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Birds of Note All Records For Snowy Owl
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| Snowy Owl | 1992 | Oct-Dec | Franklin | One at Shady Grove present for several weeks from 11/4 (Robert & Marion Carmack, Richard Bell) A dead Snowy Owl was found 30 miles south in Maryland in the beginning of December |
| Snowy Owl | 1992 | Oct-Dec | Erie | 2 at Edinboro 11/8-28 (Ron Terwilligen, Bonnie Ginader) |
| Snowy Owl | 1993 | Oct-Dec | Erie | 1 at Presque Isle 11/3 (J. McWilliams, Walt Shafer) and early Dec |
| Snowy Owl | 1993 | Oct-Dec | Lancaster | 1 at New Holland 11/19 |
| Snowy Owl | 1993 | Jan-Mar | Bedford | 1 at Breezewood 2/9 (Clyde McGinnett) |
| Snowy Owl | 1993 | Jan-Mar | Centre | 1 near the Penn State campus 2/19 (Robert Clarke, Paul Weeden) |
| Snowy Owl | 1993 | Jan-Mar | Erie | 1 at Edinboro 1/16 (Joyce Hoffman, Walt Shaffer) and 1 at Presque Isle 1/30 (Jerry McWilliams) |
| Snowy Owl | 1993 | Jan-Mar | Fayette | 1 near White from Dec. to mid-Feb. (Mary Shirland, m. obs.) |
| Snowy Owl | 1993 | Jan-Mar | Potter | 1 at Lent Hollow 12/15 (Jack Lent) |
| Snowy Owl | 1994 | Jan-Mar | Bucks | 1 on 12/13 at Palisades High School (Steve Allison) |
| Snowy Owl | 1994 | Jan-Mar | Crawford | 1 on 12/24 at Woodcock L. (Jim Barker) |
| Snowy Owl | 1995 | Jan-Mar | Mifflin | 2(!) on 11/11 at Jack's Mountain (m. obs.) and 1 on 12/29 at Siglerville (Connie Maclay) were remarkable in that they were the only reports from the entire state this quarter! |
| Snowy Owl | 1996 | Jan-Mar | Mifflin | 1 on 1/28 at Ryde (Merrill Latherow) |
| Snowy Owl | 1996 | Oct-Dec | Berks | 1 in Nov at Temple (m. obs.) |
| Snowy Owl | 1996 | Oct-Dec | Erie | present from 11/27 on at Presque Isle SP (Frank & Barb Haas) |
| Snowy Owl | 1996 | Jan-Mar | Lancaster | 1 rescued from inside a building in Lancaster on 12/9 was later released (Bob Schutsky) |
| Snowy Owl | 1996 | Oct-Dec | Northampton | 1 found starving on 11/18 at Martin's Creek later died at the rehabilitator's (Steve Boyce, Rick Wiltraut) |
| Snowy Owl | 1996 | Jan-Mar | Bedford | 1 on 12/11 at Beldon (Rosie McGinnett) |
| Snowy Owl | 1997 | Jan-Mar | Butler | 1 on 12/17-19 at Lucasville (Scott Bastian, John Fedak) |
| Snowy Owl | 1997 | Jan-Mar | Schuylkill | 1 on 12/3-6 at Schuylkill County Airport (Mark Sterling) |
| Snowy Owl | 1997 | Jan-Mar | Bedford | 1 on 1/26 at Beldon (Rosie McGinnett) |
| Snowy Owl | 1997 | Jan-Mar | Erie | 1 present to 2/2 at Presque Isle SP (Jerry McWilliams) |
| Snowy Owl | 1997 | Jan-Mar | Schuylkill | 1 on 1/20 at Schuylkill Haven (Carole Laughlin) |
| Snowy Owl | 1997 | Jan-Mar | Sullivan | 1 on 1/1 at Eagles Mere (Carol & Bill Freise) |
| Snowy Owl | 1997 | Oct-Dec | Erie | 1 from mid-August to at least 9/22 near the Behrend Campus was the first summer record for the state (Jerry McWilliams) |
| Snowy Owl | 1998 | Oct-Dec | Carbon | 1 on 10/26 at Bake Oven Knob (Dave Hawk, Barry Reed) |
