I went to the ANBG again this afternoon see the owl with Frank
Antram who was in England when the bird was last seen.
I arrived at the site a little earlier than Frank and saw Stuart
Harris in conversation with a ranger. I felt very uncomfortable when confronted
by this extremely officious person who let it be known to Stuart Harris and I
that she wished people would go away and leave the owl alone. When Stuart
explained that if the owl was concerned by the presence of humans it was unlikely
to return to the same roost site day after day, she informed us that the owl
was dying. Her explanation for this was that pellets had been examined
and found to contain stomach lining and in her words it was ‘shitting
it’s stomach up’. I didn’t bother to explain that pellets are
regurgitated. ..but is anyone able to confirm or deny this story.
Cheers
Alastair
From: Stephen Martin [
Sent: Sunday, 17 June 2007 1:29 PM
To:
Subject: [canberrabirds] Powerful Owl
The
Powerful Owl was back roosting in its usual Paperbark tree at the ANBG this
morning.
Stephen
Martin
