Hey Jim:

Could you / did you rule out Boreal Owl? ... just wondering ...

Phil

At 14:44 01/31/2006, Jim Green wrote:
>On the way down the road a small bird flew across the road and as we drove 
>past it I thought that it had landed in a small sapling by the side of the 
>road. I mentioned to Nancy that I thought that it was an E. Screech Owl, a 
>bird that she had never seen before. I turned around and we slowly drove 
>up the road and it was still perched about 8 feet off of the ground. There 
>was enough indirect light from the headlights to get good looks at it 
>through the binoculars. It was facing away from us and turning its head 
>back and forth about 180 degrees. Nancy and I were trading looks at it in 
>the binoculars; during my second look I noticed that this bird had no ear 
>tufts and I realized that I was looking at a NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL!

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