cell phone
> snaps of it I can send to anyone who is interested. The bird has dead white
> plumage, orange feet and legs, a black iris circled by yellow, but appears
> to have an pale orange bill, not black. Also it is much smaller than a
> Snowy Owl is supposed to be, only a bit over 12 inches long. Perhaps it is
> an albino or an escaped some other kind of owl? It is puffed up, just
> standing on the railing and I was able to get within 8 feet of it and it
> paid no attention to me. It probably is ill. I called PAWS and left a
> message but by tomorrow the bird will either be gone or lying dead on the
> ground below the balcony. No way I will try to capture it.
>
> That's what I love about birding. There are always surprises, some of them
> pretty incredible.
>
> Odette James
>
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