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Grass Owl near Dubbo

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Subject: Grass Owl near Dubbo
From: David Geering <>
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 09:22:19 +1000
On Friday afternoon while haring over to the Capertee Valley for our very
successful tree-planting weekend I spotted a road killed Barn Owl near
Ballimore east of Dubbo.  I didn't have time to stop but did so on the
return trip yesterday afternoon for the purpose of getting a GPS location to
atlas said bird.  Imagine my surprise to find that the Barn Owl had
abnormally long legs and had all the other features of a Grass Owl!

Given the number of Barn Owls in the central west at the moment it may be a
very good idea for people to carefully check the identities of birds seen
and stop, where possible, for road kills.  

The same might well be applied to Black-shouldered Kites in the near future.
The kites around here are now fledging young and one can't help but feel
that Letter-winged Kites might well be doing the same further west.  As
things start to dry out these birds may move east.  Worth watching for.

Cheers

David Geering

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