Short-eared Owl at Malheur NWR, Oregon on 29 May, 2010 by Greg Gillson.[Click to read all Memorial Day weekend at Malheur posts.]
Another bird that seems to like the south end of the refuge, between Page Springs Campground and Benson Pond, is the diurnal (day-time active) Short-eared Owl.
Flying like a big floppy moth, it wings over the meadows on deep wing strokes looking for rodents.
