This morning we were out looking for the Snowy Owl in the areas where it normally hangs out without any success. I scanned a distant rocky shoreline and noticed an upright, white object with streaks sitting on a rock and from that long distance it looked like Snowy. Another photographer had a look and agreed it looked like Snowy, and the lot of us then took off power walking the long distance back to the cars so we could get on the road and drive the further distance to the rocky shoreline. As we walked towards the rocky shoreline, being careful not to startle Snowy, something seemed wrong. We should have started seeing it, I thought, and as we continued to get closer, eventually creeping along the rocky shoreline itself, nothing came into view. Then, with one more step forward, this propane tank sitting on a rock became visible. We had been fooled! This was our Snowy Owl! All that walking and trouble for a rusty propane tank!