Barn Owl in Suburbia, Sacred Kingfisher in Melbourne CBD... almost

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Subject:	Barn Owl in Suburbia, Sacred Kingfisher in Melbourne CBD... almost
From:	"Tim Bawden" <>
Date:	Sun, 17 Nov 2002 22:42:18 +1100

On a weekend when i was expecting to do no birding I had a couple of 
interesting sightings.

Saturday morning at 3 am driving through the back streets of Clayton on the way 
home from a party saw the ghostly shape of a Barn Owl in the headlights. Very 
cool and the first live one i have seen around Melbourne.

Today I was in the Treasury Gardens next to parliament house waiting for a 
friend when i heard a distinctive call above the chatter of sparrows and mynas. 
On investigation I found 2 sacred kingfishers near the pond. This is within 
"spitting distance" of the CBD so to speak. Needless to say my friend was 
unimpressed ;-)

Cheers
Tim

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