Peter Donaldson's note? indicated it was Wildlife Services (Dept of Agriculture) that shot the owl, not Fish and Wildlife Service (Dept of Interior).? FWS gave up the "animal damage control" responsibilities 25 years ago.



Randy Hill

Ridgefield



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From: "Megan Westervelt" <megan.pettebone at gmail.com>
To: "Bud Anderson" <falconresearch at gmail.com>
Cc: "tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 9:18:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Snowy Owl in Hawaii??????


Bud and Tweeters,


It has been confirmed. Most the postings about the snowy owl have been from the yahoo group Hawaii Birding. Unfortunately it was shot by Fish and Wildlife when it landed on an active runway.?

Megan W

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On Nov 30, 2011, at 9:09 PM, Bud Anderson < falconresearch at gmail.com > wrote:






A friend just sent me this post. Can anyone confirm?
?

Subject: Re: [HawaiiBirding] Snowy Owl at Honolulu International Airport
To: hawaiibirding at yahoogroups.com
?
An update on the owl.--it was at Honolulu International
Airport on Nov 24, not Nov 28. I have received a photo of the
bird, and it is undoubtedly a Snowy Owl, the first record for
the region.

Peter Donaldson
pdnldsn.bird 'at' mac 'dot' com
Pearl City, Oahu, Hawaii


Begin forwarded message:

> From: Donaldson Peter < pdnldsn.bird at mac.com >
> Subject: [HawaiiBirding] Snowy Owl at Honolulu International Airport

>
> On Monday, Nov 28, a white owl was seen by control tower
> personnel at Honolulu International Airport and reported to
> Wildlife Services. The Wildlife Services folks tried to chase
> the owl away from the runways with no success. The owl
> was shot and killed when it remained on one of the runways
> as an aircraft was approaching. Based on the description,
> I am confident it was a Snowy Owl. The carcass will be
> brought to Bishop Museum.
>
> Peter Donaldson
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Bow, WA 98232
(360) 757-1911
falconresearch at gmail.com
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