Hawk owl

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Dana Valleau

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Oct 23, 2022, 7:47:56 PM10/23/22
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Headed into the NMW early this morning I did a double-take as I was rolling down Route 11 in Winterville. I wheeled back around and sure enough there was a hawk owl sitting on an electric distribution line in front of 4142 Aroostook Rd. See attached photo. I was in the woods and off the grid the rest of the day and I am just back into civilization or I would have posted it sooner.

Dana Valleau
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andrew...@gmail.com

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Oct 25, 2022, 2:45:25 PM10/25/22
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Great find Dana.  NIce. Still one of my most wanteds in Maine.  Thanks for posting.  Wish I were up there to look for it.

Andrew

Dana Valleau

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Oct 25, 2022, 9:03:45 PM10/25/22
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A random find but I’ll take it!

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On Oct 25, 2022, at 2:45 PM, andrew...@gmail.com <andrew...@gmail.com> wrote:

Great find Dana.  NIce. Still one of my most wanteds in Maine.  Thanks for posting.  Wish I were up there to look for it.
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Aletha Boyle

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Oct 26, 2022, 11:24:23 AM10/26/22
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We had one in Belgrade probably 20 years ago which people got a good look at.  Nice find, Aletha

Dana Valleau

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Oct 26, 2022, 2:38:11 PM10/26/22
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I remember and went to see that one.

I’m still up here in The County and if I see it again I’ll let you all know.

Dana

On Oct 26, 2022, at 11:24 AM, Aletha Boyle <maine...@gmail.com> wrote:

We had one in Belgrade probably 20 years ago which people got a good look at.  Nice find, Aletha

William Reid

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Oct 31, 2022, 4:15:24 PM10/31/22
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I saw one once when I was X-C skiing during the daytime on the McCarty Rd. in Solon decades ago. It was perched in a hardwood tree at the edge of a field.

Lynn Havsall

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Oct 31, 2022, 5:53:10 PM10/31/22
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I used to see Hawk Owls regularly when I lived in Anchorage. What impressed me most was their hearing. Without much of a facial disk, they are said to have poor hearing compared to other owls. Watching one perched on a street light about 50 yards from me he opened his wings and glided down feet first into the snow which was about 2 ft deep, landing 5 ft in front of me. He pulled up a mouse that was completely hidden under the snow! I could not hear it from 5ft. away, but he heard it from 50 yards!

Lynn Havsall
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