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I work as a biologist on several Wet Prairie easements in the Willamette Valley. We have been tracking winter roosts of Short-Eared Owls, but a USFWS ...
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Nesting Short Eared Owls #923658
Asked January 15, 2026, 12:01 PM EST
I work as a biologist on several Wet Prairie easements in the Willamette Valley. We have been tracking winter roosts of Short-Eared Owls, but a USFWS partner of ours sent a picture of what we believe to be a Short-Eared Owl juvenile and a nest in 2018. As far as we know- there hasn't been a documented Short-eared Owl nest in the Willamette valley in almost 80 years.
Would anybody in the Wildlife department have insight on this, or have a record of the last time there was a nesting pair of Short-Eared Owls in the Willamette?
Thanks for your time,
-Sol Ziegert
Linn County Oregon
