Any updates on the Snowy Owl(s) in Ashtabula?
Thanks!
Greg Cornett
Sunbury
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> Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:40:12 -0500
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> Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] Snowy Owl
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> 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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