Well, you have to be careful calling a 'Bubo plastica'
..

Bob Stallcop and I were birding the park at the mouth
of the Wenatchee river last winter, and he called a
Great-horned Owl on a deck railing in an office
building next to the park. I barely galnced up,
assuming it was a plastic Owl.
Then it Blinked at me!

There was a Great-horned Owl, sitting on a railing of
an office building, at about 10:00 in the morning,
actively flying around and hunting!

Never assume with a Bubo plastica !!!

Guy
--- Adam Sedgley <AdamS at seattleaudubon.org> wrote:

> Don't worry, Jeff! My girlfriend (not a birder but
> very sharp eyes)
> called that one out when we were coming back from
> her brother's soccer
> game. I didn't see it so we went to the next exit
> turned around and
> came back to find out that it was indeed plastic. I
> smile every time I
> drive past that off-ramp.
>
> Adam Sedgley
> Seattle Audubon
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu
> [mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu]
> On Behalf Of
> Jeffjendro at aol.com
> Sent: Monday, May 26, 2008 8:01 PM
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: [Tweeters] Mistaken Unusual Great Horned
> Owl Sighting in
> Chehalis
>
> My reported sighting of a Great Horned Owl in
> Chehalis was an error.
> It turns out I was duped by a fake owl on top of
> the light pole at the
> reported location. Oh well!
>
> Jeff Jendro
> Longview, WA
> jeffjendro at aol.com


Guy McWethy
Renton, WA
mailto: lguy_mcw at yahoo.com