[Tweeters] Short-eared Owl

[Alan Roedell via Tweeters]

Magnificent!

On Wed, Jan 15, 2025, 11:14 AM RW Hamlyn via Tweeters <
tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:


> Fortunately for us in Washington, Short-eared Owls are regular winter

> visitors to the Skagit Valley.  Once you find where they are hunting, they

> are easy to observe, because they do hunt during daylight, usually early

> morning or late afternoon, and they hunt in open fields.  What’s harder is

> to see them actually catching and dining on their prey, as their prey is

> small and they usually swallow it quickly, and usually out of sight in the

> tall grass, or behind a bush, etc.  Fortunately, after many attempts over

> years, I finally got the hunt, capture, dining sequence for one Shorty!

> The link to the video of that event link is:  https://youtu.be/M3s3Yaxb3QQ

> .

>

> Ray Hamlyn

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