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Sydney CBD Powerful Owl

Subject: Sydney CBD Powerful Owl
From: "Evan Beaver" <>
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 07:37:51 +1000
Alistair and I had a similar experience when we found it. Had a chat with
the workers who were well aware of the bird's significance. I mentioned it
to a non-birding mate, but a pretty serious outdoorsman, who promptly headed
straight in to get a look at it.


On 4/17/06, Ricki Coughlan <> wrote:
>
> Funny you should mention your workmates. I wound up giving quite a long
> talk on owls, the possums in the nearby park, predator to prey ratios and
> dinosaurs(!) to an ever-increasing crowd of owl admirers when I visited this
> fantastic fellow too. People are interested, in fact, I work on the
> assumption that everyone is a bird lover. They've just got to be shown these
> magnificent creatures and they go off.
>
> I was a little nervous passing the Leicas around, but fortunately all were
> well behaved.
>
> Ricki



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