Tuesday, January 09, 2007

A Snowy Owl creates a stir in Madison



"It started with the Findorff construction crew at University Square spotting the owl atop the cranes towering over the mixed-use redevelopment project located between Johnson Street and University Avenue at Lake Street. "It's been around for the last three weeks," says project superintendent Jim Kalscheur, and has taken to perching atop the crane located nearest Lake Street, particularly when it is in motion."

Link: Full Article from The Isthmus

(be sure to open up the photograph of the Snowy Owl sitting on the crane!)

Snowy Owl image © 2007 Mike McDOwell

6 Comments:

At 12:21 PM, Blogger cyberthrush said...

if there's a more magnificently beautiful bird in N. America than the Snowy Owl I don't know what it is (well, one possible exception ;-)
and perched atop a crane no less -- will the surprises never cease! In the birding world I don't think so.

 
At 6:19 PM, Anonymous mon@rch said...

Snowy's find the strangest places to hang out! Going to check out the other blog!

 
At 6:41 AM, Blogger John L. Trapp said...

Awesome photographs. Thanks for sharing!

 
At 12:33 AM, Blogger Diane Trim said...

It looks like the owl is just posing for the camera. It's great that you captured its "best side"!

 
At 10:07 AM, Blogger brdpics said...

Dude- can you send a spare Snowy our way (Colorado)? We've been having Wisconsin weather, now how about a Wisconsin bird?

Seriously, though- great bird, great pic, great story.

 
At 10:23 AM, Blogger Lag Claudia Staab said...

Fantastic photo! I can only image the trouble it took to get it.

Great!/Anders

 

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