My Quest

PJM · Dec 23, 2020

Inspired by photographs of snowy owls by @MSnowy and @zombiesniper and Jr I am on a quest for my own. Snowys have been seen on Plum Island in Newburyport, MA which is about 30 minutes north of me. So a few times a week I head up there looking for them.

Yesterday was a magnificent morning up there

Quest-3 by Peter Martin, on Flickr

with some rainbows in the mist blowing off the waves.

Quest-2 by Peter Martin, on Flickr

Sadly I spotted no Snowy Owl, but did find the ubiquitous seagull

Quest by Peter Martin, on Flickr
and a few seals basking on some rocks in the Merrimack River.

Quest-5 by Peter Martin, on Flickr

Maybe next trip.

zombiesniper · Dec 25, 2020

Great set. Love the rainbow mist of #2.

Hope you get to see a Snowy soon.

K9Kirk · Dec 25, 2020

Nice set. Judging by pics of snowy owls I've seen on other web sites, they like to hang out around sand dunes. Are there sand dunes there? Maybe you'll have better luck next time around.

PJM · Dec 25, 2020

zombiesniper said:
Great set. Love the rainbow mist of #2.

Hope you get to see a Snowy soon.

You will see it here when I do!

Thanks.

PJM · Dec 25, 2020

K9Kirk said:
Nice set. Judging by pics of snowy owls I've seen on other web sites, they like to hang out around sand dunes. Are there sand dunes there? Maybe you'll have better luck next time around.

Yes, there are lots of sand dunes here. They are protected so you can't walk through them. But you can walk the breach along side them and the Snowy Owls have been spotted there.

Thanks.

Winona · Dec 25, 2020

Nice!

nmoody · Dec 25, 2020

Yeah #2 is my favorite. Nice job

PJM · Dec 26, 2020

Winona said:
Nice!

nmoody said:
Yeah #2 is my favorite. Nice job

Thank you very much.

MSnowy · Dec 26, 2020

Nice set!

johngpt · Dec 31, 2020

Nice set Peter.
Now that you've answered the question "What is your Quest?"
You need to answer the questions:
"What is your favourite colour?"
and
"What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?"

PJM · Jan 1, 2021

Thank you.

Green.

11 meters / second.

Space Face · Jan 3, 2021

I do like the 'tube' in No 2. Good luck with the owls. Never seen one in the wild, though we do occasionally get them in this country but not near me.