Subject: [Tweeters] photos of the "Arboretum Owl"
Date: Oct 17 16:35:36 2007
From: maynferg at comcast.net - maynferg at comcast.net


Most definately..........Barred Owl. The first picture had me squinting (and hoping) for a Great Gray but the 2nd shot with the head turned proved Barred. Bryan M, Orting, maynferg at comcast.net
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: John Sidles <sidles at u.washington.edu>
>
> Dear Tweeters
>
> It turns out that my colleague Joe Garbini took two pictures
> of the "Arboretum Owl", which he has sent to me, and which are
> available here:
>
> http://faculty.washington.edu/sidles/QSE_is_in_NP/owl_1.png
> http://faculty.washington.edu/sidles/QSE_is_in_NP/owl_2.png
>
> These photos are unretouched ... I hope they are sufficient
> for an identification.
>
> Just to mention, that original post was *mine*, not Connie's!
>
> So if this owl is a "mega-bird" ... then the credit is entirely
> due to Joe and Jaime Garbini!
>
> And if should be just an "urban owl", oh well ... as Connie
> says "If you don't look, you don't see!", and I hope folks
> weren't too inconvenienced.
>
> Happy birding ... John Sidles
>
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