| Snowy Owl | 1999 | Jan-Mar | Tioga | 1 on 3/9 near Millertown (John Deming) |
| Snowy Owl | 1999 | Jan-Mar | Erie | 1 on 12/29-30 at Presque Isle SP (Jerry McWilliams) |
| Snowy Owl | 1999 | Jan-Mar | Venango | 1 on 1/26 (John Fedak) |
| Snowy Owl | 1999 | Jan-Mar | Mercer | 1 on 3/9 at Lake Latonka (Glenna Kemm) |
| Snowy Owl | 2000 | Oct-Dec | Adams | 1 on 11/28 at Biglerville (Ann Ratay) |
| Snowy Owl | 2000 | Jan-Mar | Allegheny | 1 on 11/14-12/21 in Pittsburgh (Chuck Tague) and 1 on 12/24 near Monongahela (fide Deb Yovanovich) |
| Snowy Owl | 2000 | Oct-Dec | Lebanon | 1 on 11/7-14 at Lebanon (m. obs.) |
| Snowy Owl | 2000 | Oct-Dec | Clinton | 2 on 11/19 at Loganton (Amos Kauffman) |
| Snowy Owl | 2000 | Oct-Dec | Bucks | 1 on 11/4 at US Steel (R. Gonzalex |
| Snowy Owl | 2000 | Jan-Mar | Crawford | 1 on 12/2-17 at Pymatuning (Ron Leberman, Robert Leberman) |
| Snowy Owl | 2000 | Oct-Dec | Erie | 1-2 present from 10/31 at Presque Isle State Park (Jerry McWilliams, Russ States) |
| Snowy Owl | 2001 | Jan-Mar | Erie | 1 at Presque Isle State Park 1/1-2/3 (Jerry McWilliams, Mike Fialkovich) |
| Snowy Owl | 2001 | Jan-Mar | Westmoreland | 1 seen on 2/7 at Murrysville (Julia Pahountis-Opacic) |
| Snowy Owl | 2002 | Apr-Jun | Lehigh | 1 on 4/9 at Queen City Airport (Phil Camphell) |
| Snowy Owl | 2002-2003 | Dec-Feb | Dauphin | 1 on 2/21 near Hershey Medical Center (SR); 1 on 2/25 in South Hanover Township (Bernie Crist) |
| Snowy Owl | 2002-2003 | Dec-Feb | Monroe | 1 on 1/11 in Broadheadsville (Claus Herrmann) |
| Snowy Owl | 2003 | Mar-May | Monroe | present up to 3/22 at Brodheadsville (Claus Herrmann) |
| Snowy Owl | 2003 | Aug-Nov | Lancaster | One 11/3 Memorial Road. Lititz (J. Ritter) |
| Snowy Owl | 2003-2004 | Dec-Feb | Erie | one 2/17 near McKean (Linda McWilliams): |
| Snowy Owl | 2004 | Mar-May | Franklin | 1 in the Willow Hill area all winter remained into April |
| Snowy Owl | 2004 | Aug-Nov | Erie | One at Gull Point, Presque Isle SP 11/20 and remained into the winter season (Jeff Brinker et al) |
| Snowy Owl | 2004 | Aug-Nov | Luzerne | One in Hazelton 11/17 (Alan Gregory) |
| Snowy Owl | 2004-2005 | Dec-Feb | Erie | one remained at Gull Point and the channel at Presque Isle SP through at least 1/15 (m. obs.) |
| Snowy Owl | 2004-2005 | Dec-Feb | Cumberland | one located at Pharo's Truck Stop in Shippensburg 12/10-15 (m. obs.) |
| Snowy Owl | 2004-2005 | Dec-Feb | Montour | one reported in a field along Blee Hill Rd.1/31 (Bob Bleiler); one seen flying in the northern part of the county 2/3 (Mike Kuriga) |
| Snowy Owl | 2004-2005 | Dec-Feb | Lycoming | one at the Lycoming Mall 12/4 ( Carol and Charles Hildebrand, Dave Ferry, Steve Pinkerton, Wayne Laubscher); one in Williamsport 12/13-18 (Mike Kuriga, Wayne Laubscher et al) |
| Snowy Owl | 2005 | Mar-May | Montour | one present, no date listed (Jon Beam) |
| Snowy Owl | 2005-2006 | Dec-Feb | Centre | one in State College beginning 1/24 (m. obs.) |
