I wonder what prompts this. A few years ago someone reported the ANBG PO as dead (squashed and somewhat maggoty) on the road near ANBG. It turned out to be
an ex Little Eagle. This lead to some unfortunate sweeping generalisations about the dubious accuracy of ID skills among COGites. I have the whole story written on my computer but won’t inflict it unless there is a benefit to do so.
Philip
From: Graeme Clifton [
Sent: Friday, 9 October 2015 11:04 AM
To: Geoffrey Dabb
Cc: John Bundock;
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] RE: Powl
Hi Geoffrey,
It was alive yesterday afternoon.
Graeme
On Friday, October 9, 2015, Geoffrey Dabb <> wrote:
You’ll best placed to answer this John – with visual evidence the report is exaggerated, I hope
g
Gents, a reader is assuring me the owl is dead, its carcass found. Is this true?