Slight correction, I counted wrong: There were at least 4 in the Peoria area in the winter of 2003-04. That changes the average just a tad: > So in those five successive years there were 4, 2, [4], 5, and 3 > Burrowing Owls reported just in the portion of the Willamette Valley > for which I kept field notes. That's an average of [3.6] with a > standard deviation of 1.1, not including owls on the Coast or closer > to Eugene, Salem or Portland. OBOL archives: www.freelists.org/archive/obol Manage your account or unsubscribe: //www.freelists.org/list/obol Contact moderators: obol-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx