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We spotted this one and another not in the thick trees but on a lone tree about 100 feet east of the nest tree in the grasslands/wetlands.... I suspect they will be back to raise another bunch of owlets! We do have a cool Video of an owlet eating lunch from a year ago!!

YES! The last couple of years they have nested in a tree snag that overhangs the auto route at the refuge. I have a video from last year of one of the cute owlets eating a meal on my feed. And videos of the Short Eared Owls too!!!

@@Jonathan_and_Tammie ty, I'll try to view that when I get up. Long day and I'm 74 y/o, lol. I used to have very large owls 20 yrs ago, they got on my tool shed. It had a metal roof, or I don't think I would have heard them walking. They put up a loud hoot-fest. I loved hearing them. I had wild rabbits running around the pasture. They never harmed my cats.

I hope they will nest there again! We got a great video of one of the chicks eating... it is posted on channel (just ignore the incorrect ID at end.. lol)

It was right outside our car window!!! We have several more like this posted plus some photo complications posted on UA-cam.

It was a fresh water fish... guessing a carp! If you like wildlife, check out our early wolf and Grizzly videos during the pandemic!

The Norther Harrier is a stunning bird! They fly low over fields to hunt furry critters. Once we saw one chest-deep in the water trying to drown a little Coot duck by holding it underwater!

Looking forward to their return this winter and getting to post more videos and photos of these cool owls!! Glad you enjoyed!!

@@Jonathan_and_Tammie cool! I have yet to see a short-eared owl in person, perhaps I'll go up to coupeville this winter to check them out here on Whidbey Island!

@DeclanTravisBirds First time we saw them was at Bow-Edison area.... right here Skagit County maps.app.goo.gl/22B9BJin6Rrg8QD59

Thank You! Glad you enjoyed!

Yes! It looks like the moms beak will come out the other end! More videos as they grow up!

Very different from our short eared owl video!

Hi Will! Thanks for the compliment! Video and image quality no match for yours but it is just a new hobby. We knew that these Owls were at this location. It is at a popular National Wildlife Refuge that has a 5km auto only route. The birds and deer are very used to the passing cars which work as blinds. We were parked on the route scouring the reeds for these Short Eared Owls whi roost in the reed clumps during the day. After not spotting any for 20 miniutes, we look across the road and see one 2 meters from the road watching us (and the Bald Eagles flying overhead). We watched it roost for a few then moved on. They start hunting for little furry creatures about sunset over the short grass fields and dikes. They compete directly with the Northern Harriers (there is a blurry one in the background of one of the perched shots). The birds in the background are Canada Geese, a very common migratory large flocking goose that all fly when a Bald Eagke flies over. We went back on Monday and it looks like the owls cleared out the little furry animal population and migrated north. We saw only a couple Harriers and Great Blue Herons who also feed on them. The trip was still worth while as we did get a fun video of a Great Horned Owlet who is nested in a snag directly above the road.... we will be posting.

We did ask if you had any experiences with Thermal Vision... slightly different than IR and possibly usable in daylight animal spotting... but we dont have one. (Yet?)

The water was very high so the birds were roosting on the high ground only 7 feet from the road! Very lucky

I hope you get to see them too!!!

The fields and skies are filled with Canada Geese for the winter. They mostly will fly north up to Alaska in a few weeks! Many of these Owls will also migrate North very soon!

Check out our other owl pic and videos on IG at foodie.jonathan ... we got some great PNW birds!

We were so thrilled to watch it from our bedroom window for 30 miniutes!! We hear them every morning now.... but cant see them.

​@@Jonathan_and_Tammie Since it stays gor so long, it must be curious and appreciate you too! Keep saying a short name for it ir a sound while it's there. Hopefully it will soon associate that name with you and will come when it hears you saying it? Good luck and thanks for showing this!!! I just subscribed!!!

These two were far far far away... and so loud!! There was also a third juvenile with them earlier. Lots of Eagles in January here!!!!

Check out the green heron fishing video!!!