El Paso county Colorado Springs Western screech owl

[kickback]

  There is a Western screech owl in the Bear Creek dog park in Colorado Springs that is very viewable. It is located at the western end of the creek (north side of creek) just before the chain link fence crosses the creek. There is a lot of foot traffic from dog walkers going under the tree it is in and lots of folks getting close and taking cellphone pictures, the owl does not seem to care. It has been there since at least Thanksgiving according to some of the dog walkers I talked to.

Lucy Luck reported and posted pictures of this owl that she thought was a snowy owl on ebird on Dec 2. Her map coordinates  did not come out quite right but a woman walking her dogs who had seen the owl took the time to show me exactly where it was.

Very hard to get good pictures due to lots of tall brush in this area.

http://avoapples.com/birds/1Z7A7500_cr.jpg

Bill Kosar

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[Egret]

I was asked not to talk about the location of the bird. There are concerns our presence my bring in predators to it. The OP pointed out it's in a busy area with hundreds of dogs in the area and does not seem to be bothered. I drive by Bear Creek Park most days, if anyone wants me to see if it's around let me know.