This afternoon I took my dog on a walk along the West River trail. There was no trace of the 
owl. However getting close to the I91 overpass I met a couple from out of town who too were 
looking for the owl after they had seen it when driving east on Rte 30. It had been flying east 
along the river, more on the trail-side, and so decided to search for it. We exchanged phone 
numbers. They drove back to Rte 30 while I continued on the trail. They called me to say, no 
owl.  I asked a runner on the trail about the owl. He told me, no, but he had seen a big white 
owl in the Retreat woods in October ( this does not sound  typical  for a Snowy Owl). Just to 
be sure I drove over to Rte 30 to check the field behind the water treatment plant - no owl. 
Anyway it pays to keep the eyes open.

Hilke Breder
Brattleboro, VT