On Friday afternoon while haring over to the Capertee Valley for our very
successful tree-planting weekend I spotted a road killed Barn Owl near
Ballimore east of Dubbo. I didn't have time to stop but did so on the
return trip yesterday afternoon for the purpose of getting a GPS location to
atlas said bird. Imagine my surprise to find that the Barn Owl had
abnormally long legs and had all the other features of a Grass Owl!
Given the number of Barn Owls in the central west at the moment it may be a
very good idea for people to carefully check the identities of birds seen
and stop, where possible, for road kills.
The same might well be applied to Black-shouldered Kites in the near future.
The kites around here are now fledging young and one can't help but feel
that Letter-winged Kites might well be doing the same further west. As
things start to dry out these birds may move east. Worth watching for.
Cheers
David Geering
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