Subject: [Tweeters] Short-Eared Owl or Northern Harrier/Edie Rd/Stanwood
Date: Oct 23 23:04:28 2016
From: Philip Dickinson - pdickins at gmail.com


My experience from North Carolina is that the harriers feed in the day and
settle down at dusk, then the owls come in and feed. However, I know owls
also are seen during the day at Eide, which is rarely the case back east.

Phil Dickinson
Lake Stevens

On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 10:33 PM, Steve Krival <stevekrival at live.com> wrote:

>
> Does anyone know if Northern Harriers feed after dark? I was at mouth of
> the Stillaguamish this afternoon and evening. From 5:00 PM ? 6:00 PM I saw
> several pairs of NHs working the marsh between Eide Rd and the other side
> of the 532 bridge. Too far off for me to confidently ID I thought I saw 1-2
> short-eared owls. I left and came back at 7:30 PM. I had a strong Led bike
> light and with me, and for about 5 seconds, saw either an owl or NH hunting
> low over the marsh. If NHs don?t feed at night, then it was likely a SEO.
>
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