| Snowy Owl | 2005-2006 | Dec-Feb | Clarion | one at Mt. Airy 12/17, just in time for the Christmas Bird Count (Pete Dalby, Deb Freed, Ron Montgomery) |
| Snowy Owl | 2005-2006 | Dec-Feb | Mifflin | one at Bellville 1/4-1/7 (m. obs.) |
| Snowy Owl | 2005-2006 | Dec-Feb | Berks | one in the open farmland near Fleetwood 12/18-12/27 (Matt Wlasniewski, m. obs.) |
| Snowy Owl | 2006 | Mar-May | Centre | present since January at the Bellefonte I-99/220 Interchange (David Facey, Jen Lee, Jeff Michaels, Larry Ramsey, Leslie Demmert, Matt Rockmore, Molly Heath, Roana Fuller, Bob Fowles) and was last seen 3/20 (Roana Fuller, Bob Snyder, Sandy Welch, Bob Keener, Jen Lee). |
| Snowy Owl | 2006-2007 | Dec-Feb | Dauphin | One in West Hanover Township 2/9 (Beth Carricato). |
| Snowy Owl | 2007 | Aug-Nov | Franklin | one photographed west of Chambersburg 11/26 but not relocated thereafter (Shirley Fenstermacker). |
| Snowy Owl | 2007-2008 | Dec-Feb | Adams | One found dead on a farm, 12/19 (Mike O'Brien). |
| Snowy Owl | 2008 | Aug-Nov | Juniata | one photographed at an undisclosed location 11/22 (fide Chad Kaufmann) |
| Snowy Owl | 2008 | Aug-Nov | Lancaster | one east of Strasburg, no date given (Tom Raub). |
| Snowy Owl | 2008-2009 | Dec-Feb | Clarion | one at Curllsville 2/2 (Carole Winslow) |
| Snowy Owl | 2008-2009 | Dec-Feb | Dauphin | one at Harrisburg 2/9 (Aura Stauffer) |
| Snowy Owl | 2008-2009 | Dec-Feb | Lancaster | one in East Drumore Twp. 2/25 (Tom Amico) |
| Snowy Owl | 2008-2009 | Dec-Feb | Cambria | two in Patton area from mid-Dec through end of period (Dave Kaltenbaugh, Dave Gobert) |
| Snowy Owl | 2008-2009 | Dec-Feb | Northampton | one at Pen Argyl 12/23 (fide Rick Wiltraut), another at Northampton Recycling Plant 12/23 (Jon Lahr). |
| Snowy Owl | 2009 | Mar-May | Allegheny | one in Pittsburgh 3/31-4/6 (Julie Ecklar, m.ob.) |
| Snowy Owl | 2009 | Mar-May | Cambria | one of the two birds from the winter season was last seen in the Patton area 4/8 (Dave Gobert) |
| Snowy Owl | 2009 | Mar-May | Clarion | one unconfirmed near Curllsville 3/15 (fide Carole Winslow). |
| Snowy Owl | 2009-2010 | Dec-Feb | Lebanon | one seen in flight at Palmyra 2/22 (Richard and Karen Light). |
| Snowy Owl | 2009-2010 | Dec-Feb | Crawford | one, presumably an adult male, at Shadeland 1/26-2/28 (Miller family) was seen by nearly 500 observers during its stay (fide Clare Nicolls) |
| Snowy Owl | 2010 | Mar-May | Crawford | the bird present from the winter season near Springboro was last seen 3/6 (Thomas ClareNicolls, m.ob.) |
| Snowy Owl | 2010 | Mar-May | Juniata | one at Seven Stars (observer and date not listed). |
| Snowy Owl | 2011-2012 | Dec-Feb | Armstrong | See details in Season Summary. |
| Snowy Owl | 2011-2012 | Dec-Feb | Clearfield | See details in Season Summary. |
| Snowy Owl | 2011-2012 | Dec-Feb | Delaware | See details in Season Summary. |
| Snowy Owl | 2011-2012 | Dec-Feb | Erie | See details in Season Summary. |
