Thanks for your post, MaryFrances! I was able to get some decent
photos of the owl. They are posted here:

<http://www.dartfrogmedia.com/birds/westernScreechOwl/juanitaBayPark090906/>http://www.dartfrogmedia.com/birds/westernScreechOwl/juanitaBayPark090906/



Marc Hoffman
Kirkland, WA
http://www.dartfrogmedia.com/portfolio
tweeters "at" dartfrogmedia "dot" com


At 10:35 AM 9/6/2009, you wrote:

>Tweets,
>
>The roosting WESTERN SCREECH-OWL that Ryan Merrill reported last
>week at Juanita Bay Park is still in the same general
>location: walk out the middle boardwalk (easternmost of the two)
>and follow it as it turns to the left; at the opening on the left
>(about halfway down), it's perched in the weeping willow, next to
>the trunk but out in the open. When I left it was starting to rain
>fairly hard, so not sure if he'll move into more cover.
>
>MaryFrances Mathis