Williams Park - Langley May 24

[Dave]

I took my class on a field trip today to Fort Langley. We stopped at Williams Park (off 232nd) for lunch and a very diligent student (the daughter of one of the members of this website! ) spotted two Barred Owls in a tree above our picnic tables. She knew her teacher enjoyed birds and this find should help her marks

In this first picture you can see both owls.



Here are 2 zoomed in shots of one of them.

[Gord]

Awesome!!!! Good students you have there, Dave! Some compliments to you as well on the keen eyed little girl!
Did you find any pellets on the ground under the tree?

[Dave]

No, we didn't hunt for pellets. I didn't even think of it! They flew off after we viewed them for some time. I guess their instant fame caused them to be a little bashful. (40+ excited kids and adults looking up at them )

It definitely added to the field trip, as they were quite low in the tree. The kids were about 30 feet from the base of the tree and I would estimate they are about 30 feet up the tree, so with some good a2 + b2 = c2 calculations, that's pretty close.

Dave