[Umpqua Birds] Re: Burrowing Owl west of Roseburg returns
- From: Matthew G Hunter <matthewghunter@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: umpquabirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 21:45:42 -0800
The 4 pm "tour" is a go. No one has called/emailed about 9 am, so I'm
sleeping in.
Matt
On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 6:20 PM, Matthew G Hunter <matthewghunter@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> The caring and alert landowner west of Roseburg who hosted a wintering
> Burrowing Owl last year, notified Mark Hamm that the bird had returned on
> January 20th. The landowner has given us permission to take "owl tours"
> down his private road to view the owl, so long as we "don't scare the owl."
> What we did last year, and can do again this year, is to meet at designated
> times to jump in one car, drive down the driveway, view the owl from the
> car while going in, then again on the way back out.
>
> Do NOT attempt to drive down the private driveway yourself. Relationships
> like this with private landowners are precious, and often fragile, not to
> mention the bird itself.
>
> Currently scheduled Burrowing Owl "tours":
> Sunday the 25th, 9 a.m and 4 p.m. (takes about 10 minutes)
> Meet at the east side of the Kruse Farms parking area (on south side of
> Melrose Rd. just west of Garden Valley Rd.).
> CALL/EMAIL IF YOU WANT TO GO, OTHERWISE I WON'T SHOW UP!
>
> Photos from last year (with 4 quick photos from yesterday at the end):
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewghunter/sets/72157639256907073/
>
> Here is my narrative/summary from last year, to be updated once this
> winter's story is complete for this gal:
> http://www.umpquabirds.org/banded.htm
>
> Matt Hunter
> Melrose, OR
> 541-670-1984
>
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