[va-bird] Short --eared Owl in Augusta County

Hello all

This afternoon with all of the rain I decided to check out a couple of ponds in 
Augusta County . Frist I stopped off at McCune's . Here I found 2 Black Duck , 
7 No. Shoveler's , & 3 Lesser Scaup . On my way to Bells Lane on Rt. 797 I came 
across an adult male No. Harrier hunting a couple of open fields .  After 
reaching Bells Lane I saw another No. Harrier hunting the fields & all of a 
sudden another bird started to dive bomb the Harrier . This bird turned out to 
be a Short -- eared Owl . After seeing these two & checking out the fence rows 
for more SE Owls -- I found 3 more No. Harrier's sitting on the fence posts . 
After checking out the ponds I found 2 Black Duck , 10 No. Shoveler , 9 Hooded 
Merganser , 7 Ruddy Duck , 1 Horned Grebe ,&  8 Am. Coot . Not a bad afternoon 
of bird watching . 

Allen Larner 
Staunton

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