They also had a kestrel, a turkey vulture and a barn owl. I  was 
somewhat surprised that they didn't have a rehabbed bald eagle, which 
would have been more appropriate for the Eagle Festival. The 
Spectacled Owl was the offspring of the two they have at the 
Baltimore Zoo that the zoo "couldn't keep."

Melanie Lynch
Annapolis, MD


>Albert (and all),
>
>I was at the festival as well. An organization was there with captive birds,
>some who don't belong in Maryland naturally. They also had a barred owl, a
>screech owl, a red-tailed hawk and a few others I didn't see. The Spectacled
>owl was from South America, probably the same kind you saw in Trinidad. It
>was a beautiful bird but I really prefer when nature centers, etc. teach
>about local species. Kids today know more about pandas and tigers and rain
>forests than they do about the species and issues in their own back yards.
>
>Good birding,
>Chris Ordiway
>Hard Bargain Farm
>Accokeek, MD.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Maryland Birds & Birding [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>Behalf Of Albert Hartley
>Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 3:44 PM
>To: 
>Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Blackwater Refugee Eagle Festival
>
>What is it you are calling a Spectacled Owl (genus & species)?  I saw
>something called a Spectacled Owl in Trinidad last November, but I'm
>unaware of an owl here with that common name.
>
>Thanks,
>Albert
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Behalf Of Saundra Byrd
>Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 4:38 PM
>To: 
>Subject: [MDOSPREY] Blackwater Refugee Eagle Festival
>
>
>Hi Everyone,
>
>       Went to the 7th Blackwater  Eagle Festival at Blackwater Refugee
>outside of Cambridge Md. Had a great day .
>
>Birds seen
>
>Bald Eagle     26 ,  Eagles  showed all day !
>Eagle Owl
>Spectacled Owl