Between approx 1600 and 1900 yesterday the red phase screech owl was observed
at the cavity. She emerged from the cavity as opposed to flying to it. At
roughly 1845 she went back into the cavity. A few minutes after she went back
into the cavity, the grey phase screech owl (assuming it is a male), flew to
the cavity from the direction of the river, and perched there. I left shortly
thereafter. Very interesting...
On Mar 1, 2014, at 1:23 PM, Bill and Julie Knight <wrk1947@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Julie and I walked down Haul Road at Dyke’s Marsh around 10:30 this morning
to look for the Screech-owl. There were a lot of other birders watching the
tree cavity were it has been nesting, but no bird. We walked on for a while,
then returned at 11:45. As we observed the tree cavity, the Screech-owl
appeared in the hole! It was interesting to note that the tree cavity simply
seemed to disappear after the Screech-owl fully filled the opening. When we
changed positions to get different views, it was actually difficult to
re-find the bird it was so well camouflaged!
Bill
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