Subject: FW: RE: Re: [Tweeters] Burrowing Owl at Marymoore Park
Date: Apr 11 17:21:26 2008
From: Eric Kowalczyk - aceros at mindspring.com


Stewart:

South from Ephrata, take Dodson Road to where it intersects with Frenchman
Hills Rd. There are active Burrowing owl nests along both roads, or at
least there used to be......we released the bird in perfect BUOW habitat.
See pages 106-107 in Dennis's book "A Guide to Bird Finding in WA".

> [Original Message]
> From: Stewart Wechsler <ecostewart at quidnunc.net>
> To: <aceros at mindspring.com>
> Date: 4/11/2008 1:33:40 PM
> Subject: RE: Re: [Tweeters] Burrowing Owl at Marymoore Park
>
> Hi Eric,
>
> If you could add the general area where those roads are I expect tweeters
> readers might be curious. I expect the majority of us don't know where
> these are. Was this area the kind of open area that a Burrowing Owl might
> find amenable?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Stewart Wechsler
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Kowalczyk [mailto:aceros at mindspring.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 11:11 PM
> To: tweeters
> Subject: FW: Re: [Tweeters] Burrowing Owl at Marymoore Park
>
>
>
> The Burrowing owl Greg mentioned: was wild caught on 23 March 1994 (I
> believe found in an alley behind SAM); Greg and I released it on 27 March
> 1994 west of Dodson Rd. and north of Frenchman Hills Rd. It was banded
with
> a USFW band.
>
> Eric Kowalczyk
> Seattle
>
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: Greg and Sally Toffic <toffic.family at verizon.net>
> > To: Michael Hobbs <birdmarymoor at verizon.net>; Tweeters
> <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> > Date: 4/10/2008 2:23:21 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Burrowing Owl at Marymoore Park
> >
> > Michael, et. al.,
> > Re: previous King County records: There was a burrowing owl found in
> > downtown Seattle several years ago. It was captured, taken to Woodland
> Park
> > Zoo, and subsequently released near not far from Dodson Road. I don't
> > remember the date, but someone at the zoo could easily check the
records,
> > Tom?, Eric?, Mark?
> > Greg Toffic
> > Everett
> >
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