[mou] Barred Owl availability

[Thomas Maiello]

Apparently my little basketball sized Barred Owl buddy is becoming a  
quasi-regular at the tree outside my office window.  It is easily seen  
fully from my deck with full sun in the late morning until noon with  
limb shadows popping up in early afternoon on.  My camera isn't  
sufficient to take full advantage of his close and stationary  
proximity but I did have the thrill of watching it snag an early  
spring golden gopher from the edge of my house.

If you would like to take advantage of this opportunity to take  
pictures of the bird, hopefully with a telephoto camera, email your  
interest and we will see what we can set up and if the bird's and your  
timing coincide.  Once it comes, it seems to stay for the day - at  
least 6 hours each of the three times in the last two weeks that I  
have noticed - mid-to-late morning until at least mid-afternoon.   
Still there now at 2:30 pm.  Of course I wouldn't have spotted it  
today had it not gone after the ground squirrel - so I just have to  
remember to look for the cammied beastie.

By the way, a wave of chickadees flew around it and landed on the  
branch it was on as well as adjacent ones.  The owl didn't even open  
it's eyes.  Same thing with the gray squirrels.

Thomas Maiello
Angel Environmental Management, Inc.
Maple Grove, MN