A friend went up to Eide Road Tuesday (2/9) and reported seeing no short-eared owls. ?Three of us went up yesterday (Wed. 2/10) and met the same result. ?One theory is that Wednesday's wind grounded the shorties. ?Another theory is that the shorties are calling it an early winter and moving on. ?
We did not see any shore birds at the ponds at the end of Eide Rd. ?although two ?female harriers put on a show. ?
Reminder that Eide Rd. is a DFW site and a ?DFW or ?Discovery Pass (available at Fred Meyers) is required to park there. ?

You might try the West 90, a DFW site south of Samish Island, where shorties have been seen in the past.?
There are lots of swans, snow geese, and eagles on Fir Island.?
Bill Anderson; Edmonds, WA. USA


From: Josh Hayes <coralliophila at live.com>
To: tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2016 9:22 AM
Subject: [Tweeters] heading up to Eide tomorrow: good owl sighting location?

<!--#yiv5950699168 .yiv5950699168hmmessage P{margin:0px;padding:0px;}#yiv5950699168 body.yiv5950699168hmmessage{font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;}-->Hi tweets,
I'm on vacation! (Mid-winter break) I was thinking of kidnapping my wife up to Skagit county to do some birding tomorrow, and I was wondering where there might be some good spots for owl viewing -- I see people saying "Stanwood", but that doesn't narrow things down much! I don't want to irritate either owls or land-owners, so where's a good spot, or good spots, especially if one only has bins and no scope?
On-list or off, whatever seems appropriate. Thanks!
-Josh Hayes in beautiful overcast Licton Springscoralliophila at live dot com
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