There is a snowy owl hanging out in Orange County, Ca.

[Mousetoescamper]

10. Great shots! You are one lucky duck, Grumpy! Snowies sometimes show up in Pennsylvania during an

irruption year when there's a shortage of lemmings, their main food source in the Arctic, and young breeding owls head south in search of food. There was a large irruption about 10 years ago and there were hundreds of snowy sightings in Pennsylvania. There was a sighting last winter a few miles from my home, but the owl had moved on before I could grab my camera and drive to the site.

I've never sighted one in the wild, much less have gotten a photo, and here the guy from Los Angeles gets shots of a snowy practically in his backyard! (sarcasm) Congratulations, Grumpy, you got some great shots of a species not seen in your neck of the woods in over 100 years!

I hope the spectators are being respectful of the owl and the neighborhood.