Having been away for the last 2 days, we finally visited the
Powerful Owl this afternoon. This was just after Ian Fraser’s excellent description
of its voice and behaviour, as well as that of the two most common owls in the
ACT (Boobook and Barn owl), on his Natural History segment on 666. There
was no one else present for the couple of minutes we admired the specimen, and
for most of the time the owl had its eyes closed. Re Susan’s
Robertson’s comment, I believe the most important thing is to get the general
public interested and excited about having such an unusual and special bird in
the middle of our city. This is likely to have a much greater flow-on
effect in terms of conservation etc, and Ian and 666 are doing the community an
excellent service in this regard. Ian was also encouraging callers to let
him know of other owl sightings, which will provide another source of
invaluable knowledge about the movements of these little known birds.
Kathy
