This afternoon I bundled up, leashed the partners, and we trundled off to Col. Sam Smith Park to see the snowy owls. Two of them, apparently a male and female have been regularly seen hanging out on the docks in the yacht club harbour. Last year I looked for them numerous times with no success – I think I was just about the only person in the neighbourhood who didn’t see them. I’m not about to let that happen again this year. It was cold and grey out there and the wind was biting, a condition which the Newfs don’t mind at all (I’m less impressed). We talked to some people at the bridge who had seen both owls in the past couple days. We had all come out to check on them, it seems. Unfortunately, there were no owls to be seen, just owl watchers. I’ll be back on the weekend at some different times. I’d love to catch a glimpse of one of these beautiful huge birds.