Short eared Owls

Skagit Flats is teeming with Short eared Owls.

Little did we know, we have been birders for years and never knew this. We either never saw them or they are more common now than in the past. We have seen them several times this year. They aren't nocturnal like other owls, and can be seen flying around most of the fields along the dikes & irrigation ditches in Skagit county.

Such cuties!

and of course Mt. Baker in the distance