The owl was not in training, but I was attending same at the Welcome Center. Staff and Volunteers spent the day getting ready for our winter opening which is under a month away on December 7th. Some feeders are now filled and as we become increasingly certain Ma and Pa Bear are asleep, we will fill even more feeders.

After training I went birding and found this Great Gray Owl hunting a bit before sunset. Upon catching a vole it flew back deep back into the Bog leading me to believe it is still helping to feed some juveniles … thus the second successful family of GGO’s I am now watching!

For those of you who wish to watch an owl hunt, conditions were ideal an hour before sunset … dead calm and very cloudy (dark). At times this owl was only 20 yards from me (it’s choice … I did not exist!).