>From: Don Baccus <donb at Rational.COM>
>
>Did anyone see the great gray owl this weekend?

YES! It was wonderful.

We went up Saturday, for the evening show. The spot was easily
identified by the line of cars cruising on Overnell Rd. A little after
5:00 (I believe), the owl flew out as promised and perched on the
fence. There it remained for maybe 5 minutes (while being stared at by
a half-dozen or more scopes and two dozen binoculars). It flew back
into the woods, then returned after about ten minutes and sat on a
shrub. We watched in the fading light until the owl flew off, just as
an adult Bald Eagle overflew the bush.

On the way up, we saw over 200 swans (the ones I could see well were
all Trumpeters) just NW of Conway on Fir Island.

== Michael Hobbs
== Redmond, WA
== mikeho at microsoft.com