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Re: Mont Co owls

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Edward Boyd

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Edward Boyd

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Tue, 31 Jan 2006 20:59:46 -0500

Have you been into the 'special' tobacco again, Phil?

Ed Boyd
Westminster, MD
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Davis" <>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Mont Co owls


> 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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> Phil Davis      Davidsonville, Maryland     USA
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