Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 07:20:54 EST Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Gail Frantz Subject: Re: Wintering Owl Search MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In a message dated 1/28/2003 12:09:16 PM Eastern Standard Time,=20 Denise_Ryan@LCV.ORG writes: << Both the owls had their eyes closed most of the time and did not seem=20 bothered by our excited whispering.=A0 After 20 min., we left the area in=20 search of other owls we heard calling (around 3pm). >> Due to birders-gone-amuck, it's my understanding that only diurnal owls=20 (Snowy & Short-eared) are to be reported on Mdosprey. I recently read a suggestion that Saw-whets (or was it all nocturnal owls?)=20 should not be visited more than briefly once a week. Recently, a Baltimore County birder who'd been monitoring two Saw-whet owls=20 noticed that the vines 'round one of the roosting branches had been disturbe= d=20 by being moved to one side.=20 Photo op? Gail Frantz Old Hanover Rd Reisterstown, MD =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =========================================================================