It was worth standing out in the cold late this afternoon. Not only did I see the Snowy Owl perched as usual on the dam, today about halfway up the rip rap, but there was a Short-eared Owl staked out farther down. 

After I’d been there at least a half hour, I tore myself away from the Snowy to see if I could get any photos of the Short-eared. Somebody suddenly called out that the snowy it was in flight and flying our direction. The Short-eared didn’t wait long before launching itself away from the snowy. The snowy settled not too far from where the Short-eared had been but the Short-eared made at least one pass over the snowy before I lost sight of it quickly retreating out of sight. 

Pretty exciting and hard to watch, much less photograph, two owls at the same time but I’m not complaining! Wow. 

Peggy Wang
Granville 

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