The general belief is that owls have silent flight. Maybe this one less so........... Their wingspan 110 to 140 cm (HANZAB).
From: David McDonald (personal)
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Sent: Thursday, 11 February 2016 9:04 AM
To: CanberraBirds
Subject: [canberrabirds] Powerful Owl in Bywong
Greetings. A Powerful Owl was reported from two Bywong properties yestereve, info at the Bywong and Wamboin Hub Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/BywongAndWamboin/
One observer got a photo and another wrote at about 9pm on 10 Feb:
You won't believe this but about 5 minutes ago, I was sitting in the bush at our place looking at one of our glider box to count the gliders coming out. Nothing came out except that all of a sudden this huge owl glided about 3m over my
head going towards the creek. It scared the .... out of me!. I heard the swoosh of the air as it flew over me. It looked like it has a wing span over a metre wide. If any ornithologist wants to come and check the area tomorrow, you're welcome. It would be
interesting ot know if there are a few around or if this is the lone ranger.
If anyone wishes to take up his offer of a visit, pls let me know and I will give you his contact details.
David
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David McDonald
1004 Norton Road
Wamboin NSW 2620
Australia
T: (02) 6238 3706
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