Powerful Owl at ANBG

["Philip Veerman" <>]

For what it is worth, I too noticed one Satin Bowerbird fussing about the Powerful Owl (mobbing it) that was in the ANBG 2 years ago, on I think 1 of the 3 times I saw it there.

 

Philip Veerman

24 Castley Circuit

Kambah  ACT  2902

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: martin butterfield [
Sent: Tuesday, 4 August 2009 2:53 PM
To: Leo Berzins
Cc:
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Fw: Powerful Owl at ANBG [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

I spent a bit over
an hour effectively following Leo's footsteps this morning.  I was not able
to see an Owl anywhere.

However on my second walk down the ranforest
gully i was a few metres below the spot where Wiill saw the bird when my 
attention was drawn to a flock (about 6) of green Satin Bowerbirds (SBBs)
calling and dodging back and forth in some very dense canopy vegetation.  I
spent about 10 minutes trying unsuccesfully to see what (if anything) was going
on.  It is possible/probable that this was just SBBs being SBBs but on
speaking with Anthony Overs he mentioned that SBBs were involved in the mobbing
when he first saw the bird 2 years ago.

If anyone wants to have another
try, my spot was on the main path about 20m past (coming from the entrance) a
sign about Eucryphia (Pinkwood) and just before a cross
path.

Martin