At 12:01 PM 11/18/98 -0800, B&P Bell wrote:

>Don Baccus mentioned the bird which wintered in the Sacramento Ca area
>several years ago. It came in about this same time of year and spent the
>winter in a pine tree on the edge of the American River Parkway (23
>miles of publically owned corridor along the American River) in the
>suburban community of Fair Oaks. It was usually perched about 12-15 feet
>up and was visited by hordes of birders and photographers. It usually
>paid no attention to all the folks looking at it.

Did folks ever figure out what that individual lived on? Rodents? I'm
a bit intrigued by the report that the Everett bird's been seen eating
at least one starling!

> Don is right, there
>were some claims made later that year that "Spotted Owls don't need old
>growth".

Which is actually true in northern california redwood country, for reasons
I won't clutter tweeters with, and for reasons that have nothing to do
with why one might be found in Fair Oaks or Everett!


- Don Baccus, Portland OR <dhogaza at pacifier.com>
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