[birding] Long-eared Owls at Snag Boat?

[M & R Campbell]

I vaguely remember someone posting something about Long-eared Owls at the Snag Boat Bend annex to Finley.  I think it was last year.  I've looked through the archives for the Mid-valley list and for Obol, but I couldn't find the post.  Could anyone set me straight?  I'm wondering when they were found and how.

Several years ago (Feb. 1, 2003) I flushed a Long-eared Owl while kayaking floodwaters through ash/willow/cottonwood forest along the outer reaches of Snag Boat.  Since then, I've taken almost every opportunity to ride the high winter waters through there, but I haven't found another.

Randy Campbell, in Peoria

(By the way, our Orioles fledged and flew this last week.  They make cool nests--literally: loosely but intricately woven socks that must let a lot of the wind blow through.  I couldn't do such a good job with thread, grass, and poly tarp.) 

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