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Archive Home > 2005 > February > 10 > Atop a rare perch

Atop a rare perch

Sightings of a hard-to-find northern hawk owl in a subdivision southeast of Bend have bird watchers from across the Northwest swooping in

By Mark Morical / The Bulletin
February 10, 2005

For the past 20 years, Chuck Gates has been searching for the northern hawk owl. He has traveled as far as Manitoba and Alaska in his quest to see the bird, which normally makes its home in Canada, Alaska and northern Eurasia.

One can imagine Gates' surprise when he spotted a northern hawk owl....

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