Ray Korpi wrote:

>At an ABA convention several years ago, the gentleman doing the owl
>workshop related a story of calling up a Whiskered Screech Owl in Madera
>Canyon and having a Spooted Owl take the bird as it sat in the light.
>His owling group missed both.

The Whiskered is the only NA owl I haven't seen, and now that darned
Spotted Owl reduced the population by one! No wonder the loggers don't
like 'em.

Dennis Paulson phone: (206) 756-3798
Slater Museum of Natural History fax: (206) 756-3352
University of Puget Sound e-mail: dpaulson at ups.edu
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