Mobbed Barn Owl - Tuggeranong Town Park

[sandra henderson <>]

This morning it was being harassed by ravens, currawongs and magpies. One raven pecked at its face, then grabbed it by a wing, then by the tail. When owl got free (after being shaken around a bit) it moved down and hung upside down facing the very persistent raven. (not surprised that a number of these owls have recently been taken into care in Canberra!)

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It eventually flew off to the far side of the lake, where I heard the noisy miners getting very upset.

sandra h

On 27 September 2017 at 22:24, Sue <> wrote:

I’ve seen large numbers of ravens mobbing and shrieking at something in the casuarinas on the little peninsula at the northern end of the beach at Tuggeranong Town Park for a few weeks now. It seems the owl may not be bothered enough by the attention to move on.

 

Sue

 

From: Tun Pin Ong

Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2017 1:46 PM

To: canberrabirds

Subject: [canberrabirds] Mobbed Barn Owl - Tuggeranong Town Park

 

Hi, 

Noon time I was distracted by a mob of raven/currawong/miner at an exposed casuarina branch. It was a Barn Owl. I revisited an hour later it has moved to higher tree close to the road but was still harassed by a currawong. Poor Owl.

Location: Road side casuarina trees facing the narrow entry road into Lime Gym. Early noon it was found in another casuarina 10m further into the field.

Regards,

Tun Pin