Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 17:43:39 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Dave Powell Subject: Possible SE Owl - Montgomery County MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Ospreyers, This morning at about 9:00 AM at Seneca Creek State Park, I observed three crows chasing what I thought to be a Short-Ear Owl. The crows chased the owl into a small pine grove near the edge of the field in the Peony garden area. The field characteristic that stood out in the short time I observed the bird was the buffy spots at the end of each wing. Not one hundred percent sure, but could not think of any alternatives. Dave Powell Germantown, MD ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================