For anyone interested, I've uploaded a picture of the Owl from this morning
to my Flickr photostream:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/noahcomet/6426490791/in/photostream

This is a 100% crop---if you're interested, I can provide a wider view
that'll give a little more context to show you where to look, though once
you're near the bridge and looking north, it's not too hard to find
(assuming it doesn't move; it didn't budge the entire time I was there).  I
saw another white speck a bit further off but was unable to confirm whether
it was the second Owl.

To give you some idea of the distance: this picture was taken with a 400mm
lens using a 1.4x teleconvertor on an 18MP camera with a 1.6x crop
factor---so an effective focal length of about 900mm.  This roughly
translates to about 18x magnification.  A good scope will go a long way!

Best,
Noah

P.S.  I didn't see the Gull, but then it was very cold and I was standing
in a driving rain---so I didn't spend a lot of time scanning the skies.



On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 11:41 AM, Noah Comet <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> At least one Snowy Owl remains visible from the cement bridge in
> Ashtabula. Thanks to those who posted location info earlier!
>
> It's very cold and rainy, and a very distant subject, but worth the
> suffering.
>
> Noah

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