Bob and Tweeters,
There are historical records of GREAT GRAY OWL from Southern
Skamania County. They were reported at the turn of the century from the
Greenleaf Basin above the town of North Bonneville. About ten years ago I
had a couple of non-birder golfers call me to ask what was the very large
owl they saw along the golf course at North Bonneville.Their description
was of an "earless" owl larger than a Great Horned, which they had seen
before.
A employee at the local sporting goods store told me that he had
seen Great Gray Owls this spring while Turkey hunting in the headwaters
of Major Creek in Klickitat County, south of the Conboy Refuge. He had
good views of the bird from less than thirty feet using binoculars and is
a birder and an experienced woodsman.
I have had Great Gray Owl twice in the vicinity of the abandoned
Satus Pass Ski Area in Klickitat County. The last time I found the bird
there was on May 20, 1997.

Wilson Cady
Washougal, WA.
gorgebirds at juno.com

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On Wed, 5 Aug 1998 10:16:14 -0700 "Bob Pearson" <rpearson at i-link-2.net>
writes:
>A friend sent me this in an e-mail:
>
>"We met a couple on the summit (Observation Peak) who said this is
>their
>favorite place to hike and they've been there about 20 times before.
>The
>woman said that the last time they were there, about a month ago, they
>were
>in the fog. She heard, called and managed to see a great gray owl in a
>stand of trees just below the summit."
>
>Observation Peak is in southern Gifford Pinchot National Forest
>adjacent to
>the Trapper Creek Wilderness. The elevation of the summit is 4207.
>There
>are some meadows in the general area but the Gifford Pinchot NF lists
>no
>great gray owl habitat in this area.
>
>Does anyone know if this could be a viable sighting? Has anyone else
>ever
>seen a great gray in this area? Has anyone seen a great gray in
>southwest
>Washington?
>
>Bob Pearson
>Packwood, WA
>rpearson at i-link-2.net
>

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