Barn owl at NFSA

[Maurits Zwankhuizen <>]

I think the NFSA Barn Owl may have (been) moved on.

I was walking my dog ten minutes ago outside the QT Hotel on Marcus Clarke Street and all the birds were going crazy. Ravens, currawongs and miners were congregating around one tree. Later they all flew off to the east and I caught a brief glimpse of a pale-coloured bird being mobbed by the MFF (mixed fighting flock).

Noting the proximity to the NFSA, it's highly likely to have been the same bird.

Coincidentally the very same thing happened almost exactly three years ago (11 April 2016) when I noted a Barn Owl being mobbed and taking refuge on one of the QT Hotel's balconies.

Regards,

Maurits Zwankhuizen

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From: Tobias Hayashi <>
Sent: Friday, 12 April 2019 2:00 PM
To: Sue Beatty
Cc: Rebecca Coronel;
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Barn owl at NFSA

 

Still there at 1:50pm.

Cheers,
Tobias

> On 12 Apr 2019, at 1:34 pm, Sue Beatty <> wrote:
>
> Thanks Rebecca! At 1.15pm it was trying to sleep in Eucalypt above brick
> sculpture outside Roland Wilson building despite cacophony of Noisy Miners.
> Sue
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> A barn owl has been moving from tree to tree on the NFSA grounds this
> morning, followed by a group of Noisy Miners...
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