I just received a great E-mail from Rachelle
Rogers who found the Hawk Owl today (seen twice at
11:00 a.m. and again at 3:00 PM). She also sent
three fabulous photos. So the bird is definitely
there and has hung around at least all of today.
Here are the directions from her message:

NORTHERNHAWK OWL (3:00 PM):
South(west) bound on WA 283, heading for home,
thinking much more clearly than I had been at
11:15 this morning, I clocked the mileage from the
southern end of Ephrata back to the location of
the Northern Hawk Owl. Again, the traffic was very
light, so I could drive below the speed limit and
check for more details. At 12 miles from Ephrata,
I was approaching the intersection with Adams Road
and, flying across the road from the trees
at?3359? up to a power pole at the intersection
was the NORTHERN HAWK OWL, again!! I hung a u-turn
at the intersection and then crossed to the north
(west) side of the highway, pulled off the road,
within 20 yards of the bird! I got out of the
pick-up, put my camera on the monopod and stood
out in the open to take photos of this very
cooperative bird!! I cannot believe my luck! I
took over 100 frames of this bird today and I
think I got a couple of nice ones, even with the
power pole and lines! After about 15 minutes of
watching and shooting, I decided to head for the
barn, completely satisfied with my today?sbirding
trip!! As I pulled onto thehighway, I noticed that
the bird was perched directly across from the
milepost marker, #4.

She also saw the GYRFALCON I saw last week in the
same general area per her info below.

The Grant County Gyrfalcon is stillin the hills
East and North of Soap Lake. I located the bird on
a power pole about a mile past the end of
thepavement on Road A NE, near the intersection
with Road 25 NE. This portion of the road is
covered withsnow, but a four-wheel drive vehicle
should have no problem, as long as youstay in the
center of the road. Imanaged to get some distant
photos of the Gyrfalcon before it got nervous
andflew to a power line that runs perpendicular to
Road A (and has no road next toit). Less than a
mile south of theGyrfalcon, I found my Personal
Nemesis Bird, a Northern Goshawk, perched on
apower pole adjacent to Road A. I managedto get a
few photos of it before it flew away, too!

--
Blair Bernson
Edmonds