Snowy Skeptic
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Yesterday, members of the Delaware Valley Photo Friends Meetup group (4 of us) went on an expedition to find and photograph a Snowy Owl in Lancaster County (Amish Country) Pennsylvania. One of our members had been tracking sightings and we set out early in the morning with great hope, but not really expecting to find one.
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But we DID...almost as soon as we arrived in the neighborhood. We had had a fresh coating of snow during our drive, and everything looked pure and pristine.
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It turns out that this young male is wearing a GPS tracking device on its back, as part of "Project Snowstorm."
Snowy Owls are really birds of the North, but this year they have "invaded" the Mid-Atlantic states in the U.S.
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What a thrill it was to see this beautiful bird!
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January finalists are an impressive collection. Congratulations and Good Luck going forward!
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Uploaded on February 27, 2014