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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 07:24 PM
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There is a very lucky DU'er... if my ID is right
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=7391029&mesg_id=7391029

I'm going with this ID based on the vertical barring on the chest and the black around the eyes.
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semillama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 11:12 AM
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1. That's a great yard bird
sure beats my pigeons...

I'm going to try and see the Long-eared Owls in Ohio again soon, there's some that aren't as skittish as the traditionally viewed ones in Wyandot county...
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vireo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-01-08 12:14 PM
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2. Haven't seen a Long-eared Owl in ages
They used to be pretty regular winter visitors in these parts but that no longer is the case.

In fact, winter owls in general have been very scarce this year (i.e. Snowy, Short-eared). The most remarkable was the winter of the Great Greys a few years ago. While a spectacular birding event, most of the owls, sadly, perished.

I think I would most like to find a Hawk Owl!
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-01-08 05:49 PM
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3. I still need hawk owl and boreal owl.
:(
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vireo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-01-08 07:58 PM
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4. Oh, yeah
Boreal Owl would be good, too!
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semillama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-04-08 11:09 AM
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5. I need those myself for the eastern owls
oh, and Burrowing Owl, too.

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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-05-08 05:03 AM
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6. Trade you BUOW for Iceland Gull...
:P
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semillama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-05-08 09:00 AM
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7. I can probably give you one of the dozen or so I've seen this year
;-)
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-05-08 12:21 PM
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8. And I'll just ship you a BUOW from the Salton Sea
:D
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vireo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-13-08 12:39 PM
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9. A dead Boreal Owl was found this week in Wisconsin
On Washington Island, Door County. Apparently a victim of this nasty winter.

I managed to miss Burrowing Owl when I visited Salton Sea years ago and have yet to find one. Have their numbers been increasing there?
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-14-08 06:18 AM
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10. I dunno about increasing
but if it's a gimme anywhere, it's a gimme there.

I've had 10+ in a night just tooling around, not even trying. :shrug:
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vireo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-14-08 12:11 PM
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11. OMG!
They named a NWR after Sonny Bono! http://www.fws.gov/Refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=11631
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-14-08 02:25 PM
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12. Yeah, it's been that way for a while.
Edited on Thu Feb-14-08 02:25 PM by XemaSab
He was the representative for Palm Springs for a while.

Not a bad refuge, really, but at some point everything in this country is going to be named after some crook or has-been. :(
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vireo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-14-08 03:05 PM
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13. I'll have to check it out
Next time I fly into John Wayne Airport!
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ailsagirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-22-08 05:34 PM
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14. Wow-- you can hardly see him in the lower photo-- amazing
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