Coyote Hills and the owl at Hoot Hollow April 2009

Sounds like a story from a fairy tale, but there is a Great Horned Owl nesting at Hoot Hollow in Coyote Hills. This is our second attempt at finding a specific bird, last week being the tufted duck and this week being the great horned owl. I'm happy to say we're 2 for 2, although you may need to double click on the images that look like trees to see the owl. The first image is the one I took from underneath the tree in which it was nesting. The other photos are taken by Karen who I got to climb up this side of a hill to see if you could get a better view of the bird. The view was better, but the lack of familiarity with the equipment has resulted in the images being a bit blurry (not that I could have taken any better pictures given my previous barn owl attempts in total darkness). Anyway, gorgeous day and gorgeous bird. Other birds photographed are:

American Coot
American Wigeon
Canada Goose
Great Horned Owl
Hermit Thrush (I think)
Mallard
Northern Harrier
Northern Shoveler
White-Crowned Sparrow

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