Hi tweets,

Wendy and I found and photographed the elegant N. Hawk-owl today (Feb. 6) at
11:30 at the location described by Gregg Thompson. However, it's not always
a slam dunk. We whiffed on the bird twice on Thursday, Feb. 5th. By the
way, there is a Sharp-shinned Hawk in Mansfield that loves to have its photo
taken. It landed 60 feet from us in a street near the cemetery picking up
invisible prey and proceeded to hop within 15 feet before flying away. The
last photo I took included the top of the side mirror; it was that close.

Hie thee to Mansfield, pronto, Alan Roedell Seattle, roedell at speakeasy.net

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[mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Gregg
Thompson
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 9:11 PM
To: Tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: [Tweeters] Northern Hawk Owl still there

I again went to try some photography of the Northern Hawk Owl on the
Waterville Plateau. As usual with chasing Northern Hawk Owls I didn't
really think it would be there still, I had seen it on Wednesday. Still
there and if you want to see a Northern Hawk Owl up close this is your
easiest opportunity possible.
If you take the road to Mansfield, from Waterville, it is on the road to
Bridgeport, about 2 miles west of Mansfield. If you are coming from
Bridgeport I guess its the first road that says Mansfield. On the map I
think it is B Road NE. About 1 mile from the intersection, with the road to
Mansfield, is a house on the right. Heading north on the East side of the
road.
There is about 7 telephone poles on the west side of the road. Also across
the street from the house is a abandoned house with a few trees in the yard.
The Owl seems to have a cycle of starting at on end of the telephone poles
and searching for food, then moving to the next pole, and then the next.
Comes back the same way. Does not seem disturbed by me taking pictures or
of passing cars. Sooo if the bird is still there you will get close up
views and the bird doesn't seem to fly away, no other trees in the area.

Gregg Thompson
Gregg_Thompson_ret at yahoo.com






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