For what it's worth, we still receive Western Screech Owls at PAWS Wildlife Center on a regular basis. We have admitted a total of 26 of them (mostly window strikes and vehicle collisions) in the past 4 years.

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Kevin Mack
Naturalist
PAWS Wildlife Department
Lynnwood, WA
www.paws.org


-----Original Message-----
From: Gary Bletsch [mailto:garybletsch at yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 7:36 AM
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: [Tweeters] not so many Screech Owls


Dear Tweeters,

I second Scott Atkinson's remarks--Western Screech
Owls do seem to be getting harder and harder to find.
I used to count on at least two or three sightings of
this species every year, here in Skagit County. I have
not found any since 1998, even though I have gone back
to some of my old trusty spots quite a few times.


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Yours truly,

Gary Bletsch

near Lyman (Skagit County), Washington

garybletsch at yahoo.com





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