On Mon, 2 Dec 1996, Dennis Paulson wrote:

> >Much known or written about this? Any other owl species known to go a-roving
> >over the waves?
> >
> >Michael Price
>
> Short-eared Owls have been reported far at sea many times, I believe.
> They've reached just about everywhere in the world, including the Hawaiian
> Islands.
>
> Dennis Paulson, Director phone 206-756-3798
> Slater Museum of Natural History fax 206-756-3352
> University of Puget Sound e-mail dpaulson at ups.edu
> Tacoma, WA 98416
> web site: http://www.ups.edu/biology/museum/museum.html
>

Another species I've heard mentioned as dropping in on offshore boats is
Burrowing Owl. Surely a distant second to Short-ears, but I've heard of
it at least twice.

Chris Hill
Everett, WA
cehill at u.washington.edu