| Snowy Owl | 2011-2012 | Dec-Feb | Jefferson | See details in Season Summary. |
| Snowy Owl | 2011-2012 | Dec-Feb | Cumberland | See details in Season Summary. |
| Snowy Owl | 2011-2012 | Dec-Feb | Somerset | See details in Season Summary. |
| Snowy Owl | 2011-2012 | Dec-Feb | Philadelphia | See details in Season Summary. |
| Snowy Owl | 2011-2012 | Dec-Feb | Chester | See details in Season Summary. |
| Snowy Owl | 2012 | Mar-May | Armstrong | one near Worthington 3/14-3/23 (Mark McConaughy, m.ob.). |
| Snowy Owl | 2012-2013 | Dec-Feb | Dauphin | one during first week of January in Powell's Valley (fide Stan Miller, Scott Bills) |
| Snowy Owl | 2012-2013 | Dec-Feb | Pike | one at Promised Land S.P. 2/2 (Carissa Longo). |
| Snowy Owl | 2013 | Aug-Nov | Berks | one immature at Reading Regional Airport 11/25 (ph. Terry Sroka) and another immature at Shank Door near Myerstown 11/27 (Loretta Gehman, m.ob.) |
| Snowy Owl | 2013 | Aug-Nov | Centre | one on Williams Road and Tusseyvile Road 11/29-30 (Jim Dunn, et al.) |
| Snowy Owl | 2013 | Aug-Nov | Clinton | one at Loganton 11/28 (Jessica Welshans) |
| Snowy Owl | 2013 | Aug-Nov | Erie | a total of 4 from 11/23 to the end of the period at Presque Isle State Park and Fairview Twp. (Roger Donn, Brian Pardini) |
| Snowy Owl | 2013 | Aug-Nov | Lebanon | one in Myerstown 11/26 (Robert Fisher fide Christopher Heft) likely the same as the 11/27 bird in Berks |
| Snowy Owl | 2013 | Aug-Nov | Northampton | one flew over the Little Gap Hawk Watch 11/22 (Gerald Lahr, Linda Campbell), and one in a Bethlehem parking lot 11/28 (ph. Jesse Fricker). |
| Snowy Owl | 2013 | Mar-May | Bedford | one at Dunnings Creek Wetlands and Whitetail Wetlands 3/15-18 (Connie Hunt). |
| Snowy Owl | 2014 | Aug-Nov | Cumberland | one at Camp Hill 11/25 (Deuane Hoffman) was relocated in Dauphin 11/30, it was found to be injured and taken to a rehabilitator |
| Snowy Owl | 2014 | Aug-Nov | Erie | one on a house in Erie 11/12 (fide Bonnie Ginader) and one at Gull Point 11/15 (Larry Slomsky fide Michele Franz). |
| Snowy Owl | 2014 | Aug-Nov | Berks | one at Morgantown 11/10-11 (Karin Leisser-Haley, Stephanie Dean) |
| Snowy Owl | 2014-2015 | Dec-Feb | Berks | one at Marion Twp. 2/21 (Rob Feldman) |
| Snowy Owl | 2014-2015 | Dec-Feb | Lebanon | one near Fontana 2/11-14 (Gerry Boltz, et al.) |
| Snowy Owl | 2014-2015 | Dec-Feb | Crawford | one at North Center Rd. 12/30 (Clare Nicolls), and one south of Conneautville 2/8 (Emanuel Erb) |
| Snowy Owl | 2014-2015 | Dec-Feb | Dauphin | a disoriented bird in Harrisburg that recovered inrehab in early Dec and was released 12/12 was possibly same bird seen in Cumberland in Nov (fide Richard Williams) |
| Snowy Owl | 2014-2015 | Dec-Feb | Erie | at least 11 different owls present mainly in the eastern half of Erie and at Presque Isle State Park (m.ob.) |
