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Re: Great Gray Owls

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Phil Davis

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Maryland Birds & Birding

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Sun, 16 Jan 2005 14:41:47 -0500

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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