[Maine-birds] Bangor Snowy--we missed two of them!

I made a try for the BIA Snowy at about 3:30 today, and was partially successful.  I saw it from a long distance, sitting on the fence way to the right of the reported location.  It immediately flew, so no photograph.  I'm going back tomorrow, but I can't go earlier than 3; drat work.

I ran into two guys from BIA.  They were picking up the two traps they had set for the Snowies, and they told me they had already caught two of them, and were after the third.  The traps are "baited" with a live decoy pigeon, which is why they pick them up in the afternoon.  The pigeons are taken to a warm spot for the night.  I doubt if the pigeons volunteered for this, but from what I could see, they can't actually be caught by the owl.

They were friendly, and told me where to look for 'the one that got away'.  It had flown into a field on the other side of Hildreth North.  However, it had by then gone back to the airport side, as that's where I saw it on the fence, just as the guys in their truck drove past and scared it off.  The guys said that the USDA (really?) picks up the owls and transports them to a wilder location.  I hope they were telling the truth.

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