There is a very lucky DU'er... if my ID is right

[XemaSab]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=7391029&mesg_id=7391029

I'm going with this ID based on the vertical barring on the chest and the black around the eyes.

[semillama]

1. That's a great yard bird

sure beats my pigeons...

I'm going to try and see the Long-eared Owls in Ohio again soon, there's some that aren't as skittish as the traditionally viewed ones in Wyandot county...

[vireo]

2. Haven't seen a Long-eared Owl in ages

They used to be pretty regular winter visitors in these parts but that no longer is the case.

In fact, winter owls in general have been very scarce this year (i.e. Snowy, Short-eared). The most remarkable was the winter of the Great Greys a few years ago. While a spectacular birding event, most of the owls, sadly, perished.

I think I would most like to find a Hawk Owl!

[XemaSab]

3. I still need hawk owl and boreal owl.

:(

[vireo]

4. Oh, yeah

Boreal Owl would be good, too!

[semillama]

5. I need those myself for the eastern owls

oh, and Burrowing Owl, too.

[XemaSab]

6. Trade you BUOW for Iceland Gull...

:P

[semillama]

7. I can probably give you one of the dozen or so I've seen this year

;-)

[XemaSab]

8. And I'll just ship you a BUOW from the Salton Sea

:D

[vireo]

9. A dead Boreal Owl was found this week in Wisconsin

On Washington Island, Door County. Apparently a victim of this nasty winter.

I managed to miss Burrowing Owl when I visited Salton Sea years ago and have yet to find one. Have their numbers been increasing there?

[XemaSab]

10. I dunno about increasing

but if it's a gimme anywhere, it's a gimme there.

I've had 10+ in a night just tooling around, not even trying. :shrug:

[vireo]

11. OMG!

They named a NWR after Sonny Bono! http://www.fws.gov/Refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=11631

[XemaSab]

12. Yeah, it's been that way for a while.

He was the representative for Palm Springs for a while.

Not a bad refuge, really, but at some point everything in this country is going to be named after some crook or has-been. :(

[vireo]

13. I'll have to check it out

Next time I fly into John Wayne Airport!

[ailsagirl]

14. Wow-- you can hardly see him in the lower photo-- amazing