The Long Hike Out!

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This is Veronica, the biologist I've been assisting, hiking out of the owl territory we surveyed Thursday morning.
We began our hike in about 4 A.M. and the male owl of the pair responded to Veronica's calls at 5:04.
After following the male up a canyon we heard the female call at 5:37, and within minutes she was taking mice.
This photo was shot at 7:15 A.M., about an hour after the owl photo above was taken.