Subject: [Tweeters] Where'd all the urban yard rats go?
Date: Mar 20 09:45:59 2009
From: Rob Sandelin - floriferous at msn.com


When the Barred Owls moved in my woods, the gray squirrels were gone shortly
after. We still see them randomly, but they don't seem to last. About a
year ago I disturbed a Barred owl on the ground with a dead gray squirrel. I
went back to the house to get my camera and when I returned 5 minutes later
both the owl and its lunch were gone. I was surprised that a Barred Owl
could carry something that big.

Rob Sandelin
Naturalist, Writer, Teacher
Snohomish County