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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

-----Original Message-----
From: Greg & Val Clancy [mailto:gcla...@tpg.com.au]
Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2009 8:01 PM
To: Bert Harris; birding-...@vicnet.net.au

Cc: Martin Breed; and...@naturetravelspecialists.com;
bill.br...@adelaide.edu.au; Stephen Debus
Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Mystery owl at Gluepot

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

----- Original Message -----

From: "Bert Harris" <aramidop...@gmail.com>

To: <birding-...@vicnet.net.au>

Cc: "Martin Breed" <martin.br...@gmail.com>;

<and...@naturetravelspecialists.com>; <bill.br...@adelaide.edu.au>

Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2009 2:50 PM

Subject: [Birding-Aus] Mystery owl at Gluepot

> 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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