I believed, from its hoots, that the Turner owl was a male. I didn't know that
this ANBG bird had been identified as a male. I was told that ANU had
identified the Turner bird as a male from DNA tests. If that is so, and this
bird was also DNA-tested; perhaps it would be possible to identify whether it
was the same bird, or closely-related.
John Bundock
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jack & Andrea Holland
Sent: Saturday, 19 August 2017 6:01 PM
To: John Bundock; 'canberra birds'
Subject: ANBG Powl
John, you were probably the most familiar with the Turner Powl. Do you think
it might be the same bird? If I recall correctly it was a male too.
Regards
Jack Holland
-----Original Message-----
From: John Bundock
Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2017 5:28 PM
To: 'Ryu Callaway' ; 'canberra birds'
Subject: ANBG Powl
People were being told about it at the Visitor Centre yesterday. If it's like
the one at Turner it will carry-on despite all the attention.
John Bundock
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ryu Callaway
Sent: Saturday, 19 August 2017 4:09 PM
To: canberra birds
Subject: ANBG Powl
In the same tree but much higher up today, probably double the height from
yesterday, receiving excessive attention from what seemed like every visitor to
the gardens (including all the non-birders). I presume it's presence is being
advertised at the visitor centre. If I was the owl I wouldn't stick around much
longer.
Ryu
--- Duncan McCaskill <> wrote:
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>
> The Powerful Owl in the ANBG is where Martin described, and the whitewash
> on the ground is indeed very obvious. Just after I found it this
> afternoon, a group of a dozen or more people arrived to see it, and the
> owl took a keen interest in all the activity below it. The dense, dark
> vegetation makes photography difficult. The clearest view was from
> directly below the bird.
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>
> Duncan.
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