Another long drive today, hoping to find a Snowy Owl, but out of luck again. Unfortunately, not a single one to be seen anywhere. I did notice that a very experienced birder covered some of the same roads as I did, and she had no Snowy Owl sightings posted on eBird for today.
Yesterday, I was out for about five and half hours, driving NE of the city. Takes roughly an hour and a quarter to get to the area I wanted, so by the time I allow the same for the return journey, it doesn't leave much time for searching the back roads. However, I covered the roads that I wanted, so it was worth it.
The only birds I saw were three Magpies, about 8 Gray Partridge flying fast across the road, and maybe half a dozen small birds that could have been House Sparrows, also flying across the road.
In October 2019, for once, I actually knocked on the door of the owner of the private grain elevator seen in this photo and another photo posted yesterday and asked if it was OK to photograph her old grain elevator, meaning from the road. However, she very kindly told me to go over to it and take any photos I wanted. This grain elevator is a different style from what one usually thinks of, when 'grain elevator' is mentioned. I like it, and it is quite a fine building. Yesterday, I just took a handful of photos while sitting in my car. The carved, wooden Snowy Owl always makes me smile.
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