Dave Powell had a SE Owl atop the old landfill in early AM today as 
well.  Nice that you were able to spot one from below.

Andy Martin
Gaithersburg

Bill Hubick wrote:

>
> I continued on to Blue Mash Nature Trail, where I found another very
> exciting bird - a SHORT-EARED OWL hunting out over the landfill. After
> hiking around the park for an hour or so, the overcast light seemed right
> for early Short-eared Owl hunting. I did a 15-minute watch from the fence
> line and lucked into several minutes watching one Short-eared Owl and a
> first-year NORTHERN HARRIER working the fields. Quite cool! To try for
> this bird, park at the BMNT parking lot on Zion Road and walk straight
> (perpendicular to Zion Road) along the main trail. Before reaching the
> fence line, veer left until you are viewing a dried up drainage pond
> through a chain fence. The bird was flying over the grassy old landfill,
> behind the dry drainage pond There's always a chance of earlier flying on
> overcast days, and I first had this one at 3:45 p.m. today.
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