Below from Jerry for info, re Shorty's bird. The attached article
discussing local boobook ranges is 2MB
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From: Jerry.Olsen
Sent: Monday, 15 June 2015 5:29 PM
To: Geoffrey Dabb
Subject: RE: back
The white spots don't necessarily signify age. Nobody has quite worked out
how to age Boobooks, though some books claim you can. Most females leave the
breeding territory and male for the winter and find a spot with plenty of
food. They may go back and visit the male a few times during the winter,
then return full-time around 1 September. So your bird could be a dispersing
juvenile, a wintering female with a territory 1 to 10 kms away, or even a
resident bird just roosting in a different place in its own territory.
Jerry
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From: Geoffrey Dabb
Sent: Monday, June 15, 2015 1:40 PM
Subject: RE: back
The JWNR Boobook has some white chequering on the back. Does this indicate
a young bird? I haven't tried a photo as it is head down and partly
obscured by casuarina fronds. g
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