[SBB] Short-Eared & Northern Saw-Whet Owls

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All,

 

Last night (12/6), at about 5 PM, Rich Page, Frank Vanslager and I had good views of a SHORT-EARED OWL flying over the fenced-in Palo Alto landfill southwest of Byxbee Park.  Twenty minutes earlier, before Frank and I arrived as Rich waited for us, he had good views of a SEOW from the Byxbee Park parking lot as the Owl flew over the hills of the park to the east.  Much later we were treated to extended vocalizations of a NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL along Wright Station Rd (50 to 100 yds below the gated entrance Lake Elsman).  These vocalizations included the catlike screeches for which the Owl is named.  Unfortunately we were unable to locate this bird (a lifer bird for Rich) in our flashlights. 

 

Take care,

Bob Reiling

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