[NatureNS] Mystery white bird near Hortonville

From: Patrick Kelly <patrick.kelly@dal.ca>
To: NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2008 16:04:05 -0400
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Hello everyone:

There is a large all-white bird that was hanging out all day at Exit 9  
(Hortonville, by the Just Us). I was driving back to Falmouth and it  
was sitting on power pole on Ridge Road, east of the exit. I assumed  
it was a snowy owl, and continued on my way. After running some  
errands in Windsor I did something I rarely do. I got the binoculars  
and camera and drove back, just in case it was still in the area. It  
was, but I was never able to get too close to it. It would fly into a  
row of trees, sit for 5 minutes then fly somewhere else. It was never  
close enough to Ridge Road to get a great picture. and I didn't really  
use the binoculars, as I figured it was a snowy owl, especially since  
when i saw it at a distance it was as white as, well, snow.....

Not having a lot of experience with them, I tried to get some pictures  
and headed home. When I looked at them I was surprised to see that,  
despite the poor quality, the head shape was wrong, and in the  
rightmost image you can see that the eyes are mostly black as well as  
the beak.

http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/White.jpg

Would this actually be a white-phase gyrfalcon?

Patrick


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everyone:<div><br></div><div>There is a large all-white bird that was =
hanging out all day at Exit 9 (Hortonville, by the Just Us). I was =
driving back to Falmouth and it was sitting on power pole on Ridge Road, =
east of the exit. I assumed it was a snowy owl, and continued on my way. =
After running some errands in Windsor I did something I rarely do. I got =
the binoculars and camera and drove back, just in case it was still in =
the area. It was, but I was never able to get too close to it. It would =
fly into a row of trees, sit for 5 minutes then fly somewhere else. It =
was never close enough to Ridge Road to get a great picture. and I =
didn't really use the binoculars, as I figured it was a snowy owl, =
especially since when i saw it at a distance it was as white as, well, =
snow.....</div><div><br></div><div>Not having a lot of experience with =
them, I tried to get some pictures and headed home. When I looked at =
them I was surprised to see that, despite the poor quality, the head =
shape was wrong, and in the rightmost image you can see that the eyes =
are mostly black as well as the beak.</div><div><br></div><div><a =
href=3D"http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/White.jpg">http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly=
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gyrfalcon?</div><div><br></div><div>Patrick</div><div><br><div =
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