Again thanks to Terry for sending me the information on the owl. I went down at around 3 pm with Warren Martin, known to many COGites from his time in Canberra, and had no trouble finding the owl – the dead giveaway were the 7 or so people all peering skywards with large camera lens!! Warren commented that it was a long time since he had seen a Powerful Owl so was very happy. I went back down with my wife at around 4 pm and there larger than life was THE Geoffrey Dabb with his big telephoto which my wife thought might put her little Lumix to shame, and a lady with two young children. My wife still managed some very good photos and we are both happy with her shots.
Once again, thanks Terry.
Cheers,
Mark
From: Terry Bird [
Sent: Friday, 2 January 2015 12:57 PM
To: Mark Clayton
Cc: chatline canberrabirds
Subject: [canberrabirds] Re: Powerful Owl
Has moved from customary position but definitely there at 1045 today. Approach the large oak tree from the exit road ( next to Haigh Park ) just past a grey metal sub-station structure near to a low treated pine fence and look up to heavy branches reaching towards the building roof. There is a good clear view of the powerful owl,certainly awake and glaring downwards with a ringtail possum clutched in it's talons
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On 2 Jan 2015, at 5:34 am, "Mark Clayton" <> wrote:
Good morning Terry,
A friend of mine from Armidale is in town at present and we are going to try for the Powerful Owl in Turner. Could you give me the basic directions on where to look for it please.
Happy New Year and thanks,
Mark
