canberrabirds

Powerful Owl

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Subject: Powerful Owl
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Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 14:00:43 +1000

Old news but Leo’s surmise on when the owl caught the sugar glider is almost certainly right; I was in the gardens on Friday and the headless glider was hanging from the owl’s talons from about 1:30 onwards, when I first checked on the owl.

 

Peter Miller

 

6249-1514

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Leo Berzins [
Sent: Sunday, 17 June 2007 5:57 PM
To: Alastair Smith; 'Stephen Martin';
Cc: 'Michael Wright'; 'Stuart Harris';
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Powerful Owl

 

On Friday evening, the owl was eating a sugar glider. I suspect it was caught the previous night because it was only just getting dark (around 5pm). There was no trace of remains at mid morning on Saturday, but they may have been cleaned up or were caught up in foliage.

 

I wouldn't get too concerned by the comments of a staff member who appears to have little knowledge of or interest in birds.

 

Regards,

Leo.

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Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2007 5:17 PM

Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] Powerful Owl

 

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
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Subject: [canberrabirds] Powerful Owl

 

The Powerful Owl was back roosting in its usual Paperbark tree at the ANBG this morning.

 

Stephen Martin

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