Snowy Owl Spotted in Milford

A Snowy Owl was spotted in Milford on the sandbar at the Milford Point Coastal Center on Sunday.

The Connecticut Post reports that there have been two other sightings including Tod’s Point in Greenwich and Hammonasset State Park in Madison.

The owls are expected to be around for most of the winter.

The Connecticut Audubon Society says this about the Snowy Owl:

Where to find it: Open marshes, dunes, farmland and other open areas. At the Milford Point Coastal Center, look for this bird on the exposed sandbar in front of the Center, but also perched on flotsam in the marsh. You will do best with a spotting scope. If the bird is in the marsh, you might be able to observe it with the scope in the Coastal Center’s observation room.

How to find it: Snowy Owls are relatively easy to find. Scan all open areas for a prominent white bump in an exposed area. Sometimes they may be found roosting on a rooftop of a beach cottage, but almost never in a tree.

What if it isn’t there: There are lots of winter birds moving down along the shoreline now, so you could be rewarded with a variety of duck species including wigeon, Buffleheads and Hooded Mergansers, as well as loons and other waterbirds frequenting the same general location as the owl.

Read more at the CT Audubon Society here.

Photo from the CT Audubon Society website. Photo taken by Kin Cheng.