More Snowy Owls in Connecticut

Snowy Owl at Hammonasset, courtesy of Bill Canosa.

A number of birders saw Hammonassett Beach State Park’s first Snowy Owl of the season yesterday, and Bill Canosa of Branford got this terrific shot. We haven’t had reports since Sunday of the Snowy that had been seen at our Milford Point Coastal Center, but one was reported yesterday at Greenwich Point Park.

The Connecticut Ornithological Associations’ daily email says the Hammonasset bird is an immature female. And here’s the COA’s description of the Greenwich Point bird: “One 1st Year Snowy Owl seen perched at the top of a tree on the lawn heading 3/4 of the way down from the large inscribed boulder towards the Sound, adjacent to the Holly Grove Area.  The Snowy seemed very calm, and didn’t even notice a dog walker passing directly underneath it’s branch.”