[Tweeters] White owl!!!!

[Alan Roedell via Tweeters]

No worries,  we've all had similar experiences , wishful thinking,
usually.
Carry on please.  I love your posts.
Alan Roedell, Seattle

On Fri, Jul 10, 2026, 8:57 AM Odette James via Tweeters <
tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:


> This morning I'm embarrassed. The white "owl" has unfluffed its feathers

> and flown down to the ground, and it's not an owl but a domestic pigeon!

> With its feathers fluffed up last night it had a really large head, and I

> didn't want to get too close to it to disturb it, so I screwed up my ID.

> But if anybody knows who has a missing white pigeon, it's here. Still an

> unusual bird, but not quite so unusual. Rats. Now nobody will ever believe

> any posts I put on Tweeters. Sorry.

>

> Odette James

>

>

>

> On Friday, July 10, 2026 at 12:34:37 AM PDT, Odette James <

> o.b.james at verizon.net> wrote:

>

>

> I have just had the most surprising birding experience I have had in

> years! I am at the Lakeshore retirement community, 11448 Rainier Ave S.,

> Seattle

> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/11448+Rainier+Ave+S.,+Seattle?entry=gmail&source=g>

> As I was heading for bed shortly before midnight, I looked out the window

> and saw what appeared to be a SNOWY OWL on the railing of the balcony

> outside our dining room. I was able to get some not-very-good cell phone

> snaps of it I can send to anyone who is interested. The bird has dead white

> plumage, orange feet and legs, a black iris circled by yellow, but appears

> to have an pale orange bill, not black. Also it is much smaller than a

> Snowy Owl is supposed to be, only a bit over 12 inches long. Perhaps it is

> an albino or an escaped some other kind of owl? It is puffed up, just

> standing on the railing and I was able to get within 8 feet of it and it

> paid no attention to me. It probably is ill.  I called PAWS and left a

> message but by tomorrow the bird will either be gone or lying dead on the

> ground below the balcony. No way I will try to capture it.

>

> That's what I love about birding. There are always surprises, some of them

> pretty incredible.

>

> Odette James

>

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