Through the kitchen window

After another long day of westerly wind and drizzle things improved with the end of the day. At a pleasantly light seven o’clock a female Short eared owl flew across the gardens in front of the kitchen windows. It was moving very slowly hunting the fence line and we managed good if brief views. With in fifteen minutes it had reappeared three hundred yards away quartering the scrubby ground around the ruins of Minora. It ranged between the standing stone and around the ruin. This area is on the brow of a hill so from time she would drop below the horizon to reappear some where else entirely. Although she passed back and forth eight or ten times I only saw her drop twice both times I think unsuccessful. Eventually she moved away out of view. This was the first raptor to go on the garden list for the new house(there was a ringtail here the other day but I missed it) so things are brightening every day. The photo is a really dodgy record shot but I cant resist it……hehe