It could be either a Barred or Great-horned. I learned of a person I know
living on Queen Anne today that tossed out a pear core out into their
back yard only to see a Barred Owl (assumming Barred, couldn't see the
front, but with urban spotty dispersal who knows...) quickly fly down
through their yard. This is only about 3 miles from disco but in a heavy
urban area (typical Queen Anne).

Scott Downes
sdownes at u.washington.edu
Seattle WA

"Birds don't read bird books. (That's why they are seen doing things they
are not supposed to do)." -Mary Wood


On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, Marissa Benavente wrote:

> hi tweets
>
> after spending a really lovely day up in the skagit enjoying the
> eurasian species and others, i had an interesting drive back over to
> vashon. as i was going across the west seattle bridge, about 8:30p.m.,
> a very large gray raptor flew quickly across, moving north to south. it
> had the look of a barred in flight, but it was so quick, and i was so
> surprised that i really didn't get a very close look. also, i was
> moving fast and couldn't slam on my brakes!! this is a very well lit
> area. is it possible that another bird (not a nocturnal species) would
> be flying at that time of night?? i know it was not a red tailed hawk,
> nor a falcon, it just didn't have that type of flight pattern. any
> ideas??
>
> marissa j benavente
> vashon
> junebug at pol.net
>
>