Short-eared Owl
Species: Short-eared Owl
Photographer: Dawson Smith
Date: 1 January 2020
Location: Santee NWR--Bluff Unit (fall and winter restricted access, SC
This same owl is continuing to hunt in the fields at Santee NWR Bluff Unit. It comes out around 4:45. Today it was right on time coming out about 4:42. It perched on a high field shrub in the west field then took off soaring to the east field. It was being harassed by a band of coyotes that came out of the east field and by lots of northern harrier. You can tell the northern harrier and the short-eared owl apart because the short-eared owl has a lot more rapid wing beats.
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