Sigrid

Put up a Barn Owl nest box in the area.  You could contact Mike Callahan for 
help.  He is raptorsrule....

George

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From: "Sigrid Stiles" <>
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Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 7:03 PM
Subject: [MDOSPREY] Barn Owl


> At 4:15 this afternoon my husband spotted a Barn Owl perched in a tree 
> along
> the road not far from our house. There are many farms in the area, but 
> we've
> never had any inkling of barn owls in the area. A couple of weeks ago, in 
> the
> same area, right after dark an owl flew up from a field & flew in front of 
> my
> vehicle. I got the distinct impression that it was a Barred.
>
> We have a GHO pair near our place, but we've never found their nest. I've
> found an E. Screech Owl winter roost in the past, but we've neither heard 
> nor
> seen a Barred Owl within miles of here.
>
> Sigrid Stiles
> Dameron
>