• Thursday-What'sUP August 23 - 04:27 pm

Eric Stewart attended the Main Street Bridge Festival in Eagle River two weekends ago and said he noticed a wooden stairway he had not seen before, leading down to the river, underneath the old steel bridge there. On his way back through Eagle River a few days later, he stopped to check it out. He said as he reached the river, two gigantic brown blurs materialized and then flew upstream. One of them perched on a branch to check him out. Eric points out that you can see the same owl on the right hand side, in the first shot looking up the river. Sure must have startled him when those two took off like that. Good thing he didn't drop his camera in the river or we wouldn't be enjoying the view today. Thanks, Eric...for the photos and the info!

NICE pics!! And sure enough...there's the bird in the first pic....and yeah..when something that size takes off around you....WOW....lol!

Nice pictures. Love seeing owls. Saw one the other night on our way home from somewhere! They are so much bigger than you'd think they are. Beautiful animal!

Like the bridge pic.

Cool Owl!

I wonder hoo he's waiting for. Do owls fish?

I'd say he doesn't give a 'hoot' about fish, more than likely watching for field mice and other little ground critters.:>

Do owls fish? Only when their opponent doesn’t have the card they asked for, then are told “Go fish.”

Ouch, Gary! :}

It looks like a baby or immature Owl with the soft fuzzy feathers.

Cool owl pic!

I truly enjoyed the owl photo. Owls are sort of mysterious creatures.