[obol] Long-eared Owl, Klamath

[Julie Van Moorhem]

Hi Folks,

Found a  LONG-EARED OWL yesterday.  A big  surprise when it came  
busting out of the willow thicket!  It was roosting in a thick stand  
of willows along the OC & E trail out at Godowa Springs Rd. just west  
of Beatty.  We walked about 1.5 miles east on the trail.  I had  
walked by the area thinking "This is a great place for L-e Owl," and  
looking sort of but it was so thick I couldn't see too much.  On the  
way back we were walking sort of fast and all of a sudden the owl  
flushed.  I either spooked two owls or saw the  same one twice  
because it spooked again a few minutes later and farther down the  
trail.  Fun!

I also saw 10-12  SNIPE near the trailhead at Godowa Springs Rd.   
Lots of WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS, a few GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROWS, MARSH  
WRENS, a LINCOLN'S SPARROW, NORTHERN HARRIER, PIED-BILLED GREBE.  At  
other places on sections of the trail or nearby there were MOUNTAIN  
BLUEBIRDS and WESTERN BLUEBIRDS.

On another section of the trail, farther east and north on the way to  
Sycan Marsh, we found 2 GRAY JAYS, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES,  a FOX  
SPARROW, MOUNTAIN CHICKADEES, AND DARK-EYED JUNCOS.

Good birding y'all,
Julie Van Moorhem
Klamath Falls