Hi Nancy,

Wonderful photo! Thanks so much for posting it.

Marc Hoffman
www.SongbirdPhoto.com


>--- On Mon, 12/26/11, Nancy Wagner <nancy at nancywagnerphotography.com> wrote:
>
>From: Nancy Wagner <nancy at nancywagnerphotography.com>
>Subject: [Tweeters] Encounter between the owl and the heron
>To: "tweeters at u.washington.edu" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
>Date: Monday, December 26, 2011, 5:24 PM
>
>I went up to Boundary Bay, BC, weekend before last to look for snowy
>owls, and I ended up observing a unique encounter between a snowy
>owl and a great blue heron.
>
>A heron landed on the logs near the owl and kept hunting until it
>got within about 15 feet of the owl. The owl fluffed up its feathers
>to look bigger and kept a constant eye on the heron as it kept
>getting closer. The heron stayed up on the logs the entire time.
>Finally, the heron stopped again, and both the owl and heron had a
>long staredown. Then, the heron came closer, and when it got within
>a few feet of the owl, the snowy flew to a log about 20 feet away.
>It was just amazing to see the two of them together like that. I
>wish I had thought to switch into video on my camera, but as it was,
>I almost forgot to get stills, I was so excited about what the
>interaction! I did manage a few photos, you can see one at:
>
><http://www.flickr.com/photos/nancyjwagner/6528700885/in/photostream>http://www.flickr.com/photos/nancyjwagner/6528700885/in/photostream
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>This made a very special morning of seeing dozens of snowy owls even better!
>
>Nancy Wagner
>Bothell, WA
>Nancy AT nancywagnerphotography.com
>
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