Hi Wynton,
in Sydney, NSW, Powerful Owls are present in small numbers as
breeding residents throughout the northern metropolitan area. They
require reserves of bushland.
In recent times I have lived in three of the northern suburbs of
Sydney and regularly heard Powerful Owls in all three (ie heard from
home without searching).
Their main prey, the Common Ringtail Possum is abundant in the area.
At Cammaray they were just over 4 km from the Sydney Harbour Bridge
and the heart of the city.
Andy
ps they are also in the southern suburbs but I am not aware of how
widespread and common they are there.
Hi All,
In relation to David Fischer's report of a Powerful Owl (although
tragically a road kill) in Woolongong, mention was made of the
unusual sighting of this species in a built up area.
In April 2001 i observed an immature Barking Owl in metro Perth (Mt
Pleasant) at Blue Gum Lake. To my knowledge this is a very unusual
occurrence.
Perhaps these sightings are suggesting that during Autumn there is
some movement out of home territories into new areas for the Owls to
establish a new home territory. As Autumn wanderings by many species
is quite common, it would not be unusual for Owls to do the same.I
don't know if the Powerful Owl at Woolongong was an immature.
On the subject of Owls, June and Ward The Northern Barred Owls in
Eastern Massachusetts have recently hatched two eggs . Spencer and
Penelope are doing well and you can continue to check their progress
on <http://www.owlcam.com>www.owlcam.com The quality of the
pictures, together with sounds and the excellent commentary make
this one of my favourites and well worth a look.
A final word on Owls relates to nest boxes. With the general decline
of suitable nesting trees i remind readers of the benefit of
installing nesting boxes and with the breeding season only a few
months away, now is a good time to install them.
Regards
Wynton Maddeford
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