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Bert Harris  
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 More options Dec 19 2009, 10:50 pm
From: Bert Harris <aramidop...@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:20:13 +1030
Local: Sat, Dec 19 2009 10:50 pm
Subject: [Birding-Aus] Mystery owl at Gluepot
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Dear all,

We found a pair of interesting owls roosting at Gluepot, SA last weekend.
They seemed large for boobooks but I have only seen one boobok before. Is
there any chance this is a Barking Owl?

Photos are at:
http://picasaweb.google.com.au/martin.breed/BoobookOwlGluepotDec09#

Thanks heaps for your help!

-Bert Harris
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Greg & Val Clancy  
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 More options Dec 20 2009, 9:01 pm
From: "Greg & Val Clancy" <gcla...@tpg.com.au>
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:01:13 +1100
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Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Mystery owl at Gluepot
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Hi Bert,

I am confident that the owl is a Southern Boobook but it is very unusually
coloured.  Were both birds similarly coloured?  The white 'eyebrows' are a
Boobook character.  Barking Owls tend to appear to be staring with large
yellow eyes.  They also have yellow feet.  The colour of the eyes and feet
are not clear in your photos but do not appear to be yellow.  The general
shape is also boobook.

Regards

Greg


 
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Andrew Haffenden  
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 More options Dec 20 2009, 11:21 pm
From: "Andrew Haffenden" <and...@natsp.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:21:14 -0600
Local: Sun, Dec 20 2009 11:21 pm
Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] Mystery owl at Gluepot
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Should have "replied all" when I sent this to Bert (who'd father I spent a
cold but fun day birding with yesterday, Bert also turned up late after a
long flight back from Oz)

"Bert, it's hard without having any sense of size, but the proportions of
the bird - the big head relative to body - suggest boobook, not barking.
Also, the mask is pretty complete, unlike barking where the mask is broken
up."

On another note, I've seen boobook of that color in North Queensland, a fair
way from this one's home I'll admit.

Cheers,

Andrew Haffenden


 
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Peter Shute  
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 More options Dec 20 2009, 11:58 pm
From: Peter Shute <psh...@nuw.org.au>
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:58:04 +1100
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Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] Mystery owl at Gluepot
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It looks a lot like the immature boobook shown in Pizzey & Knight.

Peter Shute

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Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] Mystery owl at Gluepot

Should have "replied all" when I sent this to Bert (who'd father I spent a
cold but fun day birding with yesterday, Bert also turned up late after a
long flight back from Oz)

"Bert, it's hard without having any sense of size, but the proportions of
the bird - the big head relative to body - suggest boobook, not barking.
Also, the mask is pretty complete, unlike barking where the mask is broken
up."

On another note, I've seen boobook of that color in North Queensland, a fair
way from this one's home I'll admit.

Cheers,

Andrew Haffenden


 
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