I took advantage of a nice Sunday afternoon to head north up to the NJ-NY Stateline. I went to the Wallkill National Wildlife Refuge at Liberty Marsh. Here I stopped at the overlook platform along Oil City Road.
As I hoped for, just before dark the Short-Eared Owls began putting on a show. There were 4-5 owls and they were quite active. The first one I saw had a rodent in it's talons and was flying off somewhere to eat it.
The others were hunting and interacting with the Northern Harriers. Several times the Owls came very close, and often perched in the trees a short-distance away. the binoculars, and the scope provided great views of the owls and also a dark-morph of the Rough-Legged Hawk.
sharing with you what my eyes see