That poem is a variant of the one at the start of Penny’s article.
In the last few years of (founder cogites) Steve & Nonie Wilson, I often visited them and they had a big collection of owl figurines.
Yes my question about Feather-tailed Gliders
intended a distinction between Canberra and ACT forest habitats.
Philip
From: John Bundock [
Sent: Friday, 2 December, 2016 1:22 PM
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My mother’s owl.
This wise old Owl lived in an Oak
The more he saw the less he spoke
The less he spoke the more he heard
Let’s emulate this wise old Bird
John Bundock
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From: John Bundock [
Sent: Friday, 2 December 2016 1:05 PM
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A feather glider has been reported in Namadgi but it’s unlikely to be found in Canberra. Susan Trost had pellets of Powl for 2015 examined. Sugar gliders
were by far the most common mammalian prey, followed by ringtails. It picked up a few young brushtails in spring, when they would have been easy pickings when travelling on their mothers’ backs. I don’t know of any reason to suppose the ringtails were young
ones. Unsurprisingly, no feather glider remains were reported.
John Bundock
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From: Philip Veerman
Sent: Friday, 2 December 2016 11:34 AM
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Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] Symb–OWL–ism | National Library of Australia
Yes I thought so too.......... Do we even have any Feather-tailed Gliders in Canberra? And some of the Ringtail Possum were not young ones.
And using the word “family” to distinguish owls & nightjars, rather than to use the correct word “order”. As in “Frogmouths
and nightjars are often mistaken for owls but, while they do have some similarities in appearance and habits, they belong to a different family of birds.” More than that
they belong to a different order of birds.
Yes why no picture of our bird?
It also forgot to tell the story of the ANU sports club that named their mascot (or emblem) after “Powl”, issuing a statement to that effect but in doing so
they clearly used a picture of an Eagle Owl from the northern Hemisphere as the model for their artwork.
Philip
From: Mark Clayton
Sent: Friday, 2 December, 2016 11:19 AM
To: 'Philip Veerman'; 'David McDonald (personal)'; 'CanberraBirds'
Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] Symb–OWL–ism | National Library of Australia
Penny has made one mistake in her list of prey items – a Feather-tailed Glider would disappear in one beakful!! The species that Penny should have written
was Sugar Glider.
Mark
