4th/5th grade class
Ardmore Elementary
16616 N.E. 32nd
Bellevue, Wa. 98008
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Monday 10-march-97 Location: Bridle Trails Sky: clear Temp: 50f/10c
Time: 4:00 pm-6:00 pm #observers: 7 #Species: 10
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Dear Tweeters,
We saw the Great Gray Owl. It was sitting in a snag. As we walked under
it we looked at him. We saw he was looking right back at us. I thought
it was interesting how he bent his head down to look at us. He lifted
the back of his neck and tilted his face down.

-Jesse

Dear Tweeters,
When we saw the Great Gray Owl I was the first one to see the
owl. My teacher walked right past it, then I saw it and told my
teacher as fast as I could. It was very, very, big and large. It tried to
get somthing on the ground, it swooped three times but it failed.

-Vafa

Dear Tweeters,
After we had spotted the Great Gray Owl(GGOW), it flew to a snag
and stayed there for a long time. Since we were behind it we could only
see its face when it turned its head. It was very interesting when we walked
under it and we looked up on it, while the owl looked down on each one
of us. I still wonder, why does the nictatating membrane come halfway
down when it turns its head?

-Sachiko

Dear Tweeters,
We were walking down the trail and I was right behind my teacher
when Vafa, who wrote earlier said, "Dean!". We looked up and there was
the Great Gray Owl sitting about ten feet away from us. We set up the scope
and watched it awhile. Then we walked right under it on the trail and it
just looked at us!

-Tyson


Dear tweeters,
I enjoyed watching the Brown Creepers going up the tree and then fly to
the bottom. I also enjoyed watching the Great Gray Owl, especially when it
flew from snag to snag. Does anybody know why the Brown creepers climb up
a tree and then fly down to the bottom of another?

-Bo


I heard that the Great Gray might have been in this park last year. Does
anyone have information to verify this? Another group of kids will try
again tonight to see this rare and splendid creature. As one student
said yesterday as they watched the owl, "This is the bird I think of when
I hear of the wise, old owl".

-dean