Hey Larry,
I was wondering the same thing.
Just not normal for an owl, let alone a Burrowing, to be sitting in a tree that long, in such a spot.
I doubt there is anything there for it to feed on.?
Any re-habbers out there that could get down there and check it out?
Someone with some raptor experience, maybe catch it, and check its fat layers?

I would really hate to hear that it was starving to death while we were watching it ....

Guy McWethy

Renton, WA

mailto: lguy_mcw at yahoo.com

--- On Sat, 3/20/10, Larry Schwitters <lpatters at ix.netcom.com> wrote:

From: Larry Schwitters <lpatters at ix.netcom.com>
Subject: [Tweeters] Renton's Owl
To: "Tweeters ListServ" <Tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Date: Saturday, March 20, 2010, 9:39 AM

Tweeters,
This little guy (girl?) is probably in trouble. ?How would one know if that is actually the case?
There are urban Burrowing Owls. ?The subspecies in Florida is often found on vacant lots in the cities. ?Leora and I tracked down a pair in Fort Myers some years back. ?These critters have been studied. ?There is even a book and 2006 film about them titled "Hoot". ?
But I doubt that this owl has staked out the Renton Post Office Cherry Tree as its territory. ?There's a hole right there by the sidewalk, but it doesn't look like a burrow. ?It looks like a hole.
Is the bird hunting? ?This from the Peregrine Fund "Burrowing
Owls hunt throughout the 24-hour day, but are mainly crepuscular,
hunting at dusk and dawn. They tend to hunt insects in daylight and
small mammals at night."
Is the Owl just sitting in the Cherry Tree day and night? ?I'm up for a sunset until total dark stakeout today. ?I currently have no night vision equipment.
Larry
Larry SchwittersIssaquah
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