| Snowy Owl | 2014-2015 | Dec-Feb | Northumberland | at least one in various locations south of Turboville 12/3-6 (David Brown, m.ob.). |
| Snowy Owl | 2015 | Aug-Nov | Lebanon | one immature on the east end of Lebanon City 10/24 (Bob Schlegel, Don Billett, Jim and Kitty Logan, Fritz Heilman, Mike Shull). |
| Snowy Owl | 2015 | Mar-May | Berks | one in Hamburg 3/11 (David Hughes) and 3/26 (Terry Shaffer) |
| Snowy Owl | 2015 | Mar-May | Erie | one in Union City from the winter season to 3/3 (Donna Peters). |
| Snowy Owl | 2015 | Aug-Nov | Erie | one at Gull Point 11/24 (Roger Donn, Jerry McWilliams) |
| Snowy Owl | 2015-2016 | Dec-Feb | Allegheny | a second hand report of one at Pittsburgh Airport 2/12 (Dan Richards) |
| Snowy Owl | 2015-2016 | Dec-Feb | Armstrong | one north of Mahoning Dam 1/22 (Frank Pago) |
| Snowy Owl | 2015-2016 | Dec-Feb | Erie | approximately 7 individuals across the northern portion of the county 12/23-2/25 (m.ob.) |
| Snowy Owl | 2015-2016 | Dec-Feb | Lancaster | one at Groffdale and Scenic Rds. 1/9 (Jim Flowers). Lebanon |
| Snowy Owl | 2016 | Mar-May | Erie | one at a private residence 3/9-10 (Jerry McWilliams). |
| Snowy Owl | 2016 | Aug-Nov | Erie | one at Gull Point 11/22 (Roger Donn) and another there 11/27-30 (Ruth Swaney, Roger Donn) |
| Snowy Owl | 2016 | Aug-Nov | York | one at Biesecker Rd. 11/14 (ph. Josh Markel). |
| Snowy Owl | 2016-2017 | Dec-Feb | Erie | As many as 4 along Lake Erie shore 12/4-1/27 (m.ob.) |
| Snowy Owl | 2016-2017 | Dec-Feb | Bradford | One near LeRaysville from late Dec until 2/27 (Kevin Raymond, m.ob.) |
| Snowy Owl | 2016-2017 | Dec-Feb | Franklin | One near Greencastle 2/28 (Dale Gearhart, m.ob.) |
| Snowy Owl | 2016-2017 | Dec-Feb | Somerset | One at Glenmoor 12/15 (Linda Greble). |
| Snowy Owl | 2017 | Aug-Nov | Butler | one found while spotlighting deer at LakeviewBeach at Moraine SP 11/10 (Bartramian Audubon Society) |
| Snowy Owl | 2017 | Aug-Nov | Clearfield | one in Union Twp. 11/29 (Harold Webster) |
| Snowy Owl | 2017 | Aug-Nov | Crawford | one near Cambridge Springs 11/27 (Kendall Zook) |
| Snowy Owl | 2017 | Aug-Nov | Dauphin | one near Hummelstown 11/21 (Ted Nichols) |
| Snowy Owl | 2017 | Aug-Nov | Erie | one in Waterford 11/13 (Daniel Wolfe) and at least four on theeast end of Presque Isle in the second half of Nov (m.ob.) |
| Snowy Owl | 2017 | Aug-Nov | Warren | one at Eisenhower High School 11/13 (John Fedak). |
| Snowy Owl | 2017 | Mar-May | Crawford | one near Spring Twp. 3/13-26 (Eric Miller). |
| Snowy Owl | 2017 | Aug-Nov | Susquehanna | one on private property11/29 (Nancy VanCott, Forrest VanCott, Barbara Stone, Evan Mann) |
| Snowy Owl | 2017 | Aug-Nov | Union | one at the U.S. Penitentiary in Lewisburg 11/30 (fide Brent Bacon) |
| Snowy Owl | 2017 | Aug-Nov | Lebanon | one near Annville 11/21 (Karen Bionde) was probably the same bird relocated near Campbelltown 11/27 (Becky Bollinger, Ted Nichols II, Pat and Richard Williams) |
| Snowy Owl | 2017 | Aug-Nov | Lycoming | one near the Lycoming Mall 11/15 (Brent and Su Bacon) |
