Tweets,

My wife and I took a quick run down to Nisqually this afternoon so I could
show her the GREAT HORNED OWLETS. As we started off toward the twin barns a
woman asked if we had just gotten there. When I said yes she said there was a
BARN OWL in a hole in a tree on the other side of the visitor center. Quick
change of plans. Off we went in that direction. Heading out toward the
Nisqually River, just past the laurel bushes, was Bob Young, one of the other
volunteers at Nisqually. He graciously pointed out the BARN OWL to us.

Here's the deal: just past the laurels, off to the left is an old, straight
snag. Look past it on the left and you will see another dead tree 100 hundred
yards or so off the trail. Look at the hole in this snag about 25 feet off
the ground. Sitting in there was a female (I think) BARN OWL. First BARN OWL
I've seen at Nisqually in some time.

Later we found an adult GREAT HORNED OWL and owlet in the woods behind the
nest tree. Not nearly as easy as when they were sitting in the nest tree, but
they are still in the area.

The BARN OWL makes 98 species for the year at Nisqually, and both birds were
life birds for my wife.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to got make diner.

Phil Kelley
Lacey, WA
360-459-1499
scrubjay323 at aol.com

"We were few and they were many. Now we are many and they are few."
Confucius