Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 13:46:27 -0000 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Don Burggraf Subject: Re: Owl Locations Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Norm Saunders writes: >Let's face it, with the right techniques many owl species are relatively >straightforward to locate and those techniques have been published in >many places. Fran and I managed to locate a pair of Great Horned Owls >and 6 Eastern Screech-Owls on the Ocean City CBC without hardly trying >hard at all! I suppose what concerns me most is letting unskilled >birders know about specific locations simply because the unskilled among >us may also tend to be less knowledgeable about the harm they might >cause. I agree with and respect the caution concerning owl location reports. The Snowy Owl unplesantness in Frederick comes to mind. However, where does one find the "right techniques" you mentioned? The two owls mentioned in your message, long-eared and saw-whet (not to mention some other less common candidates) have long eluded me. - Don Burggraf Baltimore _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================