| Snowy Owl | 2017 | Aug-Nov | Montgomery | one at Springfield Twp. Middle School in Oreland 11/22 (Caitlin Welsh) remained in the general areafor a few days thereafter |
| Snowy Owl | 2018 | Mar-May | Crawford | one near Rundeltown 3/3-4 (Claire Nicolls, Kendal Zook) |
| Snowy Owl | 2018 | Mar-May | Delaware | present at Philadelphia Airport from winter season, last reported 3/24 (Al Guarante, Michael Walter, Adrian Binns) |
| Snowy Owl | 2018 | Mar-May | Erie | one or 2 remaining from winter at Presque Isle SP up to 5/2 (Roger Donn, Mary Birdsong) |
| Snowy Owl | 2018 | Mar-May | Philadelphia | 2 at Northeast Philadelphia Airport in March. |
| Snowy Owl | 2018-2019 | Dec-Feb | Philadelphia | one in the city 2/4 (Jessica Im). |
| Snowy Owl | 2018-2019 | Dec-Feb | Crawford | one at Pymatuning SP 2/5 (Ron Leberman) |
| Snowy Owl | 2018-2019 | Dec-Feb | Erie | 5 or 6 at Presque Isle SP and elsewhere to 1/15 (m.ob.) |
| Snowy Owl | 2018-2019 | Dec-Feb | Lackawanna | one at Marshbrook Rd 1/20 (Madison Bershefsky) |
| Snowy Owl | 2019 | Aug-Nov | Erie | one in Summit Twp. 11/20 (ph. Sandy Suroviec). |
| Snowy Owl | 2020 | Mar-May | Erie | one at Presque Isle SP 3/11 (Dean Zeller) |
| Snowy Owl | 2020 | Mar-May | Mercer | one photographed, location not listed (fide Ethan Kistler) |
| Snowy Owl | 2020 | Mar-May | Warren | one at Tidioute 4/5 (m.ob.). |
| Snowy Owl | 2020 | Aug-Nov | Cameron | one near Driftwood 11/13 (Anna Donato) |
| Snowy Owl | 2020 | Aug-Nov | Erie | one at Gull Point 11/21 (Roger Donn, Jennifer Ferrick) and one photographed by the headlights of a car in Union City (Brett Smith) |
| Snowy Owl | 2020 | Aug-Nov | McKean | one near Eldred 11/16-17 (Barbara Gee, eBird) |
| Snowy Owl | 2020 | Aug-Nov | Northampton | one at Bethlehem 11/9 (ph. Dana Lindsey) was found dead the next day. |
| Snowy Owl | 2021 | Mar-May | Centre | one in Halfmoon Twp. 4/20 (Mark McLaughton) |
| Snowy Owl | 2021 | Mar-May | Crawford | one in the northern part of the county 3/2 (James Hill, Suzanne Winterberger) |
| Snowy Owl | 2021 | Mar-May | Erie | one south of Edinboro 3/2 (James Hill), the same bird as Crawford, and one at Presque Isle SP 3/20 (fide Justin Berkheimer) |
| Snowy Owl | 2021 | Mar-May | Somerset | the bird wintering at Seven Springs Mountain Resort was last seen 3/10 (Andrew Smith) |
| Snowy Owl | 2021 | Mar-May | Tioga | one near Ogdensburg 4/23 (Christine Allen). |
| Snowy Owl | 2021 | Aug-Nov | Erie | immature in west Millcreek Twp. 11/16-25 (fide Susan Smith). |
| Snowy Owl | 2022 | Mar-May | Chester | one near Oxford 3/12 (Patrick Millar) |
| Snowy Owl | 2022 | Mar-May | Crawford | one in the Candahota Lake area 3/3 (Emily Smith) |
| Snowy Owl | 2022 | Mar-May | Erie | one at Presque Isle SP 4/3-13 (Roger Donn, Sam Meigs) |
| Snowy Owl | 2022 | Mar-May | Lycoming | one north of Williamsport present for a week in late March (fide Steve Pinkerton). |