Have you been into the 'special' tobacco again, Phil?
Ed Boyd
Westminster, MD
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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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