Brian,
Oh yeah, another spot worth investigating is the new Skagit Game Range just east of the 90 degree turn to the north on Fir Island road. You can walk the dike here for over a mile, scanning the marsh. It sure looks like a good spot for short-eared owls.
Greg Toffic

>>> <Gr8HrndOwl at aol.com> 10/02 1:58 PM >>>
Hello everyone....it's almost that time of year when I get up in the wee
freezing hours of the morning to watch Short-eareds hunt over their marshes.
Last year I watched a dozen or so hunt over the fields of Nisqually but it
seems they want people gone around 4pm or so (is that still the hours?). I'm
also aware the North Fork off of Fir Island is great for Shorty's too. (last
winter I was given a nice fly-by from a Great Horned, too). I'm interested
in hearing from fellow Tweeters of other quite reliable Shorty
marshes/fields. Thanks in advance for replys!! Bryan Mathews, Fed Way,
Gr8HrndOwl at aol.com