Dear Mike and tweeters,
This rodent look almost the same size as the Owl.Never would guess that there kill such large rodent.Think more of mice or small birds Amazing it is!!!!
Have you all a happy New Year with lot's of good birds what 2004 bought for Washington.It was a Good Year.


Cheers Ruth and Patrick Sullivan
----- Original Message -----
From: "mike denny" <m.denny at charter.net>
To: "Bruce Whittington" <fieldnat at pacificcoast.net>; <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 11:42 AM
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Northern Pygmy-Owl dinner?


> Hello All,
> Very interesting photos of a N. Pygmy-Owl with a large rodent. I would guess
> that the rodent is a microtine, most likely Microtus longicaudus or
> Phenacomys silvicola. The common names would be Long-tailed Meadow Vole or
> Dusky Tree Mouse. There is one documented case of a pygmy-Owl taking a
> Long-tailed Weasel! So these fierce little hunters might take a shot at us
> if they were the size of a Great Horned Owls. So stay in your cars and thank
> your lucky stars.
> Later Mike
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