[obol] Re: Barred Owl in the city (inner NE Portland), crows crows crows

  • From: Jeff Gilligan <jeffgilligan10@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: blcomegys@xxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 14:05:28 -0700

I saw crows mobbing the corpse of a fresh road-kill Barred Owl near the grocery 
store on Highway 101 in Lincoln Beach on Monday.  I tossed the corpse into the 
median strip.





On Oct 30, 2014, at 1:19 PM, Bonnie Comegys <blcomegys@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Yesterday early afternoon investigated what was upsetting the crows near 
> where I work, three crows very vocal in trees on NE 3rd ave. near Wasco 
> (Convention center nearby).
> Found was a Barred Owl being harrassed, sometimes he flew from branch to 
> branch, crows very vocal. Later, approaching 5pm, there were a whole lot of 
> crows mobbing the owl, more than could be counted, who had moved to trees 
> across Wasco, large mob who perhaps were gathering for roost later, highly 
> agitated.  First time saw an owl this location, is usually Red tailed Hawk 
> that gets there attention.
>  
> Bonnie Comegys
> blcomegys at gmail.com

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