The owling season is drawing to a close and difficult to say if I’ll have a chance at the Great Grays again ? Rough estimate would be that they may be around for a couple weeks before they head back to the bogs to begin mating.

Couldn’t have asked for a better set-up. Great Gray spotted perched on a pole line next to the railway tracks that appeared to be actively hunting and only three poles away…watching as it moved one pole closer and then another.
The perfect set-up was to be the access road that crossed the tracks.
I simply lined up on the pole line sitting in the truck and waited for it to come to me…some times patience pays off and things just fall into place.

With an early departure yesterday morning I told myself that I wasn’t going to return home until I found a Great Gray Owl.
It’s now 3/4 the way through the winter season and I was determined to get the last Winter Owl on my list.

Determination paid off and I even made it home in time to make dinner…glad the monkey is off my back.