Snowy Owl  Along December dunes in Amagansett I breathe-- its head swivel snaps Over the immaculate shoulder yellow eyes fix on me from earth’s Jurassic age.   FreeDigitalPhotos.net December is the arrival month for Snowy Owls. Three or four to a dozen a winter, seen mostly among the ocean dunes. Older males are amazingly white. Adult females are lighter with some black crescent-shaped fleck marks. Immatures show considerable flecking, Snowy Owls are daytime hunters of mice and voles. They survey the scene from atop thrones of dunes. "One does not soon forget a view of a snowy owl sitting on the crest of a sand dune staring intently back with its piercing yellow eyes," writes John L. Turner in his book every poet writing about Long Island nature could profitably consult, Exploring the Other Island: A Seasonal Guide to Nature on Long Island (1994-Waterline Books, Great Falls, Virginia -- 1-703-759-0368).

Snowy Owl

Along December dunes in Amagansett
I breathe-- its head swivel snaps
Over the immaculate shoulder
yellow eyes fix on me from earth’s Jurassic age.

FreeDigitalPhotos.net

December is the arrival month for Snowy Owls. Three or four to a dozen a winter, seen mostly among the ocean dunes. Older males are amazingly white. Adult females are lighter with some black crescent-shaped fleck marks. Immatures show considerable flecking, Snowy Owls are daytime hunters of mice and voles. They survey the scene from atop thrones of dunes. "One does not soon forget a view of a snowy owl sitting on the crest of a sand dune staring intently back with its piercing yellow eyes," writes John L. Turner in his book every poet writing about Long Island nature could profitably consult, Exploring the Other Island: A Seasonal Guide to Nature on Long Island (1994-Waterline Books, Great Falls, Virginia -- 1-703-759-0368).