----- Original Message -----
From: Matthew Moskwik <yuhaus at hotmail.com>
To: <inland-NW-birders at uidaho.edu>
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 4:45 PM
Subject: Northern Hawk Owl


> Inlanders,
>
> After hearing about Ron Dexter's success yesterday, I decided to try
my
> luck this afternoon (11/16) after school. I reached the destination (.7
> miles north of mile marker 219) around 1:45pm. After searching the area
> several times, at 2:25pm I found the hawk owl sitting on a cottonwood tree
> near the corner of the Old State Highway and Slide Creek Road (see Ron
> Dexter's email for directions). He didn't stay there long. Within
minutes
> he flew up into a ponderosa pine tree along Slide Creek Road. After that
he
> flew north about 75 yards and landed upon a telephone pole along the Old
> State Highway. I got some amazing views of him here. My presence or the
> traffic didn't seem to bother him. After about ten minutes here, he flew
> toward 395. It was close to 3:00pm now, so I decided to head home. Good
> luck to anyone else that goes to search for him.
>
> Matthew Moskwik
> yuhaus at hotmail.com
> Elk, WA
>
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