Last year, for several weeks, Short-eareds were regularly at Marymoor Park.
That was much later in the winter though. If I start seeing them again at
Marymoor, I'll put out a message on Tweeters.

== Michael Hobbs
== Kirkland WA
== hummer at isomedia.com

----- Original Message -----
From: <Gr8HrndOwl at aol.com>
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Saturday, October 02, 1999 1:58 PM
Subject: short-eared hotspots?


> 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
>