Re: [MDOsprey] RFI Birds for UK Visitor
Elliot Kirschbaum (ekirschb@bcpl.net)
Sat, 24 Jul 1999 16:52:10 -0400
On 7/23/99 6:13 PM Fran Saunders said
>Gail, I don't know about nests, but we did see a rather tame
>Barred Owl at Seneca in May who looked like he was quite
>used to the area: didn't disappear at the first sign of people,
>etc. Not much help, but....
I missed Gail's message, but I can confirm that the Barred Owls at Seneca
had a nest, and 2 young. Here is the text of a message from a friend of
mine dated 5/26/99. We had seen the adults on 5/9/99.
>Do you remember the Barred Owl that we saw along the C&O Canal at Riley's
Lock?
>Well, Ssusan and I went bck there for a picnic dinner 2 weekends ago and we
had
>a very pleasant dinner sitting at a picnic table along the river. All of a
>sudden we heard a rustling in the bushes behind us. We turned around to see 2
>owlets floundering around in the bushes near the bike path. One dropped to
the
>ground. In a few minutes, the parents came in. One checked the nest in the
>dead tree near us. The other flew off.
Elliot Kirschbaum
Baltimore, MD USA
mailto:ekirschb@bcpl.net