Subject: [Tweeters] Burrowing Owl at Marymoore Pk - do they use marmot
Date: Apr 11 13:17:08 2008
From: Stewart Wechsler - ecostewart at quidnunc.net


I don't know if Burrowing Owls use Marmot holes, but you may need to send
that owl to Discovery Park to find a suitable nesting hole. Of course, it
would then need a mate also.

Stewart

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Hobbs
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 1:57 PM
To: Tweeters
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Burrowing Owl at Marymoore Park


Tweets - Ollie reports that the owl was still present at about 1:00 p.m. It
was last seen about 25 feet up an Aspen tree along the west edge of the
grass soccer fields.

It was initially flushed from the tall grass north of fields 7-8-9, then
flew to near the restoom at the east side of the park (Marybelle Meadow),
then it flew west to the west edge of field #13 (see the map at
http://www.marymoor.org/images/FacilitiesMap.jpg)

To my knowledge, the only previous sighting of Burrowing Owl in King County
dates way back to 2/19/1978, a bird reported at Magnuson Park by P. Moore
and E. Spragg. Gene Hunn's book states that the bird stayed around until
2/26/1978.

So this would be the first BUOW in (just) over 30 years.

I'll post the rest of my Marymoor report shortly.

== Michael Hobbs
== Kirkland, WA
== http://www.marymoor.org/birding.htm
== birdmarymoor at verizon.net

----- Original Message -----
From: B & P Bell
To: Tweeters
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 10:39 AM
Subject: [Tweeters] Burrowing Owl at Marymoore Park


10:30 am

G'day Tweets:

Brian Bell just phoned in a report of a burrowing owl at Marymoor Park, in
the grass and blackberry brambles, north of the playing fields.

Cheers
Penn Bell





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