Dear Scott and tweets, you could certainly be correct about the
misidentification of the owl. We've all heard stories about non-birders
who can connect some pretty amazing dots. However, Joe Garbini is a
scientist and an engineer, and a pretty careful guy. My husband John
showed him pictures of owls, and he said the Great Gray was definite. I
talked to Joe as well, and mentioned that Great Grays look like
Brainiac, and Joe said that was spot on. So I think Joe's spot is at
least worth exploring. By the way, other people in the park who saw the
bird at the same time as Joe said that they had seen it before. It was
singularly unperturbed by people looking at it, which seems to me a tad
more like a Great Gray than a Barred. Just another feather in the wind.
- Connie


On Oct 16, 2007, at 7:03 PM, Scott Downes wrote:

> Tweets,
> I don't want to rain on anybody's parade. Seeing reports of a "pale
> Barred
> Owl" in the area and the observer was a novice or non-birder; John did
> you
> hear any details from your co-worker that would eliminate Barred Owl
> over
> Great Gray? To a beginner they could look quite similar and obviously
> there
> is a Barred in the park already. Not saying the Great Gray is a Barred
> just
> a likely possibility is all and Great Gray is quite rare in urban King
> Co.
>
> Scott Downes
> downess at charter.net
> Yakima WA
>
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