Arctic bird of prey made famous by Harry Potter series and rarely seen so far south and west draws crowds to Orange county
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“This particular individual is way south of where it should be in winter but it’s finding food, it’s regurgitating pellets … so far appears to be normal and doing normal snowy owl behavior,” she added.Bird enthusiasts, news vans and ornithologists have flocked to the neighborhood in the weeks since, with crowds of up to 60 people quietly lining up to view the bird on the roof between 6am and 4pm.
Hurd has seen the owl twice. On her most recent visit, it was so quiet “you could hear a pin drop”, she said, a sign people were being respectful of the bird as visitors are advised to use quiet voices, keep 100ft of distance and avoid flash photography so as to not disturb the owl.
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