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Don't you mean if it wasn't for your 11:11 wish? Here is a mediocre digiscoped image of the bird I posted to the Vermont Atlas of Life: http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/477667 -- Ron Payne Middlebury, VT On Sat, 7 Dec 2013 15:35:10 -0500, Alison Wagner <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Hello again VT Birders, > > I'd like to add a chapter to Eric's report regarding finding the > Snowy! There was another accomplice....a Red-tailed Hawk! Eric and I > had driven past "something on top of a tree" (hawk) and decided to go > back and check it out. We let Ian and Ron know we were pursuing > something as they continued south. Once we determined it was a > Red-tail, we headed south to find the team. Next Eric saw Ian > traveling back (north), so he gave the thumbs down sign indicating > not our target bird. Eric and I continued a few minutes further, > turning onto Basin Harbor Road. Eric decided to call Ian again to > see what the next plan was. He noticed the time was 11:11, and > suggested I make a wish. "I wish Eric could see a Snowy Owl," I said > aloud. Ian answered his phone and told us that he and Ron were still > in the spot where they received Eric's signal, only now their thumbs > were up! They had found the elusive Snowy! If it hadn't been for > that hawk, we all would have driven right on by! > > Ali > > -----Original Message----- From: Eric Hynes > Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2013 2:57 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [VTBIRD] Snowy Owl in Bridport > > Hello Vermont Birders: > > Ali Wagner, Ian Worley, Ron Payne, and I teamed up for some fun birding in > Addison County this morning. Somebody else might offer a more complete > report but I wanted to share a couple of highlights while there is still > some daylight. > > We had a way out Long-tailed Duck from under the bridge at Chimney Point. > > Remarkably, Ali spotted a possible Snowy Owl in flight from Chimney Point. > She was looking toward Bridport so we headed down to investigate. > Eagle-eyed Ali was right! > > Ron and Ian found it standing in a corn stubble field on the east side of > Rt. 125. It was just south of the town line with Addison and north of Lake > Street. It wasn't close but it was spectacular. > > Good birding, > > Eric Hynes