NYCkayaker An arctic visitor off Piermont

[David Gottlieb]

The snowy owl may have been officially ³reported² by the Rockland Audubon
Society, but this lovely bird has been on this side of the Hudson for a
month now. Not only does it hunt rodents (rats, mice, squirrels, rabbits)
but it also hunts other birds. In fact, it killed a coot (the only one I
have seen for awhile in the area) and left the head on the pier. It¹s an
amazing and beautiful bird. This bird tends to roost and hunt in the day .
I¹ve been watching it for hours several times a week and try to find it once
a day.

Actually, there was a snowy owl here about three years ago and it hung
around for about a week. This one has been around for a month now. What is
amazing is that it came down during such a warm winter.


On 1/28/07 2:29 PM, "Richard Clifford" <RichardClifford at earthlink.net>
wrote:
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> 
> Alan Wells, a member of the Rockland Audubon Society and the husband of Della
> Wells, said the last time a snowy owl was seen in Rockland was at least 15
> years ago.





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