On Mon, 24 Jul 1995, James West wrote:

> I don't recall at this point the details of your first description, but
> your last post makes me wonder whether there's any chance you were seeing
> a Short-eared Owl? Your impression of face rings, and a prominent yellow
> eye... The Short-eared Owl "makes like" a Harrier in the same habitat,
> and I don't believe it would be the first seen at Montlake Fill.
>

I'm quite sure it was not an owl. The bill was definitely that of a
hawk, not an owl. It also did not have the flat face and the
forward-facing eyes of an owl.

Jim Lady
Center for Quantitative Science
University of Washington
jiml at cqs.washington.edu