I received this note: There is a Snowy Owl back on docks of Col Sam Smith Park. Only have cell phone so white blob!

In other winters I have had good luck finding a few owls at Col. Sam:

So it was with eagerness that I drove out to the park.

Sigh! No success. I did find some birds:

NATURE POETRY

Life is mostly froth and bubble;
Two things stand like stone:
Kindness in another’s trouble,
Courage in your own.                   – Adam Lindsay Gordon (1833–70)

Miles Hearn