In my earlier message, change Harford Run to Harford Road (I corrected it
below).
Also, Mark Alt (of Minnesota) advises that up there the owls tend to come
out around 3:30 from their deep woods roosts and perch openly in meadows
and on top of small jack pines. He adds that they tend to like to be over a
grassy area so they can survey the place for moving mice.
Phil
At 12:54 01/16/2005, I wrote:
>MD Osprey:
>
>This is just a prudent "heads-up," not a call for action ...
>
>This past Wednesday, I was contacted by Mark Alt, the President of the
>Minnesota Ornithological Society. He had received a terse email from a
>couple in Maryland reporting a Great Gray Owl and supposedly it was
>photographed. Unfortunately, the couple did not subsequently forward the
>photo as promised and repeated attempts by Mark Alt and me to contact them
>via email did not elicit any further responses. We have both "sleuthed"
>the Internet trying to determine an address or phone number, but have been
>unsuccessful so far.
>
>The reported location was at the Gunpowder River and Jennifer Run. From
>some map detective work, this location seems to be off of Harford Road,
>immediately south of the Baltimore/Harford County line (in Baltimore
>County), just below the Gunpowder River.
>
>At this point, we don't know if the report was true, a mistake, a prank,
>or even perhaps, a Barred Owl.
>
>Since there was an unconfirmed report on January 9 of a possible Great
>Gray in Cashtown, PA, seven miles west of Gettysburg, I wanted to go ahead
>and let the birding community know, just so that people can keep their
>eyes open even further.
>
>Phil
>
>
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